Everyone on GBATemp is doing this for 1 of 2 reasons: Gateway and Pokemon Leaks.
They said that long before update 6.3 when they assumed Nintendo would patch the mset hax (gateway entry point).From Gateway's website:
No chanceYes,and the price should down by %50.
No chance
Why would they sell it cheaper - they own a monopoly on the only 3ds Flash cart and looks like no competitors coming into the market.
They would only be eating into their profits if they decided to sell it half price .
Plus if they get pokemon or 6.2 support they will have tons more sales for it and unless their business is run by morons their price will stay the same - maybe even increase.
Now that they have figured out how to display graphics (and check input) I wonder how long until they make a multiloader for ROMs...
It's a bit trickier since they would have to figure out how to boot the ROM directly but it would be a huge feature.
I'd like to see a downgrade function where you can use a game with the 3DS update for 4.5 and force downgrade the 3DS. Or them figuring out the encryption scheme used so they can use just the red cart.
It better be 6.2 and below firmware support Otherwise I ain't buying.
Ugg this is killing me not knowing what the other feature is!