Well, the former post was kind of a goofy extreme. The latter not so much: it's completely understandable you want to be reasonably confident in keeping your purchase, especially on a portable device that could easily get lost or stolen. I'm willing to get stuff on the eShop, but with only a few exceptions will get all retail released 3DS games physically, not digitally. The few exceptions are ones that seem to have value staying on the system at all times, namely Mario Kart 7 and Art Academy.This is pretty crazy to me. Sure it may be a little weird and/or stupid in parts, but I figured people bought machines because of the games, not because "the infrastructure for software management is sub-optimal." And the 3DS has a ton of great games, including eShop games..
Shows what I know.