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    The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The handheld features stereoscopic 3D technology that doesn't require glasses. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2011 and in North America on March 27, 2011.

    3DS price drop, going to be $169 on August 12th.

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    #1  Edited By RE_Player1

    Story is here. Really weird but awesome for consumers and at least early adopters get some games. Was this due to poor sales or did Nintendo see the Vita's price as a threat?

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    #2  Edited By captain_clayman

    wow, this thing is starting out pretty poorly for nintendo.

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    #3  Edited By niamahai

    thank god i waited!

    now ima gonna go get one and play....

    ...what is there to play on the 3DS?

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    #4  Edited By Ragdrazi

    That was fast.

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    #5  Edited By Juicebox

    DS like domminace incoming?
    i would jizz if megaman legends was revived lol

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    #6  Edited By asurastrike

    That's a pretty huge cut for only being out 6 months. I would be pissed if I had bought one.

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    #7  Edited By deactivated-6050ef4074a17

    Wow, that is a serious cut. Nintendo must really not be happy with sales.

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    #8  Edited By 1p

    Think about how big their profit margin was with the $249 price point, if they can drop it to $169 just like that.

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    #9  Edited By RE_Player1

    @Bib said:

    Think about how big their profit margin was with the $249 price point, if they can drop it to $169 just like that.

    My thoughts exactly. Also I bet they were trying to figure out ways not to shit on their day 1 fans and eventually someone said fuck it give them like 20 games :P

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    #10  Edited By Vexxan

    Now just bring on the games and we have a deal, Nintendo.

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    #11  Edited By Ragdrazi
    @Bib: Unless... I'm not saying it's likely, but could they be trying to sell at a loss now? Make it up in games?
     
    I mean, the hardware on the 3DS doesn't seem like the sort of thing that's cheap.
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    #12  Edited By RE_Player1

    @Ragdrazi: Has Nintendo ever sold hardware at a loss?

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    #13  Edited By Ragdrazi
    @RE_Player92: I don't know. Have they? Probably not. But that doesn't mean that they can't set the price to whatever they want it to be.
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    #14  Edited By AgentJ

    Wow. I maintained from launch, right through E3 that Nintendo would never ever drop the price less than a year after releasing a new piece of hardware, and I never would have dreamed 80 bucks. Sure glad I held off, though I might still wait. This makes it clear that Nintendo knows they did something wrong, and I'll bet the farm they'll have a hardware revision revealed within 12 months. Tales will be so tempting though...

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    #15  Edited By RE_Player1

    Do you think these free games make up for the sudden price drop? Personally I'd be kind of bummed but that's me.

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    #16  Edited By Juicebox
    @RE_Player92: 
    Are you anti-Nintendo or something? geeze
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    #17  Edited By Ragdrazi
    @Juicebox: Uh. He hasn't said anything provocative yet.
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    #18  Edited By samfo

    Great so now Australians only have to pay $250... Oh wait our dollar is stronger and the USA! So how much do we have to pay?... Oh wow, 250... Crazy

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    #19  Edited By SlashDance

    @RE_Player92: I couldn't care less about Nes and Gameboy games.

    I don't know about the US but in europe when Microsoft cut the price of the original Xbox a few weeks after its release, we got a controller and I believe 3 games. Not exactly the same situation here, more time as passed and the drop is not as substantial, but giving us NES games is ridiculous.

    Better than nothing I guess but I don't know that I will download a single one. That's how much I care about the nes and the gameboy at this point.

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    #20  Edited By Juicebox
    @Ragdrazi: 
    i guess so.
    @SamFo: 
     lol oh wow.
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    #21  Edited By bennym6

    damn already got mine, This is directed at sony

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    #22  Edited By scarace360

    Well im buying one

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    #23  Edited By awadnin

    wow nice price :] 
     
    (i bought one at  launch) but i am happy for price drop :]

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    #24  Edited By VicRattlehead

    If it drops to £100 over here ill buy one no problem

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    #25  Edited By Bollard
    @SamFo said:
    Great so now Australians only have to pay $250... Oh wait our dollar is stronger and the USA! So how much do we have to pay?... Oh wow, 250... Crazy
    Nintendo are absolute arseholes when it comes to currency conversion. In the UK it lauched at like £220 to America's $250, when £220 = $ 355.45 
     
    Slight markup in price there you Nintendo bastards?! Also the eShop is so fucking expensive as they do a like 1:1 dollar to pound rate. I'm not paying £5-7 for DSi Ware which is like 5 bucks (£3.50 for something). Ridiculous.
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    #26  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Tempting price; still no games. Will buy when they start coming out.

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    #27  Edited By hwy_61

    I'm hoping this price drop will mean there will be a 3ds XL. That would be awesome.

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    #28  Edited By Noct

    This is slightly offputting for about 3 seconds because I already own one, then I realize this is exactly what has happened on EVERY piece of electronic hardware I've ever bought, and I'm less upset... When 3DO dropped from $700 to $350, I don't remember getting anything but a headache...
     
    Granted, it's really early to be dropping this much, but unless you're afraid N is going to stop supporting it (doubtful), this is actually great news for people that already own one.  
     
    I don't really care all that much about VC, but I must admit, I am blown away at the titles they are offering. Talk about the cream of the crop... Not only that, but at the usual price-points of $3.99-$7.99 for most things on that store, 20 free games is a lot more then I "lost" in this deal.  
     
    Not only that, but the great news here is that this is most likely going to get people buying them (especially based on the comments I've seen), which can only help the Third-Party market gain some more interest in this device. And really, TP titles are the ONLY thing this hardware is lacking. It's a fantastic piece of hardware with a great looking lineup of FP games for the next year. We get the TP support the DS had, and we'll really have something here.
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