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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: Pugnate on Friday, October 01, 2010, 05:11:50 AM
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The 3DS is apparently going to be priced at 25,000 Yen, or $300 USD.
My interest has suddenly dropped down to zero. $300 for a handheld? The hardware is only a little better than that of a PSP. I realize that Nintendo's appeal has been the games, but I'd say price has also been part of the reason why their stuff has been selling. And I am not at all interested in the 3D aspect of it. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for it. Not even $250.
Nintendo has gone on record stating that they wished they had charged a lot more for the Wii, which is I think them losing perspective. I think the lower price point was a factor in why the masses bought the thing in the first place.
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2010/09/500x_ds-it-prints-money_02.jpg)
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Yeah we've been discussing it in the Nintendo 3DS thread. And the fact you couldn't find a Wii for two years suggests that they could have gotten away with charging more for it.
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Whoops. Sorry I missed that. I'll lock this.