Parents don't know... that is the problem. Nintendo releasing a "new" handheld so soon after the DS made most parents think it was something "different" from the SP. The guy in my office that bought his kid the Micro bought it because he thought it was the new wave in handhelds for kids... his son probably knew better but he was fooled.
Kids today are different... they no longer want toys and games like we did, they want tech. Every parent in my office right now has kids between baby and 10 and they all are into tech... even the tiny 6 and 7 year olds. They don't want GI Joes or barbies, they want "intendo" and "playstation".
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WHY DIDN'T I GET ANY OF THESE PARENTS!?!?!? Did God set me up with parents that suplied instant gratification?!? Nooooooooooooooooo. I just had to have a Marine Major for my dad who believe videogames were teh dehvil and would never buy me anything. Damn you God, damn you.
At least my best friend had one of those set-ups and was nice enough to lend out the wealth. I got my first Gameboy, SNES, and N64 off of lawn-moving and hurricane clean-up money.
But, yeah, we discussed this topic in the M-rated thread. If parents are too lazy to parent, that's their issue. I just hope they save a little bit of money for the retirement home that their children will dump them in at a moments notice. It isn't like they'll care much about them.