Nintendo should sell the new 3ds without buttons too as their only market for this product is previous 3ds owners (how to fail at business 101 right here) who already have buttons.

Nintendo from the 80s-90s: games games games.
Nintendo from the 00s-10s: profits profits profits.

Money will kill them.

Since you can find a charger for less than $10 easily, I don't think it's a big deal as long as the consumer knows beforehand they need one if they don't already have it. What's a bigger issue to me is not having the option to purchase the non-XL New 3DS in North America. I really hope they remedy that in the future. The price difference is more than a $10 charger, and I was looking forward to the customizable faceplates.

Also, the charger coming separately is nowhere near as egregious as the Vita's proprietary memory card nonsense. $40 for 16gb?! And it was originally $60?!?! I love my Vita for the bastard child it is, but not THAT much. Thank goodness for Black Friday sales.

How about not including the battery as well? It probably uses the same battery as the original and not including that would actually save Nintendo a decent amount of money, unlike the $0.50 for the charger.

Not a fair shake Nintendo.

So stupid and the new 3ds XL is glossy finish like what and the fuck were they thinking.

It's always, always lame when a company doesn't give you everything you need to play out of the box. I don't care which company it is, it bugs me. It's not even really me, I can deal with it just fine, but a lot of kids won't know and a lot of parents won't know.

Yeah, I know $.50 times a few million is a lot of money but come on.

proprietary

The article itself does not blow it out of proportion, but tells as it is: "I also recommend that Nintendo put AC adapters in the box when it releases the NN3DS XL, but their failure to do so is not a deal breaker (though it is annoying)."

Not a deal breaker, but a bit annoying is exactly what I would say about this. Interesting enough though, that nobody cares about the real problem - that the charger is propietary.

Imagine if Xbox consoles were sold without the power supply and you have to buy them separatedly. :P