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

[Pyrate02]

Does anyone know if the DSi/DSi XL will drop in price also? Currently in the USA DSi is 150 and DSi XL is 170. I've been wanting a DSi XL for a while, but am waiting for it to move off the 170 price.

 

[oxenh]

for people that still wonder if you should wait to buy a 3ds after the price cut or not
-if you buy before price cut you will pay full price(obviously) and if you enter to the eshop at least one time before august 12 you will be registered to the nintendo 3ds abrassador program grant to you 20 vc game free (10 nes vc and 10 gba vc exclusive)
-if you buy it after proce cut, will pay about 80 buck less and no gifts XD

 

[MigueelDnd]

Yeah, I'm at least glad to know that they still have a lot of potential to make some money off the system. The price drop might encourage some other big companies to get on board with software development for the 3DS as well. I think that some may have a been a little hesitant because of the cost of the system. That and they wanted to wait and see what Sony was planning with the Vita. I'm especially hoping that Square-Enix will start bringing some titles to the 3DS aside from KH3D. Even a port of Crystal Chronicles would be more than welcome in my book.

Exactly, they will still make money, and it's very likely that they'll sell tons of units. Maybe Sega and other developers/publishers did the right thing to delay their titles. Maybe they already knew about this price drop? Maybe even developers that are unsure of developing for the 3DS will see this as a chance and we'll get even more games!
Off topic, I really like Crystal Chronicles. IIRC the DS ones were pretty well received and had some nice graphics for the system, so, just thinking of what they could do on the 3DS is amazing; and they are already showing good support for the system with Heroes of Ruin.

 

[Requios]

Does anyone know if the DSi/DSi XL will drop in price also? Currently in the USA DSi is 150 and DSi XL is 170. I've been wanting a DSi XL for a while, but am waiting for it to move off the 170 price.

I know AU recently underwent a price drop for their DSi/DSi XL systems. Granted I don't know much about AU currency, but I imagine Nintendo will announce a price drop for the older handhelds, as well.

 

[dragon574444]

Well then. I'm gonna buy a 3DS a few days before the 12th for full price. Get my free 20 games. Then after the price drop I'll bring my receipt to the store and ask them to adjust the price for me. ??? Profit!

 

[Annieone23]

Wow this is awesome! I dont regret buying my system at launch, I mean price cuts are inevitable. But to get 20 free games is amazing!!

 

[machomuu]

Well then. I'm gonna buy a 3DS a few days before the 12th for full price. Get my free 20 games. Then after the price drop I'll bring my receipt to the store and ask them to adjust the price for me. ??? Profit!

Adjust the price for you?

...I'm speechless, the idea of any store letting you do that is nigh on stupid.

 

[Donald Serrot]

Woohoo! Thank you Nintendo for supporting your loyal customers! I'm being serious here, I got my 3DS out of loyalty and knowing that at some point owning it early would be worth it. I'd be the first to admit (if I wasn't so slow getting news) that the 3DS launch was lackluster. The third parties were given the chance to shine and they blew it not just for the players, but for Nintendo too. But that's okay, cause I have my 3DS and I have my Zelda + Soundtrack CD and soon I'll have my NES and GBA games. Now the only thing I need to make this complete win is one of the GBA games needs to be Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, that would make it an epic win.

Again, I'm not saying everything Nintendo has been doing has been done right, but what they are planning on doing now is doing right by their customers, all their customers.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

pretty desperate Nintendo...although the limited time GBA games that SHOULD be on there is very tempting..I have no damn money...grrr

 

[Midna]

So, uh, this is where Vita's massive advantage disappears. Few more games released and I expect the sales figures to jump up substantially.

 

[purplesludge]

Well then. I'm gonna buy a 3DS a few days before the 12th for full price. Get my free 20 games. Then after the price drop I'll bring my receipt to the store and ask them to adjust the price for me. ??? Profit!

Adjust the price for you?

...I'm speechless, the idea of any store letting you do that is nigh on stupid.

A lot of stores will refund the price difference within a week or two.

 

[Vinnymac]

For all the users who already have the 3DS, this is sort of nice. We don't have to do much except login, and we get 20 free games? sounds perfect. 80$ difference is worth less than 20 games to me, so I am happy

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[keine]

LOVE IT.

3DS is gonna own this holiday season. That is a way! better price point. Plus for those of us already with one, we aren't entirely left out in the cold with the free games. Ninty FTW. (Still a little peeved....I would have rather paid the lower price, being I still have only one game for my 3DS in the months since it released.)

Fastest price drop ever? I've never even seen this happen before.

 

[abel009]

When Nintendo releases the next generation of Pokemon and the newly announced super smash bros for the 3DS, the system will sell like hotcakes

 

[dragon574444]

Well then. I'm gonna buy a 3DS a few days before the 12th for full price. Get my free 20 games. Then after the price drop I'll bring my receipt to the store and ask them to adjust the price for me. ??? Profit!

Adjust the price for you?

...I'm speechless, the idea of any store letting you do that is nigh on stupid.

Best buy does it. Walmart does it. I'm sure other places do it. You have your receipt with you, and they will give you the difference in price within x amount of days.

 

[phantastic91]

For all the users who already have the 3DS, this is sort of nice. We don't have to do much except login, and we get 20 free games? sounds perfect. 80$ difference is worth less than 20 games to me, so I am happy

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but i know I wouldn't buy all those 20 games. out of the list so far ill probably just get two or three and maybe get over the nostalgia and start prefering original 3ds eshop content instead.
Having eshop credit would have been a much better gesture for me =]

i wonder how gba games are going to look on the 3ds screens though.

edit: i think the coolest part is that my 3ds menu is going to look epic by the end of the year

 

[DiscostewSM]

Well then. I'm gonna buy a 3DS a few days before the 12th for full price. Get my free 20 games. Then after the price drop I'll bring my receipt to the store and ask them to adjust the price for me. ??? Profit!

Adjust the price for you?

...I'm speechless, the idea of any store letting you do that is nigh on stupid.

I think it depends on the situation. I bought an HP iPAQ back in 2001 for a set price, and when I took it back for a replacement (because it began having problems a month later), I not only got a replacement, but some of the money refunded because it had a price cut since the purchase date.

The scenario with the 3DS is different however, because there is compensation being integrated into the system by Nintendo. If the store where you bought the 3DS is informed of this, chances are they won't adjust the price.

 

[kingdruid]

So when can we get these 20 games? I didn't notice the release date.

EDIT
Sorry I missed it:
Sept 1st

 

[Yu-Gi-Oh 100]

This should have been this price point from the beginning, and the only reason they are changing it is because sony's technically better handheld is at the same price and it's not selling as good as they thought.

 

[machomuu]

This should have been this price point from the beginning, and the only reason they are changing it is because sony's technically better handheld is at the same price and it's not selling as good as they thought.

That's probably and most likely not the only reason.