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3DS getting permanent price drop in two weeks

A user over at the Cheap Ass Gamer forums has just posted a thread stating that the Nintendo 3DS will be getting a permanent price drop in two weeks time, just in time for Christmas. Though we cannot confirm the price drop as the user, htz, does not wish to reveal their source at this time.

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NYC_Gamer4956d ago

I'm sure Nintendo could afford to drop the 3DS price

bicfitness4956d ago

Its made of early 80's cellphone parts, so yeah. And I'm not even sure if that's a joke or not.

3-4-54956d ago

Sony will have to. They already are going to drop it, but if nintendo does Drop # 2, before Sony does Price drop # 1......that isn't smart on Sony's part.

Jinkies4956d ago

Good news but I hope they have a new version ready for next E3 to show off. I want a 3DS but something in the back of my brain is telling me to hold on a little more

....but I need Mario Kart...and Animal Crossing when it comes out :|

-Mika-4956d ago

Vita :(. In order for Sony to compete, they will have to sell the vita at $180

Anon19744956d ago (Edited 4956d ago )

They're not really aimed at the same demographics, much like the PSP and the DS. While there's certainly some overlap, watch the Vita ads. Sony isn't trying to compete with the 3DS. The 3DS is solidly aimed at the kid market, the youngest gamer in Vita ads appears to be in his early twenties.

It's like saying Porsche needs to lower their prices to compete with the Honda Civic. While they're both cars, they aren't targeting the same markets. They don't have to compete head to head on price.

That being said, there's no doubt the Vita would sell better if the price was lowered but there has to be a balance. The Vita is solid piece of technology. Obviously they can't just give em away.

Same thing with Nintendo. There's no doubt dropping the price will move more 3DS systems, but I didn't think the 3DS was doing badly considering it's up against half a billion smartphones/tablets. I just don't see this happening because I don't think it's necessary.

LOGICWINS4956d ago

Yeah, both consoles are meant for different markets. If you want go play Mario on the go, you'll get a 3DS. If you want to play Persona 4 on the go, you'll get a Vita. If you want to do both, you can get both.

CalvinKlein4956d ago (Edited 4956d ago )

Thats VERY wrong, clearly you just beleive what you want. In Japan handhelds are more popular for adults and kids than consoles. Vita and 3ds are both aimed at anyone who wants games on the go. 3ds is for kids your saying, but its not supposed to be used by anyone under 7...

I dont think Vita and 3ds are aimed at different demographics at all. I could just as easily say that any handheld videogame, or any videogame, is primarily for children.

In my opinion Nintendo just makes games for everyone. mario, zelda, smash brothers may seem like kiddy games to you because they dont have guns and explosions or blood, but those games were made for everyone to enjoy and not just for kids. Tons of adults enjoy these "kiddy" nintendo games that certian fanboys keep mentioning.

Think about past nintendo games. Mario 3, mario world, super mario 64, starfox 64, zelda OoT. Those games were not Kiddy games, but made for everyone. Just like new super mario bros U, made for everyone. Just because some cool kid wants to say that game is for kids and doesnt have enough guns and explosions does not mean it is actually for kids.

nintendo makes games that are meant for enjoyment by everyone, MS and sony make games for kids and games for "adults" separately.

edit- I have a vita and not 3ds, dont want one. I just think its funny that suddenly the VITA isnt competing with 3ds just like it isnt competing with smart phones(it is competing with both directly and indirectly). If it has no competition shouldt it be doing better?

edit 2-- Id also should mention that the only 3ds adds I remember seeing were for nintendo games that are for adults and kids or adult games like that one with that singer girl playing brain training or whatever. Clearly there is a large push to get adults into the 3ds, especially in Japan.

LOGICWINS4956d ago

Not true. CONTENT matters. The Vita has different content than the 3DS and vice versa. When making a gaming hardware purchase, content is most important. If a person isn't interested in Nintendo exclusives but they want to game on the go, why would they buy a 3DS?

Yodagamer4956d ago

@Logicwins, also if you want to play resident evil, monster hunter, kingdom hearts, pokemon, kid icarus, the 3ds already has other games than mario.

LOGICWINS4956d ago

"the 3ds alreadyhas othergames than mario."

Yeah. Never denied that.

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Lionheart3774956d ago

This will force Sony to lower the Vita's price. Just needs to stay competitive.

LOGICWINS4956d ago

Vita has no competition, its in a league of its own. The same with 3DS. Both offer ENTIRELY different experiences.

PimpDaddy4956d ago

They both sell to consumers that like to game on the go. How are they not competitors? If you think the 3DS does not have so-called "hardcore" games then you need to go look again.

How are they different ENTIRELY???

LOGICWINS4956d ago (Edited 4956d ago )

When did this argument become about "hardcore games"? What does that have to do with anything?

"They both sell to consumers that like to game on the go."

Both the IPAD and Samsung televisions sell to people who enjoy consuming media...are they competing?

dark-hollow4956d ago (Edited 4956d ago )

"Both the IPAD and Samsung televisions sell to people who enjoy consuming media...are they competing?"

The similarities between vita and 3ds is like the one between an iPad and a fricking TV?

Go home, logicwins, you're drunk.

3ds is gaming handheld, so does the vita. That's is their MAIN PURPOSE of use. What's so ENTIRLEY different between those in the grand scheme of things?

Chrono4956d ago

will they give the scambassadors more games?

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The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7782d ago (Edited 82d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS81d ago (Edited 81d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer107d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi106d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer107d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot106d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box106d ago (Edited 106d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno106d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay106d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno105d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK105d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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