80% Agree: “3DS Too Expensive”

its a new handheld that does something no others can yet. Sure its expensive, but i dont think its overpriced.

everyone looks at the specs and gawks, my comment to that is there is no data representing its Graphic Card capabilities to my knowledge at the time of posting this. And it doesnt take a computer science nerd to know that ALL gaming consoles come down to the sheer power their Graphics Chips can produce.

Don't like the price? just wait itll prolly drop, or the wait at ur local gamestop or used game retailer for the kid who gets everything trades it in because they were "bored" and buy it used. used within the first 2 weeks will prolly be $250ish so have fun.

The remakes and new kid icarus are more than worth it for me.

The price is based on the fact that its new, they need to look ahead and see what price will cover the abundance of the new screens for launch, not to mention everything else in there. Nintendo has ALWAYS been affordable except right at launch, except for the wii, that was totally worth it. when you are "first" you get to set the prices. that simple

All they have to do is to wait a couple of months and the prices start dropping. Besides, there aren't that much good games that come out in the beginning of the system releases anyway.

i don't care the price im still gona buy it the day of the release

ITT: A bunch of fucking idiots predicting the doom of Nintendo, same as they have been for the past ten years now. IIRC, Nintendo is kicking ass right now. The 3DS is going to sell like crazy. The DS/Nintendo brand, coupled with the very novel gimmick of no-glasses 3D and Nintendo's awesome marketing assure this beyond a doubt.

Nice troll wording for the headline, too, Artefact. "80% say 'too expensive?'" That's weird, because the fucking chart says "19%!" There's a huge difference between "expensive" and "too expensive." Nintendo doesn't give a shit about all the parents who cry "this is expensive!" seconds before shelling out for one for their kid. They care about the 19% who refuse to buy it, though I doubt they'll have enough to go around for the first year or so, anyway. I really wish you'd stop letting your ridiculous bias seep into every article you post. All the morons here seemingly refuse to read past your headlines, so it makes the comments here pretty annoying when you post such ridiculous headlines.

"25 FPS IN A MOVIE WITH FRAME INTERPOLATION & 25 FPS IN A VIDEOGAME IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

30 FPS IN VIDEO GAMES MAKES ME SICK."

You must only play PS3, 360, & Wii games. You must have never watched TV before, because TV has always displayed things at 30 fps (for interlaced stuff), but nobody ever whines about a SHOW'S fps. ALL games are just fine at 30 fps, & most play well even when the fps takes a swan-dive. There are some games that are bad, but NONE of them are bad because they're 30 fps.

For everybody's info, there has been a way to display 3-D on ALL TV's (including the old ones) WITHOUT GLASSES since the early 80's. If you ever saw an early 80's show called "That's incredible", you may have seen it yourself. Google this word.
VISIDEP.

If we're lucky psp2 will kill it. Whenever it gets released. I'll buy both after a price drop though.

The price is right ...NOT! (Sorry, I had to).

Not buying.

and the ps3 was $600 for how long?

I thought $300 was OK, until the hardware specs were revealed.

It seems that I will be buying a Pandora after all.

Nintendo is fucking smart. Remember the Wii fiasco? They were selling for more on ebay than retail, because everyone fucking wanted one. If they had tacked on $50 to the initial price point, they would have made a shit ton more money. They're trying to avoid that with this console.

You can't say something's too expensive before it even comes out. Until you understand its capabilities and how much people want it, there's no way to judge. Of course people will say it's too expensive, because everyone wants to pay less for their electronics. Also, a 1,000 sample is hardly enough to judge consumer opinion.

I love you Sankaku, but sometimes your blatant attempts to create controversy wear on me.

Will you PLEASE stop posting this kind of bullshit? This is not news, this is "reporting the results of an open poll that anyone can find if they want." Or do you guys just get off on calling every video game and game system the death of the industry?

80 % of men agree: women don't want enough sex.

So whats the difference Between 3DS and a normal DS?

