3DS will hit ~15 million next week, fastest selling system in history by 2 months

[NotStan]

Jumpin said:

NotStan said:
Ah, but I see why. The price has been dramatically lowered, you can now get 3DS for only about 20% more than DS in most stores. Why would you go for DS which is pretty much nearly it's discontinuation when you can 3DS for slightly more that will still be supported for years to come AND has backwards compatibility, it's a great achievement, don't get me wrong. But the price at which it comes is a bit concerning(No pun intended). There is very little room left for maneuvering in the price.

Considering that it is selling at a record breaking pace, I don't think a 3DS price drop is going to occur in the near future. If they were interested in raising the price, they would release a new model which costs 20% more and clear out the old models - similar to what was done with the DS Lite, DSi, and then the DSi XL.

Yes but the 3DS had to reach essentially a mass market price - close to that of DS at the time it was discontinued within the first year of it's release, meaning that it has less room for price cuts in the future, when the sales do slack, remember, we are still in the first year - the handheld is likely to stay on the market for a minimum of 5/6 - or maybe even longer before Nintendo release a successor.

A lot more years to go, with semi low price already, that's what I am trying to say, revisions or not - the price will only go down and not up, so Nintendo has to keep up the R&D to get the production costs down, and continue to do so if they want to maintain sales that can challenge those of DS LTD.