[citation][nom]xenol[/nom]People say Nintendo is like the Apple of consoles.Except I never see Apple give out free stuff to early adopters when they change something. Like releasing a new line of computers before releasing their next OS version, and tell people "tough, cough up the money and upgrade".[/citation]
I agree that what Nintendo did is very cordial and appropriate for the situation but then your digression that Apple "releases a new line of computers before releasing their next OS version" is completely false.
The new Macbook Airs were specifically held back so that they would have the newest OS installed on them free of charge. They also gave all their users free upgrades to the OS for systems sold on June 6th and after, which was the day it was announced that OS X Lion would be released in July. So actually they DO give out stuff for free, your example couldn't be further from the truth.