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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: George on January 19, 2011, 09:13:54 am
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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/ninte ... ease-date/ (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/nintendo-3ds-price-release-date/)
I would have gotten it on launch for maybe 200. At 250, I rather wait and see what Sony has to show. I rather have a choice, but the 3DS looks rather.. cheap.
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3DS looks alright, though I'd rather spend that $250 on a PS3, 4th gen iPod Touch or a Wii and all the SEGA games I've missed out on. Probably will pick up a used DSi for super cheap after the 3DS comes out, and then will pick up a 3DS a few years from now when THAT goes super cheap.
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I always thought it wouldn't have mattered if the Dreamcast was released for 300$?
Are you holding back cause of 50?
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SEGA console =/= Nintendo console with not that great of a line up. I don't see how you can compare Dreamcast, which had one of the best launch line ups to this.
I can wait till games I want come out.
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The launch price seems pretty reasonable.
The multitasking abilities seem pretty cool. They've also finally gotten rid of the need for individual friend codes for each game (just the one for the system, and you don't have to worry after that). You can see what friends are online, take notes mid game, etc....
I'll probably hold out until a must have game comes out for it, but I'm pretty sold on the device.
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I'm probably going to wait for the inevitable redesign before I purchase this.
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Rumor is that Sony is showing off PSP2 on the 27th. Best impress software wise and not be more than 250 bucks.
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It's totally going to be more than $250.
Especially if it's as powerful as expected (ie: PS3 quality graphics).
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The PSP launched at 250 and all the Nintendo fanboys would 'raid' topics saying that its too much. None of them have complained about 3DS pricing, oddly enough.
We shall see if its more than $250. I assume Sony learned their pricing lesson.
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SEGA console =/= Nintendo console with not that great of a line up. I don't see how you can compare Dreamcast, which had one of the best launch line ups to this.
I can wait till games I want come out.
I am comparing consumer interest in a product associated with a price tag. Remember Stolar went against the board when he sold DC at 200$, the board agreed upon 300$.
So I am just thinking did he do the right thing? Cause people here are throwing a fuss over just 50$, in the day and age we live with New games retail for 70$.
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200 is a better price, but tbh, the thing should be priced at 170 at most. Its a upgrade of the DS, most games look meh, some small linear games have some 'OK shadowing'. Basically looks a bit better than what PSP delivered and that is selling at 170 with profit to spare. I doubt their small 3D screens are that expensive.
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I'm probably going to wait for the inevitable redesign before I purchase this.
This. There's no way that Nintendo isn't going to come out with an updated version that actually has a decent battery life and isn't ugly as sin a year or so from now.
Also, U.K. stores are listing the 3DS as £300 here, which is almost $500 dollars. So yeah, I want to play a new Kid Icarus game, but maybe not quite that much.
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I'm not surprised. I think this thing will sell like mad.
As for the tech, I think it's impressive. No Glasses 3D graphics, return of touch screen, motion controls, wifi up the arse. It's pretty cool.
The line up looks like it's quite strong in the first 3 months or so as well.
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The problem is that the online, system software sucks. That is important to me, more so than 3D.
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Apparently the 3D effect is getting a large amount of testers sick, potentially this could hurt sales phenomenally, but I am expecting it to do pretty damn good.
I will get this one day, but I am not sure when. $250 is just too much for me for a handheld device, regardless if it has a good amount of stuff that I want. We all know that it will get new versions every other year and the 4-6 hour battery life expectancy is... lol, so I am in no rush.
I am honestly most excited about getting Shantae 2: Risky's Revenge for DSiWare on this more than anything. That is kind of sad.
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I wouldn't say 250 dollars is a lot for a device that can
Play High Quality games
Play 3D Movies
Browse the Web
more
And I doubt the PSP2 will be lower then the 3DS. The PSP2 apparently is going to blow our minds away with a 599 US dollars price tag.
