NJ5 on 01 June 2011
I hesitated between $300 and $350, ended up choosing the latter due to:
- Japan's strong currency compared to the last gen.
- the unusual launch timeframe (one year before the competition, giving more time for price cuts).
- rumors of strong hardware / fancy controllers.
- it might actually be a bad idea to launch a console cheaper/same price as the competition has (the PS3 is $300 right now). It gives the perception that Nintendo doesn't think it's valuable enough to cost more.
Even with all those reasons there's still a good chance I'm wrong, because jumping from $250 to $350 is quite a lot. And you're probably right that it's too early to announce the price.
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