You're kidding me right? Both those excuses are weak. If you think a simple plastic charger is worth $20 then you're insane. And this isn't doing previous owners any favours. There are people out there who would like having more than one charger.

And that's the main issue I was about to point out, I want to buy the new model but I can't shave any of the price off it without handing in my charger with my regular 3DS, ergo Nintendo are forcing me to give my charger away while shaving very little off the new device while at the same time getting me to buy yet another new charger because they simply can't accept one without a charger, what bat shit insane logic is that?.

I was lucky to get a charger with my regular 3DS back in Oct 2013 but that was only because the other models didn't actually include one and on my island chargers cost up to £15 which I wasn't willing to pay extra for, one elss option down which made the crystal white the only choice to go for, even then it was bundled with a game I didn't want so HMV was kind enough to buy the game back from me which put the handheld down to a regular would be price.

I can't understand those who defend the decision though, Sony's vita memory card prices and system is bad enough but like others have said this is like buying a car without the tyres, it shouldn't work that way at all, I buy a phone and always get a charger, I buy a console and always get a plug, I buy a PSU for my PC and always get a plug, I always got a charger with my Nintendo handhelds right up until the 3DS.

Look at it from a business point of view, Nintendo gets to save money for some reason beyond logic and customers get two less options when it comes to new product choice, I really don't see how anyone could defend it, just because it happened and sold well before doesn't make it right, you want to make it as fair as possible for all parties, not just your own because you think it's fair to you.