Nintendo Japan may have shot itself in the foot with regards to the newly launched Nintendo DSi XL, with slow sales uptake being blamed on the imminent launch of the new Nintendo 3DS at E3 in June. M2 Research analyst Billy Pigeon claims that the Japanese announcement of the 3DS – which was made weeks before the DSi XL was launched in the US – will stop gamers investing in the XL model and cause them to wait until the 3DS arrives later in 2010 or early 2011. Leaks forced hand “Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to get [...]

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