simple fact is, that the old 3ds didn't receive any new encryption as they know its "lost"....so they don't want to risk the new 3ds's security by allowing the old 3ds to leak the new keys, truth is any new encryption from this point forward will likely be only for n3DS exclusive titles.......and i doubt there will be too many of those, plus lets be honest, original 3ds users will probably attribute to about 90% of gateway users at least for a long while......old3ds has no emunand issues as there is no new encryption being put into it, and i would say the majority of new releases will be old3ds compatible and as such need to not be using any new keys, plenty of people have "predicted" the end of gateway before, 6.x save encryption, 7.x rom encryption 9.5 arm9 encryption........but still chugging along.....even if at some point there is an end its been a good ride, and well worth its money......im sure sky3ds users are enjoying their ride too, will either of them survive till the end of the 3ds/n3ds lifespan who knows, but simple fact is i prefer what gateway offers more than sky3ds, if i just wanted roms sure sky3ds ftw, but i dont, and a lot of others don't either