I think the 3DS is awesome, it was just a horrific mis-sell out of the gate.
All the UK ads were just footage of people playing (with the camera facing the person, not the display for obvious reasons) and them saying: "Oh, that's amazing!" or similar.
Only now have they gone to the trouble of pointing out that it's not just a DS with a 3D display, but a fairly beastly handheld.
I think it'll pick up once the good games start to come out - I'm certainly very tempted to get one.
Whatever you think about Nintendo there's NO DOUBT (IMO at least) that when they're on for they embarrass ALL other devs with the quality of there work.
If I could pick anywhere to go and learn for a year, it'd be there - no doubt.
All that said, I'm aware I'm on a PSP fan site. Vita looks awesome too and with both of their pricing you could get one of each!
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