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Nintendo Cutting 3DS Price To $169.99

Posted on Thursday, July 28 @ 06:22:26 Eastern by


Nintendo has announced today that the Nintendo 3DS price, currently at $249.99, will be reduced to $169.99 starting on August 12th. That's almost an entire third off the launch pricing, which is unprecedented this early on in any system's lifecycle.

Slow sales, overall lack of interest, and pressure from third-party partners were likely behind Nintendo's sudden change in value-to-price estimates. However, Nintendo says it was to "create momentum for Nintendo 3DS and accelerate its market penetration toward the year-end sales season, when the lineup for the applicable software shall be enriched".

I can't say I didn't see this coming. The 3DS hasn't been the hit that Nintendo had expected. And with the PlayStation Vita priced at $249.99, it flushed the value the 3DS offered down the toilet.

Is the new $169.99 price point low enough to get you to bite? Or are you still waiting for some games that aren't just Nintendo 64 ports?

And for you early adopters like myself, how are you feeling knowing you just bought one for $250, when if you had only waited, you could have saved yourself $80?

Sound off in the comments below. I'm expecting a lot of chatter on this one.




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  • usaglory
    usaglory

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 7:07 am
    Wow, Nintendo dropping the price on anything is quite an event. Had they not been such greedy bastards they would have had good sales from day one, so let that be a lesson to them, Sony and MS. Hopefully they won't make the same mistake with the Wii U.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 7:21 am
    Now, this leads to people making choices. Do they want a Wii console, or 3DS?
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 8:02 am
    Damn! This isn’t April 1st is it? Why did they have to this now? I’m saving for a PC damn it! I thought I’d have until sometime next year before it hit $200. Oh well, once I get my PC I’ll only need to eat beans for 2 more months to get it and a couple of games, but I hate beans! I love Nintendo games and want a 3DS. I want a to play Zelda and StarFox, but I still want new games! Good games not the crap out now. Yuck! Beans and rice. Top ramen. Damn you Nintendo! Damn you!!
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 8:24 am
    This is more enticing to buy one now, but I'm still waiting for a better lineup of games and if Nintendo will still support the thing a year from now. I sold my Wii 2 years ago for a reason, but I am also waiting to see if a new model comes out with the XL size screens.
  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar

    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 9:16 am
    Huh. I am still on the fence about it, but considering I traded for a used DS Lite that occasionally has a flaky L button, I might actually consider getting a 3DS. However, I think I still want the PS Vita more.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 10:16 am
    You are who this price-drop is aimed at.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 10:35 am
    Really? Nintendo knows who thedarkstar is and chopped $80 off the price of a 3DS just because of him?
  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar

    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
    They do. I feel so special!
  • Josh_Laddin
    Josh_Laddin

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 9:29 am
    Damn, a price drop isn't a shocker but one that huge is. I was originally going to hold off replacing the 3DS that I lost at E3 while I waited for the inevitable Lite version, but I might have to reconsider now, especially considering that I preferred the design of the original DS to the DS Lite.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 9:35 am
    Sorry, but the DS-Lite is better. And I've never been wrong or lied in my life. ;-)
  • Greywolfe1982
    Greywolfe1982

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am
    Nintendo is doing something for those who are feeling a bit sore in the ass from this price drop. The Ambassador Program is going to be 10 free NES games and 10 free GBA games for the virtual console that are given out for free, as long as you log onto the eShop before August 11. Not to tell you what to do or anything (>_>), but it might not be a bad idea to write a quick post on this to spread the news.



    Hopefully that gets through the filter.
  • Greywolfe1982
    Greywolfe1982

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 10:58 am
    It would appear it did not. Anyways, a search for 3DS ambassador has plenty of articles for what I'm talking about.
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 11:39 am
    Still need more games. All I have are ports at the moment and the feeling of being left out... not enough for me to pay $170.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
    =^) good kitty =^.^= Purrrrrrrr O.O wow __
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
    $170 isn't too bad for a decent handheld, if they start releasing more games that are worth buying along with Ocanrina or Time soon enough they will pick up sales from everyone that has been waiting for just this.

    I may pick one up if there are more games released that appeal to me soon.
  • usaglory
    usaglory

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
    That's probably the reasoning by a lot of people. I'm left wondering, however, how much this is gonna cost them in the sense that many now might just wait for the PS Vita instead, specially since still not many games seem to be in the horizon and unless the higher-ups at Sony are stupid, they are surely gonna secure a bunch of games for their handheld's launch.
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
    I've been keeping an eye on the PS Vita, I did want a PSP but there wasn't really anything interesting in my eyes until recently and it's dead as far as I'm concerened. I'm sure Sony learned and has secured plenty of stuff for the Vita's launch, they were showcasing that Uncharted game and I'm sure that'll lure plenty of people toward the Vita but the price tag at $250-300 will make a difference in the amount of people will want to pay that much, when you can buy a console for the same price or less, or the other less expensive handheld, but there would have to be more games for the 3DS to do well. There isn't much of a selection as is, they just keep talking about all these new exciting games that aren't out yet or remakes of 64 games
  • SithSpectre
    SithSpectre

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
    When I first read about this earlier I thought it was a joke, I went from being concluded that the 3DS would never be a handheld of mine to someone who really would like to pick one up especially for ocarina of time because I was mostly a PSX guy back in the day and missed some of those great N64 games being offered now on the 3DS, consider me enticed nintendo.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jul 28th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
    At the rate Nintendo is going, you'd do well to pick up a 3DS for the N64 remakes alone. The best 64 games in their best condition ever. Star Fox 64 alone was worth a 3DS for me... at the original price too.
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz

    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Jul 29th, 2011 at 7:32 am
    I am kind of pissed off, but what are the early adopters going to do about it? Hey nintendo, how about some kind of rebate for us early adopters? KTHXGOODBYE.

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