Im not gonna post anything concerning piracy, because that debate never ends.

I think the biggest reason for the 3DS isnt the 3D, but the graphics and functionality.
cus a DS game gets as big as 256Mb, and a good chunk of that data is probably wasted on friend data, wifi settings, the gamesave and other global settings. Whereas the 3ds has internal memory and an SD card slot, much less new gamecard technology to fit more space.

just speaking pokemon alone, they already have to have sprites calls and data for 600 pokemon, now with animated sprites much more, but theyre adding more stuff and large 3D models of cities with camera angles. they just need more space.

plus the functionality. with all those global settings being on the card, it really limits what you can do with stuff. just the streetpass and spotpass are worth it to me, much less the new size element and graphics.


But I rant.
all in all, i think nintendo is going in a good direction here. I just hope they dont waste all of their updates and time on "background improvements to make the system faster" aka our latest attempt to stop homebrew (which is already being cracked).