Nintendo's AC Adapter Policy Isn't Fair - Kotaku

[novasonic]

Hynad said:

novasonic said:
Eh, the thing about the Nintendo Color TV game not including a power cord bugs me. Like all 1st generation plug n' play consoles (Atari, Coleco, etc), they ran on D or C cell batteries by default and you could buy a dedicated power cord if you were h-core and burnt through too many batteries. Same as with the Game Boy or Game Gear. Very rarely did any of those things come with power cords.

They seem to neglect that fact in the story, but oh well. Not the first time a journalist bent the truth to make their point and wont be the last.

You seem to neglect the fact that those examples you gave used a universally adopted energy source. You could use any C or D batteries to make those function. 

The N3DS uses a proprietary power source. You cannot use regular batteries or one of the many universal mobile usb cord you may have to make it function. You need to get their backward proprietary charger, and they're selling it separately.  

Yes, that's essentially what I'm saying. They're completely different situations and they shouldn't be decievingly lumped together to make a point.