When I first saw it that was actually the thing that went through my head. Not just because of it's increased size but it even looks like it's aimed at a mature audience, the brown colour is slightly different.
I know the increased screen size is a good thing and a larger pen goes hand in hand, but still.

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"We certainly know that a lot of families who play DS together will enjoy the wider viewing angle the DSi XL allows so they can play together at home and the fact the bigger stylus is less likely to get lost down the back of the sofa is another bonus for them."

What? Who actually buys a handheld console to share it with the rest of the family? If you do, you got issues man. You can easily buy a Wii over the DSi XL to "share" with the entire family. Then, there's not even any titles that I can think of that can benefit from this at all. So what is this man talking about?

The DSi XL is clearly for the mature audience. The older crowd, the ones that don't care about portability at all. The older crowd who say that the DS's buttons are too small for their fingers (ironically though, the buttons are still the same size).

No DS owner, since they've own the damn thing, has said "Man, I wish this thing was bigger so I could see it better." No, they have said the complete opposite. We want the device to be smaller so it can fit in our pocket neatly. When we think of a handheld console, portability is the top priority. The slimmer the better. The XL just makes that a whole lot worse and I don't see how anyone who already owns a DS or plans to own one would think about getting this huge box over the already neat and nearly perfect sized DS Lite and DSi.

I want to get this system when it comes out!