its a strange decision but I imagine their thought process is that its insanely easy to get USB extenders and to just have the system sitting on your coffee table.
also it supports original Nintendo NES controllers if I'm not mistaken so anyone can just obtain one of those (longer cord). I also imagine they will probably sell some sort of extension accessory (since they're selling extra controllers and things already seperately).
I don't think anyone can logically defend the short cord decision, it obviously was just to keep the price point at 60$, maybe somehow lengthening the controllers effected packaging and things overall somehow enough that it would have changed the price point entirely and made the item a less of a 'buy' then otherwise
that said its a 60$ item, extremely cheap in comparison to actually obtaining an original system with those games. If someone cares that much and intends on using this device a lot they can either use original controllers OR buy an extension cord for the mini's power cord and just sit the thing temporarily on their coffee table when they use it. not that crazy
