i wouldnt say the DS is doing 'monsteriously' seccessfull by any stretch of the imagination. its doing well. had its ups and downs and is picking up more and more. but monsteriously? come on now. lol
and the DS itself wasnt what people called a gimmick, it was one feature of it. which was being just that untill they stoped trying to force the feature into every little bit. once they relaxed a bit and used it just for what it would help with, it became a much more usefull feature.
note, i didnt read back to know what your responce is to, so im not taking sides on any of what you already said.
