I notice Reggie never said it would ship for more then a DSi. Fact is the Micro when the DS was released cost 25$ to manufacture and sold for 99$. The DSi I suspect costs at most 75$ to manufacture and the 3DS may cost what 100-150$. I bet Nintendo won't sell it for a loss but they won't sell it for as much profit as they did with the DS.

Keep in mind the origional DS launched at 150USD, then the Lite cost what 150USD as well then the DSi cost alittle more. I bet Nintendo was making at least 50$ profit per unit, heck they turned a profit on every GameCube sold and they sold that sucker for 99CDN like two years after launch.

If the GameCube was profitable at 99CDN then the 3DS will be profitable at 199USD. But as I said Nintendo probubly won't be making as much profit off the 3DS as they are/did with the DS/GBA/GBC/GB, but as Reggie said Nintendo never sells hardware at a loss. But I bet they will have little to no profit on hardware when the unit launches to ensure it launches at a good price point.

My bet is 199USD!

Another swing and another miss from the Pach-man!

Well, the DSi is MUCH too expensive (it's a pointless upgrade anyway, I still don't understand why they even launched it, and the price point is weird).

3DS will be no more than 200$. Just because Pachter says so, because being wrong is his business. 

So now we are listening to Patcher? :S

Well the camera, with the same technology, is selling for $600 on ebay.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Its got a 2.8inch screen.

$225... weird price, but still fine though...

I have not bought a Nintendo system since N64. However, I am getting more and more interested in the 3DS . If Nintendo is going to step it up, and turn the profits into great hardware I am willing to jump on board. If they want to slap a high end GPU/CPU in the 3DS, and throw in 256MB of RAM or more, I would be happy to pay $300. I love tech, and gaming for advancements. If Nintendo wants to join the moving forward team, I will be more than happy to give them whatever amount of money they ask.

It'll be $199.  The only really pricey part is likely that 3D screen, and I'd imagine Sharp's cutting Nintendo a pretty sweet deal on it.

And I can't imagine DSi costs much to make.  Ancient ARM chips, 16MB RAM, 256MB flash, 2x 3.25" screens (1 being touch), 2x 0.3mpxl cameras, casing, speakers, microphone, 802.11g/b WiFi chip, 840 mAh mobile battery, SD/DS game interfaces, buttons... honestly, if those components add up to more than $50-60 I'd be shocked.

There is no way it will cost less than $249. Even $299 is a reasonable launch price in my opinion. It's a big upgrade from existing handhelds in many ways.

the 3ds will launch at $299 with games going at full price $59.99