Nintendo 3DS Worldwide Price Cut announced, GBA/NES for 3DS VC

[FireGrey]

Now prowler's argument is valid, why don't we all just let this debate end and agree that both of them care to some extent?? Okay? Good.

aww but the sony vs. nintendo debate is fun against guild

oh, alright.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Now prowler's argument is valid, why don't we all just let this debate end and agree that both of them care to some extent?? Okay? Good.

No one cares about custommers.
They just want $$$$.

Trying to find ways not to stop getting $$$$.

 

[heartgold]

It's true most of the 3DS games are a bunch of crap right now, around holiday season is when the games I want will be available.

 

[FireGrey]

Now prowler's argument is valid, why don't we all just let this debate end and agree that both of them care to some extent?? Okay? Good.

No one cares about custommers.
They just want $$$$.

Trying to find ways not to stop getting $$$$.

They do care, but only because they dont want them to go buy elsewere.

 

[thieves like us]

I was thinking about getting one of these with OoT 3D when I get the cash. Now I'm not sure if I should wait for the price cut or buy early for the Ambassador program...

You do realize you could probably buy all 20 of those games through Virtual Console or online for significantly less than what the price cut equals? Hell, it's probably cheaper to buy the console after its release and then buy all the NES/GBA games offered. I'm assuming NES games will be $5 a pop and GBA games will be $10 a pop.

someone's math skills are definately lacking here

the price cut is equivalent to an $70 savings (current msrp of 249.99 to the new price of 179.99)

the cost of the vc games (as you've given) would be equal to $50.00 for the nes titles and $100.00 for the gba titles, or $150 in total (plus, that doesn't take into account that the gba titles would be exclusive to the "ambassador" program)

 

[Erdnaxela]

cause nintendo cares about 3ds owners.

They've really got you fooled.

Nintendo: 3DS is dying

fixed for you...

Lol I hope I can launch a dying console if it's selling like 4kk+ 0_o

 

[SamAsh07]

Now prowler's argument is valid, why don't we all just let this debate end and agree that both of them care to some extent?? Okay? Good.

aww but the sony vs. nintendo debate is fun against guild

oh, alright.

Good

Now as Tanveer said, they only want $$$, true. IF you've got the cash, the company is your pet dog.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I was thinking about getting one of these with OoT 3D when I get the cash. Now I'm not sure if I should wait for the price cut or buy early for the Ambassador program...

You do realize you could probably buy all 20 of those games through Virtual Console or online for significantly less than what the price cut equals? Hell, it's probably cheaper to buy the console after its release and then buy all the NES/GBA games offered. I'm assuming NES games will be $5 a pop and GBA games will be $10 a pop.

someone's math skills are definately lacking here

the price cut is equivalent to an $70 savings (current msrp of 249.99 to the new price of 179.99)

the cost of the vc games (as you've given) would be equal to $50.00 for the nes titles and $100.00 for the gba titles, or $150 in total

Durr, for some reason I was thinking 5 free games or something. Nevermind.

 

[Anakir]

Gotta sell mine ASAP. Still have mine and barely touched it.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Now prowler's argument is valid, why don't we all just let this debate end and agree that both of them care to some extent?? Okay? Good.

No one cares about custommers.
They just want $$$$.

Trying to find ways not to stop getting $$$$.

They do care, but only because they dont want them to go buy elsewere.

Is that not exactly what Tanveer said, but you just added "They do care" to it?

It's also a pretty sly scheme for people to buy a 3DS at the $250 price tag for all these "free games".

 

[iceissocold]

I'm not complaining about this. As soon as I seen price cut I was raging, but further reading and seeing the 20 free games and the 10 exclusive GBA titles including Metroid Fusion, I was immediately happy.

I pray that the other 5 GBA games include Metroid ZM and possibly an RPG or Zelda:ALttP.

 

[thieves like us]

the one thing that I don't understand is nintendo stating that as long as you connect your 3DS via wi-fi prior to aug 12th, that you are eligible for the "ambassador" program.

those wishing to get the "best of both worlds" simply need to purchase a 3DS system the week before and connect via wi-fi. after august 12th (when the new pricing takes effect), simply take your receipt back to the retailer where you've purchased the system and get them to refund the price drop (most retail stores offer a 7-14 day return policy). in fact, many retailers not only will refund the difference, but an additional 5% (up to a set amount) of the difference

 

[Shiro09]

I'm not complaining about this. As soon as I seen price cut I was raging, but further reading and seeing the 20 free games and the 10 exclusive GBA titles including Metroid Fusion, I was immediately happy.

I pray that the other 5 GBA games include Metroid ZM and possibly an RPG or Zelda:ALttP.

I pray for Pokemon Emerald, but I very much doubt it

 

[DrOctapu]

i couldn't care less about some crappy software released decades ago. i can spend 80 bucks on much better things

Yeah, I'm not happy about it myself, but fuck you for implying that these games suck. NES was my first console and a GBA was my first handheld. Kind of a meh library on the gba but some classics, the NES was fucking GODLY, though. Not at all crappy games. My complaint is that I could just pirate 'em to play on my DStwo and used the extra cash on a new hard drive or some games from steam's summer sale.

 

[sergster1]

I was thinking about getting one of these with OoT 3D when I get the cash. Now I'm not sure if I should wait for the price cut or buy early for the Ambassador program...

You do realize you could probably buy all 20 of those games through Virtual Console or online for significantly less than what the price cut equals? Hell, it's probably cheaper to buy the console after its release and then buy all the NES/GBA games offered. I'm assuming NES games will be $5 a pop and GBA games will be $10 a pop.

umm 10 of the games are exclusive to the ambassadors

if your getting a total of 20 games and according to you gba games will be 10 while nes will be 5 then you will be getting 150 worth in games. im still irked though by this cause I could bought an xbox then and a 3DS now.

 

[AlanJohn]

This is good for Nintendo, now it can compete with Sony.


But I'm still getting a Vita.

 

[Azariel_z]

Sorry iPhone problem.

Its about time Nintendo did the price cut. But I'm shocked it's that much

I am shocked too, adn i am not too comfortable with the this abrupt price drop, because from an investor & developer POV means profits will diminish, some titles could be canceled along the way, and would become the Nintendo GC of handhelds ( in terms of platform to develop games for )..don't get me wrong I lvoe my NGC more than i lvoe my Ps2 back in the day, but means less games, less titles, and thigns like that...
Handheld without good games is meaningless.. doesn't even have homebrew yet, I hope I am just plain wrong...

 

[Freudian Lemur]

I started reading this article, and thought "Aww bugger!"
Than I got to the bold part and I was all like "FUCK YEAH!"
Then I read the list of free GBA games, I and I wet myself.

 

[bowser]

Wow, Nintendo have made a really smart move here. There are people out there who drool over "exclusive" stuff and will rush to buy a 3DS now before the price cut (never mind that the GBA games will in all likelihood be made available to everyone later). Not to mention that a 3DS with exclusive content will get a higher price on Ebay.

So they will see a (maybe minor) boost in sales now and then a bigger boost later after the price cut.

 

[NaokiKitsuhine]

I think that they can get the data about when you bought your 3DS with the Application that show how much steps, time and what games you played in your 3DS System

An update can make this app send the data to nintendo and know if you are an "ambassador" just by searching your "First Boot" in the system