Lol @ thread. I'm sure a random 15-year old on the internet knows how to design and launch a new product better than one of the most successful companies on the planet that's been around for 121 years.

Also, the XL failed, now?

Well, everyone has opinions and stuff, why would you lol at that...can't he dream?

Of course he can. I lol'd at the thread, haha, it's just so silly.

It's just that he was saying how bad the 3DS's design and such were, while simultaneously praising the PSP Go and wishing Nintendo had done something similar? Come on. XD But one can dream, certainly.

I don't get anything anymore. *head explodes*

Yes a random 15-year old 'knows more'. First of all I am not random, I have been on VGChartz for a while now. I just said I loved the PSP Go's design and there is nothing wrong with liking it. I just gave my personal opinion on the 3DS's current prototype model and design. Also pointing out my age like that makes me feel like a target. Therefore there is certainly some 'ageism' going on here. Stop being so ageist! 

A sliding screen would be terrible. The lower screen is as large vertically as the top screen. On something as big as the DS, the top will be huge and this ungainly to support holding only the bottom since it has to slide up it's own height (same height bottom). You would also not be able to look at the top screen closer to head on (it must always be on the same plane as the bottom screen) which is harder to play for extended gaming. Lastly, there is even less room for the analog slider that way, and it's nice large size is a big advantage over most portables. A top screen that is visible when the unit is "closed" is only useful when you want to look at the top screen playing something while not needing any controls (except L R) which for the most part will only be non gaming (though there is tilt...). It's fine for a media player, but a bad idea for a gaming handheld.

That said, I do wish the 3DS looked less like the DS. More changes would help cement that it is a new system instead of a new model. I can't think of anything better, but something different would have been nice.

I have a better idea. You know those touch screen laptops like the HP one? Its just like the 3DS except you can also twist it so it can fold into just one screen. That would solve the scratching and all that. At any time you can choose like when watching a 3D movie to twist it and make it fold into one screen! :D No sliding involved!

I've seen those connectors, they are not that durable on something so small. Watching movies is a side feature, not the focus of the machine. That configuration also leaves the buttons and touch screen on the back where you are holding while watching, it's not good.

Lol, I even have stock in Microsoft and I want Nintendo to do well. Why?

Because Nintendo doing well = more money for Nintendo.

Money = better games.

Better games = happier me.

Happier me = more sales.

More sales = Nintendo doing well.

See how this works?