Look, if you want to remain optimistic that's fine.
And by the same token, if you want to continue to make blind assumptions regarding something we know almost nothing about, you're within your rights to do so.
In the short term (you know - the term where there are still no games worth playing anyway) obviously nothing is going to change.
There are certainly games worth playing right now, and there will be quite a few more in the near future, but that's beside the point anyway.
Maybe the facts that every system-selling game from third-parties is going to support the extra analog stick,
Okay, so you've found a definition that lets you frame it so the six games announced are what's important, and the dozens of games that don't support it are meaningless. Also, support != require.
that 01net claims a redesign is on the way,
They also claimed Nintendo was going to announce a new Mach Rider game at this event. Of course there's going to be a redesign at some point, but just because they were right about one thing doesn't mean all those rumors were spot on.
and that Nintendo is starting to look slightly desperate to please investors and boost profits all mean nothing.
The investors didn't seem to be that happy about all the announcements Nintendo made, so I'm not sure that goes in favor of the second circle pad becoming standard.
Maybe games coming out in the coming years won't require the second analog even once it's a standard feature (with an ugly add-on to include early adopters)
Again, assuming that it will become standard based on very little information.
and third-party development teams will do a great job to provide multiple control schemes, including one that doesn't use the much loved dual-analog standard.
Even assuming the thing catches on, this is fairly likely, as most of the games using it so far also work just fine without it, and it seems like very few games depend that much on it in a way that can't be easily adapted to the touch screen.
Would you really encourage a friend to buy the system now? If you didn't already own one, would you buy now? For me the answer is clearly no to both questions.
I don't regret my purchase one bit, and I don't think this would have too much of an impact on whether I'd recommend the system.
EDIT: I'm not necessarily arguing that this won't happen as much as saying we don't have anywhere near enough information to sustain this slippery slope of doom and gloom. Look at all the accessories Nintendo put out for the Wii. How many of those really caught on?
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