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1. Web browser sucks dicks and balls.
2. on a cellphone like screen? HA no ..
3. High quality games? 90% of them suck and 5% are ports.
Thanks for pricing something that hasn't even been announced.
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3DS is a piece of fucking shit, kiddy, gimmick system on ancient hardware with a launch line up of recycled rehashed shit. Have some self-respect people and don't fall for Nintendo's bullshit.
The whole nerdy, antiquated, dedicated gaming portable (making a distinction from smart phones) segment needs to fuck off and die, which it is anyway.
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Not saying I agree. But there seems to be a cycle to Nintendo. As for 'piece of shit', when did the power under the hood mean it was better? By your logic, the SEGA Mega Drive was a piece of shit compared to the SNES because the SNES was more powerful.
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The problem is that the online, system software sucks. That is important to me, more so than 3D.
People love 3D. That is it's main draw, they are charging you 250$ for the "3D-S".
The features that you think, suck are not associated with the price tag. The high price tag if for the 3D, and if you don't want the 3D, then yes you really shouldn't buy it.
I personally won't be buying it at all (atleast not for another 730 days)
This is the highest price point Nintendo has set for a handheld ever, I am sure they've thought about it and decided they did not want to make a loss selling it for 200$ or 170$. Before criticizing the price point I suggest googling prices for the Sharp (or is it Toshiba) 3D screen, and then guage how much profit they could possibly be making.
Glasses free 3D obviously wouldn't be cheap, right?
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The whole nerdy, antiquated, dedicated gaming portable (making a distinction from smart phones) segment needs to fuck off and die, which it is anyway.
Says the poster who always complains about games becoming too mainstream, now you want dedicated gaming machines to die off so we can only play games on iPhones?
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3DS is a piece of fucking shit, kiddy, gimmick system on ancient hardware with a launch line up of recycled rehashed shit.
Did I just stumble into the Gamespot forums circa 2004? This is exactly what people said about the original DS, and we all know what a dismal failure that was.
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3DS is a piece of fucking shit, kiddy, gimmick system on ancient hardware with a launch line up of recycled rehashed shit.
Did I just stumble into the Gamespot forums circa 2004? This is exactly what people said about the original DS, and we all know what a dismal failure that was.
Oh right, you are new here. This is Sega Stylista, you'll get used to him.
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3DS games are priced at 40-50 USD each.
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How much are regular DS games priced at?
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30, some games went up to 35 like Pokemon stuff.
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Seems like the usual price for PSP games at launch.
Third party titles will probably drop to $20 after a few months like the current DS and PSP games.
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I'm still not sold on the "3D" aspect of Nintendo's new handheld. I can't stand watching movies in 3D, so I'm not sure how much I would like that visual aspect of the hardware. The game lineup however, looks really interesting.
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So basically they've increased the price 5 - 15$.
This looks like a job for a psychologist.
www.psychologyofgames.com (http://www.psychologyofgames.com)
Why do companies lose their fucking mind when they start making profits?
Since you have extra cash flow, shouldn't you give more to the fans that way you would get even more fans.
Why is it that SEGA would sell Dreamcast at a loss (when the company was broke)? But sell the Saturn at a profit (when they were king of the hill)?
Why is it that only the under dog does fan service and then turns around and turns into an asshole?
I was burned pretty badly by the Wii, I could tell you why instead i'll tell you a story by Senile Team. Nintendo was actually preventing them to have Classical Controller support, they encourage developers to not give all peripheral support so that people are forced to play motion sensing crap.
Senile Team describes working with Nintendo's quality control as Anti-Quality Control.
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Cube might be a super hero. He will use the power of Psychology to improve his math skills and hate Bayonetta at the same time!
I usually do not mind prices of games because I can usually find ways to agree with prices on games I will enjoy. Handheld games especially are very hard for me to agree on, usually because their content is pathetic in comparison to console games, even console games ten years ago sometimes had more to them.
