*uses trollogic*
SmartGlass makes console games into tablet games. The Wii U makes tablet gaming irrelevant. Therefore, the Wii U makes SmartGlass irrelevant. ;)

...How many price drops did the original DS have this far into its lifespan?

That answer alone should tell you exactly how well the 3DS is doing in relation to what Nintendo expected. Additionally, I would ask where user demand is going to create demand for the 3DS like what we saw with the DS during its 3rd, 4th and 5th years' on market where it really took off.

At least one, actually, since the DS Lite released in Japan 15 months after the original model. The DS had also been through 2 Holiday seasons at this point in its life compared to the 3DS's 1. And the 3DS is tracking ahead of DS in both hardware AND software. FAR ahead in hardware, in fact, without a redesign.

Sorry I haven't yet read the rest of the responses. So here is mine.

No if anything this should be a big boost for the console. Nintendo's competitors each have a set up that can duplicate the WiiU's controller but they are add-ons that require extra money to get. (A Vita or a Kinect) But with these set up available it make it more intising to make a game for the WiiU set up around the controller and then port it to the PS3/360 and require Smart Glass/A PS3/Vita setup to play.

If anything it seems like a stop gap solution from Microsoft but really not a threat and something that will be an after thought on the console for developers since it needs more time to implement.

Wii U is way better, it's made for gaming. I'm a xbox fan but this is not going stop me from buying Wii U

It's tough to say man. You certainly have a point, but it all comes down to how the WiiU performs in its first year. If it is anywhere near as widely accepted as the Wii, then the whole irrelevance factor will not hold any truth to it. I would think developers will wait and see market demand to decide which platform to better support. If this softglass concept moves on to the next Xbox (which it probably would), then it has more relevance. There are too many factors up in the air to really decide on which will become irrelevant. Both have their arguments. 

The WiiU is a whole package, so developers know if they do something for it it will be used as intended. The Xbox is relying on customers purchasing other products (which granted have widely penetrated the market), so developers may find a risk to that. Again, the opposing argument is there are more 360s and phones/tablets in the market now as you said in your last post. We'll see. It is certainly interesting though to watch the battle unfold.

I'm just going to leave this here...

I think it was G4 or some other site, but they brought out a good point. How many people are going to want to do something like this. It requires extra effort (though not much), especially considering that people today are unwilling to "read" a picture menu, to add extra controls to a game.

In addition the people who are interested in the in-depth information are already using their smart phones etc to look up the information themselves. All in all it comes up as a rather unneeded addition.

Nope but microsoft actually made their smartglass interesting unlike nintendo.

I seriously don't think the Xbox Smart Glass will catch on at all.