Why is Nintendo treating Europe like that?

[Rainbird]

RolStoppable said:

Rainbird said:

Currency conversion, VAT, etc. makes it so you can't just say it should be "worth" the same in all countries. So the euro->dollar conversion doesn't work, but I agree that it was stupid of Nintendo not to give the MSRP.

HMV has priced the 3DS at £229.99 at the moment, for all we know, it's the launch price.

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

Two other prices were already posted in the worthless official thread (seriously, someone shouldn't claim an official thread, if he isn't around to update it). 220 pounds and something slightly below 200. Looks like the typical british price war among retailers.

I am quite confident that the 3DS will be €250 at most retailers across mainland Europe.

Yeah, the one below £200 mentioned an RRP of £199, so here's hoping it's actually true!