Official Nintendo Event January 19th thread!

[Hyruken]

milkyjoe said:

Rainbird said:

Hyruken said:

Well if it is $249 in US that makes it £157. So probably around £149.99 to £199 i'd say. If it is the latter then i will just wait until it drops in price and the games i am more interested in have been released.

The thing seems really cool but for the potential £200 price i don't think that is worth it yet.

HMV just priced it at £229.99 for what it's worth. Why couldn't Nintendo just give the MSRP so we don't have to speculating like this. :/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-19-hmv-pins-3ds-price-at-GBP229-99

£219 on Play.com, which is a bit more like it...

Guessing at £229.99 RRP, seeing as HMV don't usually go much under RRP with their prices.

If it is £229 then i think it could struggle. That is double the price of the DSi.  £70 more expensive then a Wii. £5 more expensive then the new 360 with a Kinect bundled in. Or £80 more then the new 360 on it's own. And the same price as a 160gb PS3. Of course you will get your initial adopters who will pay pretty much anything but in the longterm i can't see casual gamers paying that much. You are almost at the price of a decent Tablet and they seem to be growing in popularity. It would not surprise me to see 3DS start off really badly.