3DS Dev Kits Price Leaked

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Planet 3DS has received a leak from an “anonymous insider” about the costs of Nintendo 3DS development kits. According to them, “PARTNER-CTR” is the main development system, and “Panda” is an additional Nintendo 3DS unit designed to be used with special flash cards (it is highly likely that the leaked 3DS unit from China from last month was one such unit). You can see the prices of all the different parts of the kit in the table below:

Part # Item Price

73056 PARTNER-CTR DEBUGGER $2,620
73058 PARTNER-CTR DEBUGGER/CAPTURE (Dual Functionality) $3,950
73065 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” USA $324
73066 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” EU $324
73067 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” AUS $324
73062 Flash Card, 16 Gbits (2 GBytes) CTR $85
73063 Backup Memory, 1Mbit (128 KBytes) Flash CTR $8.35
73064 Backup Memory, 4Mbits (512 KBytes) Flash CTR $10.65

While the prices in the table may appear to be a bit on the high side to the common consumer, to game developers, they are pleasantly affordable compared to Nintendo’s long history of outrageously priced dev kits. This goes hand-in-hand with the announcement Iwata made back on September 29th about how he intended to make the 3DS a more attractive system for smaller and independent developers than past Nintendo systems. Lowering the entry cost is definitely a great way to start, and we commend Nintendo for doing just that.

Source

Cheap

 

[Bladexdsl]

I'm buying one

 

[croagunk.master]

LOL at the Source.

 

[Wombo Combo]

So can anyone can just buy these or does it have to go through Nintendo like I'm thinking.

 

[heartgold]

LOL at the Source.

lol fixed, I must have clicked at the wrong window when I ctrl+c =/

 

[monkat]

Wasn't the DS one like....twice as much?

 

[moodswinger]

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but what does this tell us?

 

[heartgold]

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but what does this tell us?

Nothing for an average consumer. We know how much developers buy their dev kits off Ninty.

 

[moodswinger]

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but what does this tell us?

Nothing for an average consumer. We know how much developers buy their dev kits off Ninty.

So game developers buy this off Nintendo? Pretty pricey considering the large number of shovelwares in the DS especially if what monkat is saying is true.

 

[VashTS]

i assume you have to have some kind of cred to get this? they don't sell it to everyone right?

i smiled inside when i seen they have dev flash carts. maybe a commercial one for consumers will come along.

 

[GundamXXX]

Wait! Hold up... Does this mean even MORE devs can get their greedy little shovelware hands on em?

O the humanintendy

 

[GH0ST]

While the EA’s and others Ubisofts of the world have been working on 3DS games for almost a year, smaller companies will finally get the chance to produce games for the system as announced two months ago...

 

[The Pi]

To be able to buy this (or any other ninty SDK stuff) you need:

1. A detailed description of your company, including a summary of your software publishing experience, financial resources and stability (in the form of an annual report or balance sheet for the last three years) and your industry leadership. This information should be in the form of a corporate prospectus, business plan or summary statement;
2. A detailed introduction to your key personnel and developers setting forth any technical, managerial or sales experience that may be relevant;
3. A marketing plan for your proposed products, including targeted distribution channels, advertising commitments, consumer service resources, merchandising, etc.;
4. Any market study information on consumer demand for your proposed product which you may be relying on;
5. A written description of your proposed software product;
6. A complete summary and at least three samples of software you have previously published and upon which you rely for establishing your technical know-how. [/p]

 

[Cyan]

73065 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” USA $324
73066 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” EU $324
73067 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” AUS $324[/p]Nintendo still hasn't heard of currency change. Every developers will want an USA unit, certainly not one from Australia.

Anyway, this SDK looks cheaper than any previous console to me. Could they hope for new third parties developers (from iphone world for example) to be interested and buy a license ?

 

[Deleted User]

Lovely, insiders before it is even launched.

I bagsy the new R43DS

 

[GundamXXX]

73065 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” USA $324
73066 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” EU $324
73067 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” AUS $324[/p]Nintendo still hasn't heard of currency change. Every developers will want an USA unit, certainly not one from Australia.

Anyway, this SDK looks cheaper than any previous console to me. Could they hope for new third parties developers (from iphone world for example) to be interested and buy a license ?

Euhm... they are ALL the exact same amount being 324 dollar, hence the $ sign. One can also assume they mean USD

 

[Neko]

Edit: didn't read correctly.

This is actually a very good price. Good Job Nintendo!

 

[1timeuser]

Nice, this means current DS dev Hardware will drop soon to a cheaper price soon and I`ll finally be able to some up

 

[Sir VG]

73065 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” USA $324
73066 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” EU $324
73067 Nintendo 3DS (Development only) “Panda” AUS $324[/p]Nintendo still hasn't heard of currency change. Every developers will want an USA unit, certainly not one from Australia.

Anyway, this SDK looks cheaper than any previous console to me. Could they hope for new third parties developers (from iphone world for example) to be interested and buy a license ?

Euhm... they are ALL the exact same amount being 324 dollar, hence the $ sign. One can also assume they mean USD

Yeah, it comes out funny here because of the lack of tables. See the source page to see what I mean.

 

[Cyan]

Euhm... they are ALL the exact same amount being 324 dollar, hence the $ sign. One can also assume they mean USD

Ooops ... you are right