Nintendo Announces $300 3DS Pricing, Stock Plunges

Who cares about this thing?...Im so tired with Nintendo...in 6 or 7 months 3DS users will be buying the "3DSi" or "3DSiLL".

Was gonna get one of these but at 300 bux screw this i'll just get a wii, or hell maybe even an xbox

I don't blame them. $300 is too much to ask. Even the DSi's $130 price tag was pushing it.

It won't cost $300 US. It'll cost $250. Nintendo always makes the Japanese price higher than the US price, because Japanese kids have Otoshidama money to spend on wildly expensive stuff.

I am really not a Nintendo fan, I never have been since the days of SNES, but their portable have always been good. This, however, is too expensive for me to buy at launch unless I get a better paying job. it costs as much as a new console for bob's sake.

MGS3 is my top priority, although I'm sure there are other good games for it too.

Sell it to stu- *ehem* 'fan' people for it's double price, then draw it back to it's actual price 6 months later. That's Console Marketing 101 for you.

Missing the Christmas season is not a big issue in Japan. Note most Japanese companies fiscal year begins in April. Thus they are padding their end of year numbers with the big 3DS launch. Square Enix also does this. Christmas isn't a huge thing in Japan so they don't schedule big releases around it.

The drop in stock is mostly due to the weak profit forecasts because of the very strong yen. Halving your profit outlook is very bad and they were punished by investors for it. The 3DS pricing and launch were pretty much in-line with what people expected.

Since this is going to be released early next year... I'm guessing come Christmas time in order to drive Christmas sales up, Nintendo is going to have a "Surprise" price drop in 2011.

Sadly this is probably going to work and a crapload of people will fall for it.

I'm gonna... wait. Most surely the 3DS is gonna cost $500 here, in Argentina, and have not any support from Nintendo (they don't release anything official here, Microsoft doesn't either... Sony launches official stuff here but it's as overpriced as the individual importers so it's the same), so there's no rush. Maybe after a while they'll low the price and the 3DS can be hacked.
And I don't give a shit about Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft. They're companies; in the end, all they want is money, and don't care about fanboys who stand up for them.

Gameboys/DS recently have been generally $30 USD less than the Jap versions...

So common sense tells me 3DS will be no more than $270 USD for Americans.

And Speculation tells me they might settle for $250 for the price or some sort of $300 bundle.

US$ 300!!! it's the handheld only without the game

what's all the fuss about? you wanted to get the 3D screen for free? and the tactile one for 5 cents?

if you want a cheap handheld, get a TIGER LCD game, the 3DS can't be all packed with stuff and under 150$ at the same time, why would nintendo make their 3D machine with 3 cameras and 2 screen cheaper than a PSP that has only one screen and lower graphics capabilities?

people will still buy this up in droves regardless of the price. they bought the ps3 after all.

AND NOTHING OF VALUE WAS LOST

It'll most likely be $250 in the US when it's released, but I still find that crazily expensive for a device that only really plays games. I bought the PSP at launch, though, so I could always change my mind. The PSP launch pack did have a few nice extras, though (movie, demo disc, headphones, memory card, remote control, pouch for the PSP). The 3DS is coming with a 2GB card.

Right now, the 3DS doesn't have much value to me. Let's see if Nintendo can change my mind.

What are all you getting on for?

$300? Nintentard aint be selling this for such a cost! Outrageous! Defaming! Insulting!

They're gonna sell it for $299 Cheeper!!!!

Nintendo will bounce back after Love Plus sales, LOL

Today in Sankaku Complex: Comparing prices without adjusting for inflation.

A little off topic :

"im here to just give my opinion and ill leave. "

I swear I read that from aladin, yet he still didn't shut his lip kissing nintendass

I think a $300 PS3 or 360 vs. a $300 3DS the decision is a no brainer

Two Hundred And Ninty Nine US Dollars.

300 isnt that much. Sure, some of the older consoles were cheaper, but the games were expensive as well anyway. i remember when i was a kid and i got a gameboy advance for around 160 i think, but then the games would cost like 70 bucks each. plus prices will naturally inflate over time, so the price of the 3ds would naturally be higher than the older ones.

still buying it regardless. if u really care about the price then wait a couple months. i see this as no different then buying an overpriced apple product.

I can't believe people are asking why $300 is too much, so let me put it in perspective. The DSiXL costs $170, so why the hell should the price be doubled for the next DS upgrade? Wiis with 2 pack in games and Wii Motion Plus attachments are only $200. $300 is way too much for a handheld. Does Nintendo not see how the PSPgo is tanking in the US? Of course there will be a $100 trade-in special with Gamestop, but that's still $200 with no pack-in game, no extras... nothing. Japanese people put up with it because everything is expensive there, but westerners are far less forgiving.

$300!? I'd rather save up the extra $200, and get a PSP2. At least with Sony I expect and am used to being ripped off.

Damn well forget that if it gonna cost that much

The Iphone can be so powerfull and run Unreal Engine, but without proper controls all his gaming capabilities are useless.

Try to play an 2d fighting game like street fighter on an iphone, and then try on an old Gameboy and you will understand.

The Iphone is not a videoconsole; is a powerfull gadeget limited by the lack of buttons. You can´t play most of the best games without buttons, so the iphone will never be a real rival to any real portable videogame console.

Eh. Nintendo has a history of delivering quality after delays of various kinds, so I don't mind.
Here's hoping the delay is so that they can release an Ocarina of Time remake as a launch title; that alone will sell hundreds of thousands of systems.

My $300 is going to a PS3Slim first, though. 3DS will have to wait.
Maybe they'll have an enhanced version of the 3DS by the time I can work up the cash again.

It's worth noting that it's quite normal for tech companies' stocks to drop due to people shorting them right after new announcements. Just look at Apple -- despite how they continue to pump out popular new products, every time they announce something new, their stock plummets.

Hmmm? I'd still buy it. It's 3d on the go after all.

it'll bounce back once 3DS is released so no worries

By the way, isn't about time Nintendo announced a new home console?

Or are they going portable-only for this iteration? Not that it would necessarily be a bad idea, between the more marketeable (if mediocre) nature of portable offerings and Japanese developers' evident incapacity of exploring more powerful systems...

Sigh, sensationalism at its best. It's NOT $300. It's 25000yen. Freaking huge difference. The 3DS will not launch at $300 in the US.

Going to have to hold back on this system until it gets hacked and we get 3D porn on it.

What happened, lightening hit the transmitter??!

Oh, it'll still sell.

Wow, they are actually suffering for their currency getting stronger. Didn't know that was possible.

So the GBC was the cheapest eh? That was a good system.

lmfao had to laugh at the title alone, the chart only made it more hilarious
I like Nintendo(not much recently) but that is way too funny

That's not that sharp difference considering difference in prices between GBA and DS, and between DSL and DSiLL.

well 220 € is pretty cheap just to remind me what the NDS cost when it came out ^^

im here to just give my opinion and ill leave.

300$
for the first 3d all in one system
for probably the first portable 3d movie player
a 3d camera, the first many will own, possibly a movie take too.
for a hand held that has graphics on par with the wii, but 3d and portable
and for a system that has a remake of zelda oot, what is considered by many, the best game of all time.

you know, 300$ seams all right when that is all said.

look at the ds library, if i'm right the system is backwards compatible.

now look at what was announced for the 3ds, and is a known, oot.

like i said, 300 isnt looking that bad