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3DS price slashed down to $170

  1. Nintendo 3DS Gets Sudden, Massive Price Drop

    Boy, those 3DS sales sure fell off a cliff. So much so that Nintendo has instituted one of the swiftest and deepest price cuts for a handheld in recent memory.

    The 3DS only went on sale earlier this year for $249, but as of August 12, it'll be slashed all the way down to $169.99. That's...wow.


    Source: http://kotaku.com/5825495/nintendo-3ds-gets-sudden-massive-price-drop

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    Anyone surprised? Anyone?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  2. That is... Painful, since I bought it at launch. Though I got for around $100 so meh.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  3. I don't believe it. Maybe $199 for the Christmas season, but $169? And existing owners get free games? Unprecedented.

    And what about the DSi? Curently at $149, it will need a similarly drop to move stock. What the hell is Nintendo smoking?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  4. Seems someone is having problems with sales...only 900000 sold in the US

    Posted 4 years ago #
  5. i tried play it once on local store...
    just 5mins and my eyes is straining too much try to focus on the 3d image
    making me feel like it contribute toward lazy eyes symptom
    most parents would probably not gonna buy this for their kids either..

    which contribute even more toward the low sales figure

    Posted 4 years ago #
  6. yup , i cant seem to find it in me to play it for more then 10 min

    Posted 4 years ago #
  7. Could this be history repeating itself? Virtual Boy 2.0.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    170 is an offer no one can pass up. Nintendo was being fair, perhaps generous, with 250.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  9. I'm going to pass it up ... a gimmick handheld with no games ... no reason to even consider it.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  10. 3DS = virtual boy
    but try reaching for the rainbow, nintendo

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Nin

    I'll be getting it when the next mothership Pokémon games are announced, for sure.

    Also gaiz, if you don't like the 3D, just turn it off. You can't complain about gimmicks when you can turn them off.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  12. Ninsheart said:

    Also gaiz, if you don't like the 3D, just turn it off. You can't complain about gimmicks when you can turn them off.

    they why buy it, without the 3D it's worthless

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Nin

    All the games you've ever liked are in 3D?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  14. I-It's not like I wanted it anyway!

    Ninsheart said:

    Also gaiz, if you don't like the 3D, just turn it off. You can't complain about gimmicks when you can turn them off.

    Yeah but buying the 3DS and then turning off the 3D after 10 minutes, don't you see a problem with that?

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Nin

    No.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  16. Ninsheart said:
    No.

    Oh, okay. I guess it's fine then.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  17. Ninsheart said:
    No.

    I do. I'd probably just buy a DS then.. At least it'd be cheaper.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  18. hipsters buy 3DS and then turn the 3D off :)

    Posted 4 years ago #
  19. alex251 said:
    hipsters buy 3DS and then turn the 3D off :)

    You don't even know what that word means.

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Nin

    Well look. If you turn the 3D off, you're still left with a great console that's bound to get a great lineup (it's already fairly neat as it is), with better graphics than the DS, more processor power than the DS, better online capabilities than the DS, at the price of a DS.

    >3DS gets announced
    >"Shit man I don't want 3D gimmicks"
    >You can turn the 3D off
    >"Shit man I don't wanna buy it if I can't have 3D!"

    Posted 4 years ago #

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