HappySqurriel on 27 October 2011
The best option I can think of for Nintendo is to get involved with foreign exchange options (no pun intended), but this would only put an upper limit on how much money they could lose in a year.
While people didn't listen to me months ago, I have always suspected that the 3DS launched at $250 because changes in exchange rates (and Nintendo protecting against future exchange rate changes). After all, when the DS launched the dollar was worth (roughly) 120 yen and today it is worth 75 yen which means that a $150 system in 2004 would launch at $240 today if the Japanese price was constant.
