Shuhei Yoshida: Phones Have Hurt Handheld Market “Quite Badly”

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Signalstar said:

Yeah the DS was cheaper but the 3DS had a pricecut and re-design much earlier in its lifetime.

The DS Lite came out a year and 3 months after the original DS and the 3DS XL came out 1 year and 5 months after the original 3DS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Models

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS

Also even with the price drop the DS was cheaper.