Companies Who Reward Unloyal Buyers

It really grinds my gears when companies reward people who are not loyal to it and its products. I have experienced being shafted by a company because of my loyalty on more than one occasion. A good example is my Nintendo DS. I bought a DS early in its lifetime. It is silver because silver was the only color available for us who actually bought Nintendo's system when it was young.

Since then Nintendo released the DS in multiple colors that were not available before. Red, a couple shades of blue, and pink were the colors that came out at various times. Later Nintendo released the DS lite, which fits more comfortably in your hand because of its smaller size and has a brighter screen with more vivid colors. The new DS lite has since then evolved into having different colors as well.

When I go to a store that has a DS Lite set up for demo, I enjoy playing it because it is much more playable than its larger predecessor. I really wish I had one, but unlike those who didn't buy a DS until years after it came out, I am stuck with the old silver one. Yes, I could spend a little over $100 on a Lite and sale my current one, but that would be stupidity, not loyalty.

Nintendo has rewarded people who buy its handheld later instead of rewarding those who help with its initial success. The same thing happens with special edition dvd's being released years after their initial release (an example is the new collector's edition of Narnia). Xbox 36o is about to do the same with a redesigned cpu. I guess we who are loyal enough to support something at release, yet not dumb enough to buy something twice will always be at a disadvantage.

It really grinds my gears.