Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

As far as giving us older starters so early, I'm thinking of it like this; If they continue to make older starter Pokémon more accessible, eventually they'll reach a point where the old starters begin to feel like a normal Pokémon. Wouldn't that make us value our starter for that generation that much more?

In regards to this, I've always thought that the starter pokemon should be available in the wild late game. It annoys me that they are so rare. Where the hell do the professors even get them from? you can't find them in the wild anywhere, hardly any trainers even use them, and yet somehow the professors are giving them out to every new trainer? it's weird.