Nintendo announce 3DS launch details!

[foob]

Nintendo missed the sweet spot pricing for this handheld. I think you will find that sales will actually suffer a bit with the unit at this price point.

Par for the course for a new release. You charge high to capture the Early Adopters, who will buy anyway.

It's silly to move into Discount Territory straight off the bat when the hype is so high. From a business perspective it makes no sense.

Make extra money while demand is high and people are in a frenzy at the new product your company is releasing (and all those fancy ads you paid for are whipping them up into a frenzy), then reduce the price (or introduce more bundles and colour choices and re-designs) as demand starts to die down - and only when it dies down.

Nobody is claiming this price will remain fixed forever, so sales won't suffer. Nintendo will do what they need to do to move units when the time comes, just like any company does.

 

[Bladexdsl]

march oh well that's good will give me time to save up for it. now where to pre-order that will ship here...

 

[omgpwn666]

Are you sure it had GBA Virtual Console? According to IGN, it doesn't.

The 3DS will bundle a 2GB SD card in with every system to make photo transfers simple. The company will also sell Game Boy and Game Boy Color games through a Virtual Console-like system on 3DS, as well as sell Classic Games in 3D, similar to the tech demo shown at E3.

It used to say GBA, but at the bottom of the page it now notes they made a mistake.

QUOTEEd. Note: We originally reported Game Boy Advance games would be available for download. The English translation of the presentation says Game Boy and Game Boy Color games only. The story has been corrected.

- Source -

 

[Daminite]

unfortunately it looks even less lefty friendly than the original ds

 

[Ritsuki]

I'll wait for the 3DS Lite. I hope that they won't forget the DS/DSL and continue to make some good games on it.

 

[lolzed]

I'll wait for the 3DS Lite. I hope that they won't forget the DS/DSL and continue to make some good games on it.

GBA had around 2 years of life after the DS IIRC,so I'm pretty sure DS should have the same(after all,weren't there a couple of games dated next year?)

 

[Hadrian]

The DS & GBA both seemed to have been rush released they can be priced cheaply, out in a holiday season and in the DS case against competition where the 3DS isn't. Not quite sure what could be improved.

GBA: Backlight was needed, better battery, some wanted clamshell design.
DS: Needed better lighting, better battery, was too chunky for some.


There is still little said about the 3DS innards, battery and so on. Screen light doesn't seem to be an issue and its supposed to be a little heavier than the DSi and those who have handled one say the weight is just right for it. No one has reported issues with the build, buttons or the analog so far.

So far the only negative I've seen is that you need to be in a certain position to see the 3D effect so maybe they could improve upon that. Multi-touch could be added though is that really that needed seeing Nintendo doesn't seem that focused on touchscreen now? Touchscreen could be bigger I guess if I'm being picky but then again will it be used as much as the DS games were?

Right now the only thing I'd want is a better choice is colour design. A metallic red design would suit me. Something like being able to use bigger SD cards can be fixed in firmware updates like with the Wii.

 

[zeromac]

Ah man i really wanted that red color they had at E3 but i guess I'll settle for black since my DSL is already black..

 

[Trizae]

zeromac I was totally thinking that just now! I really wanted that crimson red/black scheme 3DS they had going I already own a black DS so I hope they have alternate colours available for the PAL/US regions.

 

[haddad]

Wait how can this play GB/GBC? Do you download roms (legally?) and put on 3ds?

And wat? Does it support GBA? Or not?

 

[JSHidaka]

25000 Yens, yea are like US$300... but It will be US$250.00
JP PS3 slim, ￥ 29,980 - US PS3 Slim $299.00
JP DSi ￥ 15,000 - US DSi $150
JP Xbox360 250gb ￥29,800 - US $ 299.00

For Japaneses in Japan... 1 yen = 1 Dollar.. ssadly for ppl that want to import those... isnt like that 100 yen = ~US$1.25

So stop thinking it will be get out of japan for more than US$250

 

[Mesiskope]

Im actually a little disturbed as to how low that d-pad is on the DS2-I mean 3DS. What if a 2d castlevania comes out,
what the hell nintendo my thumbs aren't made of steal.

Eternal darkness for 3ds anyone?

it can happen.

 

[Rydian]

Wait how can this play GB/GBC? Do you download roms (legally?) and put on 3ds?

And wat? Does it support GBA? Or not?It'll use virtual console like the Wii. You buy and download them online on the system.

And GBA support was not mentioned, that was a mistranslation. Only GB/C.


QUOTE(Mesiskope @ Sep 30 2010, 01:31 PM) Im actually a little disturbed as to how low that d-pad is on the DS2-I mean 3DS. What if a 2d castlevania comes out,
what the hell nintendo my thumbs aren't made of steal.

With the PSP the analog stick is the lower one and people hate it... most prefer a stick to a pad now. Putting the pad in the normal place is the better option.

 

[Daizu]

i'm praying the 3DS has a cheaper launch price then what was announced, or translates to ($300 just won't happen for me).

If it was released at $250, i'd be all for it!

To my knowledge, Wii had the same price in Japan as the 3DS and the Wii was released here at $250. So I'm assuming the 3DS will be $250~ as well.

 

[Deleted User]

Iwata originally wanted it released at $240, but I hardly care. It'll be hitting the shelves in the UK at £180. Considering the wii cost £170, meh.

 

[YayMii]

This is really disappointing. A late release and it's freaking expensive?

Piracy will be the deciding factor in whether or not I'll get one.Just because 25000JPY=$300USD doesn't mean that it will be priced $300USD once it hits North America.
$240 is my estimate on the price of the 3DS. I've made the estimate based on the differences in price between regions for the DSi and DSi XL.

QUOTE(Mesiskope @ Sep 30 2010, 11:31 AM) what the hell nintendo my thumbs aren't made of steal.

That's right, your hands aren't made of theft.

 

[Ziggy Zigzagoon]

You still got to play old games on your flashcart with the DS/DSL for years before the 3DS came out, though. I really don't see how the relatively small invesment in the price of a flashcart could be considered a waste, when seperated from this VC by years.

I just wanted to voice my embarrassment over the irony. That is it.
Even so, I do not think my embarrassment is strong enough to have me re-buy all those past games, though I may end up having to re-buy the old Pokemon games in case other people with Nintendo 3DS systems have re-bought Pokemon RBY/GSC and want to challenge me.

 

[SamAsh07]

I'll kiss Nintendo's feet if they have some VC (GB/GBC/GBA) games up for grabs for FREE on Launch

Just because 25000JPY=$300USD doesn't mean that it will be priced $300USD once it hits North America.
$240 is my estimate on the price of the 3DS. I've made the estimate based on the differences in price between regions for the DSi and DSi XL.

^ This guy speaks the truth, no one uses xe.com (to convert currency) and sell out their products....$240-$260 is my bet. And here it'll most probably be BD 140, which was the cost of Wii at Launch here...

 

[arifeeen]

If 3ds is really expensive then it might be difficult for nintendo to reach four million sales and that to in a single month.this step by nintendo might fail....

 

[omgpwn666]

I think the price will be between $280-$300.