From Nintendo's press site:

Latest Versions of Best-Selling Portable Video Game System in History to be Priced at $149.99 and $169.99

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 30, 2010 - Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of its Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™ video game systems. Effective Sept. 12, the new suggested retail price of the Nintendo DSi system will be $149.99, while the new suggested retail price for the Nintendo DSi XL system will be $169.99. The Nintendo DS™ Lite model will remain at a suggested retail price of $129.99. The Nintendo DS family of video game systems is the best-selling in the history of the U.S. and worldwide. The new prices offer consumers tremendous value for their money while providing access to the best portable video game experiences possible.

"We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out of every dollar they spend," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Our new Nintendo DSi prices make it easier than ever for consumers to access the tremendous variety of games, applications and social tools on the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems."
 
The Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems offer consumers access to more than 1,300 packaged games and more than 200 downloadable games. Both systems feature two built-in cameras and photo- and sound-manipulation software that provide for a more social experience. Users can wirelessly upload photos to Facebook with the touch of a button (wireless broadband Internet access required). The Nintendo DSi XL system, which features a screen that is 93 percent larger than that of the Nintendo DS Lite, comes pre-loaded with software like Brain Age™ Express: Math, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Flipnote Studio™, Photo Clock and the Nintendo DSi Browser.

Through the end of July, total Nintendo DS family hardware sales are more than 42.3 million in the United States alone, according to the NPD Group. Recent and upcoming software releases for the Nintendo DS family of systems include DRAGON QUEST® IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies™ (now available), Professor Layton and the Unwound Future™ (Sept. 12), Pokémon™ Ranger: Guardian Signs (Oct. 4), Art Academy™ (Oct. 25), Mario vs. Donkey Kong™: Mini-Land Mayhem! (Nov. 14) and Golden Sun™: Dark Dawn (Nov. 29).

Remember that Nintendo DSi features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendodsi.com.

O_o Stock Clear

And of course...... massive sales -_-

Still to expensive to buy just to emulate Pokemon games, LOL...

Some day Nintendo, some day..

Interesting, I wonder what this means for the 3DS. The optimistic side of me wants to believe that this move is to get the DSi away from the $199 price that the 3DS will be at, and since they are doing it now maybe that means 3DS will get here in 2010 afterall.

The realistic side of me knows that without any big games for the West (like Pokemon Black/White), this small price cut is just to keep strong sales of the DS this holiday, before the 3DS arrives early next year. Most likely at a $250 price because who wouldn't just pay $30 more for a 3DS instead of a DSi XL?

Oh well, only a month left until we find out.

That's the problem is this means nothing regarding crystal-ball-gazing the 3DS. They could drop the price for a simultaneous launch with the 3DS, or that could just be the mechanic they use to stretch the DS so they can hold off past the holidays.

3DS coming this year confirmed!

DS is going to be the king this holiday then.

I wonder if it will have any effect on 3DS sales, if it sees a WW launch...

There is a mistake in the topic name, the price drop is efective SEPTEMBER 12th, as the article confirms.

I think they should drop the price of the lite also, if only by 10 dollars.

Nintendo's title for the article is: "NINTENDO DROPPING PRICES OF NINTENDO DSI AND NINTENDO DSI XL SYSTEMS ON SEPT. 12".

I expected DS Lite to drop down to $99.

Anyhow, DSi XL new price makes me think 3DS will make its debut, as many predicted, at $249.