When it was announced people were trashing it saying "where is the second analog? Wow it looks too big and unnecasary" then a month and a half later "The screens are fantastic! No Glare? EPIC! I totally want one!!!". and now it is having ridiculously good sales in Japan. Wtf? Does this always happen with revisions to hardware? They complain but then change to wanting it desperatly? Its like consumers are bipolar or something lol

I still want that second analog stick! and better battery life! But that's not gonna happen, so I'll just have to settle for this :P

Give people time to see the thing in action or try it themselves, they'll change their mind about it.

You shouldn't take this forums reaction as gospel, in either case.

the battery life is not an issue for me
the second analog is well as it is, an add on imo
The 3DS XL makes much more sense than the DSiXl because of the 3d
for me the perfect DS is obviously the DSi

I wanted the XL from the moment I saw it. I'm glad I held off from the first model because this one looks a lot better overall.

The people who were complaining about the lack of a second analogue stick aren't the same people that are buying it now

Yap^ QFT

It didn't. Consumers were always going to buy it despite what actual gamers thought.

It's always best to ignore our hyperbolic brethren on issues such as this.