The 3ds is a pretty cool device with lots of great features but I don't see how it will be able to compete in the long term with smartphones or tablets. In my opinion most of the downloadable content is pretty weak when compared to android or smartphone content and usually costs more. It also seems to me that the eshop is "padded" with re- issues and older dsi and gameboy content. While I do like the 3ds, I do believe it will be a short lived platform unless a large number of quality games are made available for download at a comparable price to all those free, .99 cent or $1.99 iphone and android apps. I hope the 3ds is around forever bit I am not so sure it will be.