>Be Nintendo>Release DS family systems>Completely new tech, but it'll be fine>Gets hacked>shit>Release 3ds, but know people want backwards compatibility so leave some DS software to run older games>Critical flaws in DS software allow exploits to hack the 3ds>Literally opens pandora's fucking box on a golden age of piracy, until any brainlet with a fridge magnet can hack your shitThis is why you can't have what you want. They have to sever the tainted lineage, or else some wiseass with a previously unreleased 0day will pwn their new console and it'll be the same circus over again.
They would have to completely rebuild from the ground up, and as
>>38842884 said, it would be a colossal pain in the dick to implement anyways.