A build in camera and a 3D screen? >.>

Let me guess, these same people don't have a job & complain when they can't pirate anything? Get a better job or hang yourselves, poorfags. You can't pay for luxuries, not anyone else's problem except yours.

AND NOTHING OF VALUE WAS LOST

80% agree its too expensive? you should double check that... it is 19.2% and Y , I read the "Expensive" and "Quite Expensive" but still you don't sum that up in order to get the % higher on "Too Expensive" :/

of those 80% most will buy it anyway

poor mother fuckers. go sell some crack.

Those systems are cheap O.O I've seen more expensive eroge. Hell, I've seen more expensive music albums.

Whats more expensive? 3DS or PSP? That's the question. Either way more or less PSP will be executed once 3DS is out.

Bitch and whine some more ppl. I live in Sweden, we'll probably pay almost 10000 yen more than any of you will. *sigh*

I didn't realize this site was a cover for the SDF, misleading title (Only 19.2% think the 3DSis TOO expensive) and the vast majority just fall in step with the Nintendo hate? This is some "Fair and Balanced" reporting if you catch my drift.

Who gives a shit about this silly survey. Nintardo releases One 2 bit of a Pocket Monster in "THREE Deeeee" and them whiners flock the week before it comes out for it~ Months before if its that "romance" game!

http://www.youtube.com/suzumiyaharuhi0

I wouldn't mind if we get 10 free game downloads or a 10GB SD card.

People often miss out on these things:

Home consoles comparison- Though the price is close to the cost of a 360 or a PS3, the 3DS have everything you need on the go to play. Current gen high def consoles requires a very expensive setup. Add the cost of an HD TV and you are looking at at least $1,000 more..not to mention these things use up more electricity in the long run.

Smart phones or any jack of all phones comparison- It won't be practical playing games on it since it wasn't primarily designed for gaming. They often have poor battery life, and mediocre controls for these new types of portable games. These phones won't be getting the triple AAA titles that will be coming out on the 3DS.

Even though the 3DS is reported to have a shorter battery life than the DSi I think it will be more efficient compared to a PSP since it does not have moving parts to read the game.

Backwards Compatibility - This is what the next PSP would severely lack since I highly doubt they'll be using the UMD format ever again. Your entire UMD library will be obsolete once PSP2 comes out, while every DS game made can be played on the 3DS.

This pricing thing is just a marketing strategy to sell more DSi/LL before the 3DS launches. And by that time comes most of you would have saved enough money to buy it and a couple of games. ^^

yeah 80% think it's to expensive yet the SAME 80% will be in the launch line on day 1.

even if it costs $100 there are always ppl who will say it is too expensive ==

Stop that stupid anti-Nintendo propaganda!
250-300 USD is too expansive? Really?

A good camera?
1.5 times the 3DS price!

A smartphone?
Twice the 3DS price!

A gaming laptop?
5-10 times the 3DS price!

Even if it's not $298 when it comes out I have a feeling it's still gonna be close to it.

So completely how is nintendo suppose to sell there product if it that expensive get it together nintendo

hmm the lineup is already awesome but the thing is. 1 year after launch there's gonna be a "slim" version of this on a lower price. though the MGS Snake Eater along is worth the price :D

They didn't compare with the price of PSP though. Fail.

How can you even compare smart phones and a game system? Of course everyone will say it's too expensive. That won't stop them from buying it though. Rarely will you ever see people say a price is too cheap. Especially for expensive luxury items.

3DS is too expensive, what about Microsoft's joke of a Kinect which practically doesn't have any uses at all. Casual gamers, hardcore gamers, won't be buying it.

At least 3DS has a good game lineup, people will buy it.

Its relatively "INEXPENSIVE" when you remember the fuktards, that put them down and wander off on a whim,... Then its simply free!

There are still lots of parents of spoiled rotten brats as well as lazy clueless grown ups that put out the euros for these things. And still leave them laying about.

Geeeze,... expensive, my ass.
^_^

I wanna see a popular device that's voted "too cheap" by more than 20% of buyers. Just one.

People will still it, be it in japan or other places on earth. Thats how humankind is.