But Nintendo is the absolute worst with this stuff. The best example is how Mario Kart DS launched at 30 USD in like 2004 and is now 45 USD in 2011. Come on, that is sick!
Even worse, when their games do not sell they cancel production of them fast even if everyone loves them, like ExciteBots Trick Racing.
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You Anus! I already have Sharky saying something condescending to me at every chance he gets, you please don't start!
And for the 10th billion time, I have never played Bayonetta.
I don't hate anyone, all I've said is that the game had a trashy softcore marketing campaign.
I find it repulsive, I also find the smell of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine repulsive doesn't mean I hate them.
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That was a bit cruel to Cube, snaus. Cube, I don't think Snaus meant to be offensive, he was probably just joking around.
Anyway, stop your whining, we pay $60 for new DS games in Australia.
As for increasing the prices of the games cube, Nintendo is able to make more margin with less sales if they increase the sell price, then why wouldn't they? As much as we like to think of big multi-national companies 'doing it for the fans' they have a business to run.
If your name and brands are as popular as Nintendo, you put the price up because people are willing to pay a premium. If you're reputation is horrible like Sega's during the dreamcast launch, you put the price down to drive sales and get people on board.
As for Nintendo's business practices regarding not marking down stock and cancelling production of games, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
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You pay 60 for DS games? Enjoy paying 80 for 3DS games. YOU STOP YOUR WHINING!
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George your being really emotional on the forums as of late.
I imagine him replying:
You say i'm emotional, name x game. YOU STOP BEING EMOTIONAL!
Prices of all video games have spiked up in general, remember when new releases were for 50? It sucks, I hate it but in general game development is getting more expensive with the technical evolution, people want richer looking games with next gen graphics.
Well next Gen graphics also come with a next gen price tag.
Tell me were the Gameboy games cheaper than the DS games?
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For some reason I remember original Gameboy games being pretty expensive.
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I honestly can't remember how much old Game Boy games were. I do remember that games have been getting more pricey this gen (RRP changed from 99.95 to as high as 119.95), but at the same time I remember games back in the Genesis days being as much as $125 or so.
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I think most cartridge based games were pretty expensive.
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Buy a Caanoo! All the games are free!
After the iPod Touch and Caanoo, it's really hard for me to want to spend more than $5 on a mobile game. Sonic 4 was probably the most expensive handheld game I bought in 2010, priced at $10. Today I picked up Phoenix Wright for the iPod for $5, using an iTunes gift card. Then I downloaded a bunch of GBA games for the Caanoo.
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You Anus! I already have Sharky saying something condescending to me at every chance he gets, you please don't start!
And for the 10th billion time, I have never played Bayonetta.
I don't hate anyone, all I've said is that the game had a trashy softcore marketing campaign.
I find it repulsive, I also find the smell of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine repulsive doesn't mean I hate them.
I did not try to make it to be offensive at all, I just played on how you said "This looks like a job for Psychology", something superheroes are known for saying.
I do not care what you think about Bayonetta. I feel your reasons for lashing out on it are a bit silly, but it is not that big of a deal at all. I do not take it personally at all.
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Want to get one sometime, but still need more money. If I were to buy any launch titles, I'd probably get SSFIV:3DE.
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I'm pretty excited for the 3DS.
That being said, I recognize that my regular DS has been without charge for...about five months and I haven't bothered or cared to re-charge it.
I'm very much taking a wait-and-see approach with Nintendo's new handheld. I know I will purchase it at some point, but for $250, I'm waiting for some games or applications I'm certain I'm going to invest hours upon hours in. Particularly:
-New Super Mario Bros 3DS (hoping for 2D gameplay...er, you know what I mean).
-Sonic the hedgehog
-The Conduit
-Game Gear on 3DS' Virtual Console
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Some interesting things:
http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=150684 (http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=150684)
http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=151722 (http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=151722)