The dock was always intended to be just that - a dock. Nintendo never stated anything otherwise. I think people just assumed it to be something else, because outward appearances made it look like it had something premium hidden under it, which it does, but that only serves to act as a breakout from the main hardware to the TV. The interesting thing with it, though, is that it looks like there's extra connectivity for an expansion of sorts to be placed inside there. Having it light and almost cheap doesn't concern me. What concerns me is how well constructed it is so parts don't just snap off it or bend like the docking port itself. Also, the potential of scratching up the screen when putting the thing in and out. It could be that some people were just careless in doing that, or that there's some shoddy build quality units in circulation, but either way, I think it wise to wait to see if Nintendo address any concerns regarding that. They might have a revision, but then again, that does send a bad message. It could just be a few defective systems and there's actually nothing really much wrong with its design overall. The internet does tend to overreact with these "disaster" type launch videos, painting stuff broken, shoddy products when in reality they actually aren't.
