Nintendo did this in 2005 and it was a bad idea then too...
How many people here bought a Gameboy Micro when they launched? I grabbed a silver one off ebay new for about ?30 less than 6 months after it launched...
Whoever decided it would be a good idea to release a slimmed down, last Gen console after you have just launched your new console, needs to be sacked... >.< I wouldn't mind, but it's not even that much smaller! >.<
Who, besides collector's, are going to buy this in all seriousness?