3DS RELEASE DATE AND PRICE

[Nyerp]

$299.99 US Dollars

North America-March 2011

I HATE YOU

[Hiro]

March is correct, but the Wii originally cost 25,000 Yen too, and it wasn't $300. I'm guessing $250.

[rdl]

so i am most right

[Hiro]

so i am most right

I think we should wait until they actually announce a solid US date/price.  

[Samus Aran]

i like how hiro argues with me86, thinking that there's no way me86 could be correct, and then when he turns out to be right, hiro's like "oh well actually we should wait until a solid us price is announced"

[ME##]

March is correct, but the Wii originally cost 25,000 Yen too, and it wasn't $300. I'm guessing $250.

Back in 2006 ¥25,000 was ~$215 because the a dollar was worth between ¥115-120, now a dollar is about ¥83.



I didn't mention this earlier because I honestly forgot how much the Wii was at launch in yen. So, really, you should expect the 3DS to be balls expensive in the US too.  [This also explains why Nintendo didn't mention the price for us, they don't want to have a six month period in which negative press can build over the 3DS' price]

[Classic]

Hehe, it's not as bad as I thought.
And it'll download GB and GBA, as well as "classic" games VC style bia the 3DS shop channel.

[Nyerp]

Hehe, it's not as bad as I thought.
And it'll download GB and GBA, as well as "classic" games VC style bia the 3DS shop channel.

this is the best news that came from this

[Cookie]

$300, nah I'll pass, or wait for a price drop.

[Hiro]

i like how hiro argues with me86, thinking that there's no way me86 could be correct, and then when he turns out to be right, hiro's like "oh well actually we should wait until a solid us price is announced"

He's not right, prices for stuff like this almost never translate directly.
Wasn't Dragon Quest IX something like $70 at launch in Japan?  
I said it was entirely possible for a spring launch, and he was right on that. But it won't cost $300.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

the dsi xl was $220 in nippon but $190 in north america

still, i'd be surprised it actually did end up being 'only' $250 here

[ME##]

He's not right, prices for stuff like this almost never translate directly.
Wasn't Dragon Quest IX something like $70 at launch in Japan? 
I said it was entirely possible for a spring launch, and he was right on that. But it won't cost $300.

PSP:
~$230 in Japan
$250 in the United States

DS:
~$130 in Japan
$150 in the United States

Wii:
~$215 in Japan
$250 in the United States

PlayStation 3:
~$465 20 GB in Japan
~$558 60 GB in Japan
$499 20 GB
$599 60 GB

You are right that the prices don't translate directly, they tend to be more expensive here.

Obviously if you were to do the currency exchange now it would skew the results in favour of the US.  Companies usually use an average of the exchange rate [which is still about ¥88 per dollar] which puts the price at about $285.



You can call me pessimistic all you want, but it's the truth.  And the currency market won't change in six months at all unless Japan were to revalue its currency [hint: Japan has known about its currency gaining strength since September 2008 and hasn't done anything to correct it yet, I don't suspect they will at all].

[Hiro]

PSP:
~$230 in Japan
$250 in the United States

DS:
~$130 in Japan
$150 in the United States

Wii:
~$215 in Japan
$250 in the United States

PlayStation 3:
~$465 20 GB in Japan
~$558 60 GB in Japan
$499 20 GB
$599 60 GB

You are right that the prices don't translate directly, they tend to be more expensive here.

Obviously if you were to do the currency exchange now it would skew the results in favour of the US.  Companies usually use an average of the exchange rate [which is still about Ã,Â¥88 per dollar] which puts the price at about $285.



You can call me pessimistic all you want, but it's the truth.  And the currency market won't change in six months at all unless Japan were to revalue its currency [hint: Japan has known about its currency gaining strength since September 2008 and hasn't done anything to correct it yet, I don't suspect they will at all].

You can already see with Tec's example that it's beginning to go the other way now. Also keep in mind that the Japanese gaming market is quite different from the US game market.

I stay $250 and I stand by it.

[Samus Aran]

i'm going to laugh if you're wrong hiro

either way both are too expensive

[ME##]

You can already see with Tec's example that it's beginning to go the other way now. Also keep in mind that the Japanese gaming market is quite different from the US game market.

I stay $250 and I stand by it.

I say that you're going to be sorely disappointed when the final price for the US is announced.  If it was going to be $250, they would have had no problem announcing it at their event.  They side-stepped the issue because they know they're going to have to break the cost barrier for a major handheld set by Sony with the PSP.