Nintendo 3DS price will be dropping from $249 to $169 on august 12th.
Current owners will get 20 free games.
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Originally Posted by Engadget
While pressure from the upcoming Vita is surely playing a part, Nintendo plans to sell 16 million 3DS units in the financial year, but still slashed its financial projections for the year from ¥110 billion to just ¥20 billion.
i think we have a couple 3ds owners here.. enjoy your free games!
I like my 3DS. The netflix ap is nice, and the three games i have (SF3, DOA and especially Zelda) are great. If i just had the machine and Zelda i'd be happy with it. THe upcoming lineup is very solid too. It's not as powerful as that VITA is going to be but it's a handheld, it's not like it's outputting to an HDTV, etc. I'm not sure why a handheld needs to be mega powerful. You can't see the difference. (I love my PS3 and my 3DS.)
D12, free games (NES) start Sept.1. GBA games have a vague (this year) date. Don't expect them all at one time, the purpose is to get the early adopter on the EShop, so far the EShop usage is a much lower % than Nintendo wants. THis is part of the strategy to get us on the store.
BTW, Mario confirmed for November, Mario Kart for December, and Kid Icarus is still on this year's release schedule.
^that's too bad. I already have a DS with all the pirating I need from it.
When do you guys thing the "improved" version of the 3DS, ie the one that doesn't automatically destroy the screens during regular use, gets announced? November or right after the holidays?
Nintendo is pretty genius with their marketing these days. They realize their hardcore fans are suckers.
^that's too bad. I already have a DS with all the pirating I need from it.
When do you guys thing the "improved" version of the 3DS, ie the one that doesn't automatically destroy the screens during regular use, gets announced? November or right after the holidays?
Nintendo is pretty genius with their marketing these days. They realize their hardcore fans are suckers.
Why are we suckers? Because we get free games rather than nothing? I bought my PSP for $300, less than a year later it dropped $100. it always happens. That's an expectation if you buy something the first day.
My 3DS isn't destroying it's own screen. The two screens are two close, so it leaves smudge marks. I'm not sure how that equates to "the screen being destroyed".
Wasn't aware we fought system wars here. Nintendo sucks!
Why are we suckers? Because we get free games rather than nothing? I bought my PSP for $300, less than a year later it dropped $100. it always happens. That's an expectation if you buy something the first day.
My 3DS isn't destroying it's own screen. The two screens are two close, so it leaves smudge marks. I'm not sure how that equates to "the screen being destroyed".
Wasn't aware we fought system wars here. Nintendo sucks!
Criticizing a company for lowering their prices with 40%!! after less than a half year equals system wars? I have never owned a Sony game system in my life!
Yeah really, I see it now, Nintendo isn't burning their hardcore fans here. But at least the hardcore fans get free games! Super Mario Bros! Yoshi's Island! Super Mario Kart! Metroid Fusion! Donkey Kong Jr! Legend of Zelda! All those games hardcore Nintendo fans (the only people who have bought a 3DS up until now) don't already own.
Criticizing a company for lowering their prices with 40%!! after less than a half year equals system wars? I have never owned a Sony game system in my life!
Yeah really, I see it now, Nintendo isn't burning their hardcore fans here. But at least the hardcore fans get free games! Super Mario Bros! Yoshi's Island! Super Mario Kart! Metroid Fusion! Donkey Kong Jr! Legend of Zelda! All those games hardcore Nintendo fans (the only people who have bought a 3DS up until now) don't already own.
Do you work for a company? They priced the system too high. They corrected it. What did you want them to do? And in return they gave the people who bought it early (clearly the hardcore Nintendo fans) 20 free games. ANd it's not crap, it's things i would want.
This is a business decision in response to lower Forecasted revenue/P&L because they can't push enough units out to get the economies of scale they need to push enough units of their software for either themselves or their partners (they've been pushing 3rd parties hard). Yes, they ****ed up. I don't get what else they could do.
This wasn't a planned price cut, this was a reaction to a low forecast and their stock price going down. Shit happens.
Nintendo thought the system was going to sell in bunches with main attractions being a remake of Rayman 2 and a remake of Street Fighter?
You are not giving Nintendo a lot of credit here. As if they don't market research and haven't been market leader in handheld gaming for twenty years. I'm sure the pricedrop is larger and quicker because of the Vita breathing down their necks, but this has been a part of Nintendo's business strategy for many years and they definitely deserve some calling out for it.
Nintendo 3DS price drop August 12
I bought my PSP for $300, less than a year later it dropped $100. it always happens. That's an expectation if you buy something the first day.
I have never owned a Sony game system in my life! 
