2011 the 3ds was $250, that was already overpriced espeically for the hard ware, that wasn't even better than most android devices at the time, and just cause of 3D, no not worth it.
The price dropped happened within a year and then that nintendo ambassador program was made. The same thing happened to wii u being two different purchases for normal and deluxe of $250 and $350. Again, price drop and it hasn't even been out for a year, (except this time no ambassador compensation)
I have no problem with paying for expensive stuff if the stuff is quality hardware and performance. I paid $300 for the Nvidia shield devices, they are high quality Tegra GPU and works well without a doubt! So just saying, maybe lots of people won't buy it, but least when they do they won't buy crappy products cause of cheap decisions.