GAME, HMV pin 3DS price at £229.99

By Robert Purchese Published 19 January, 2011

UPDATE: ShopTo now asking £199.85.

UPDATE:ShopTo has lowered its asking price to £199.85. It's claiming it's a "promo pre-order price" available "for a limited time only".

ORIGINAL STORY: Both GAME and HMV have pinned a £229.99 price tag on the 3DS.

Elsewhere, both Play.com and ShopTo are now asking £219.99 for the handheld, which launches on 25th March, although the latter told Eurogamer "We should point out that is a preliminary price - it may change later, but if you pre-order at that price you wont pay more than that."

GAME PR chief Neil Ashurst told Eurogamer that the retailer is looking forward to accepting pre-orders for the console.

"At GAME, our customers are already excited about the Nintendo 3DS and now that we have the official launch date, we cannot wait to show the 3DS off and begin selling it to our customers," he explained.

"It takes gaming and 3D technology to a completely different level. The opportunity to play games and watch films in 3D without the use of dedicated glasses is simply awesome and once again proves that the video games industry is at the cutting edge of technology. Everyone who has seen the 3DS in person, whether they are a core gamer or more of a social gamer, has been blown away by it."

Nintendo announced at its press conference this afternoon that pricing of its new system was in the hands of individual shops.

We'll update this story with more pricing as it comes in.

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  • Alivada #1 1 year ago

    What the shit.

  • ScarboroughKID #2 1 year ago

    Ouch. That's a difficult price point, more than a 360, nearly PS3 price, double the price of the DSi at the moment.

  • AliRay #3 1 year ago

    Too much. The first retailer to get it at £199 gets a sale from me!

    [@Game.co.uk]

  • FireMonkey #4 1 year ago

    That's me not getting one then.
    Would have liked one, but can not justify that amount of money.

  • Axaran #5 1 year ago

    219.99 on play.com

  • lcmnick #6 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 12:48:44 14-04-2012

  • dpb135 #7 1 year ago

    At that price, i dont think so, sub £200 please

    edit £194.99 at gamegears

    http://www.gamegears.co.uk/search/3ds
    Edited by dpb135 at 19/01/11 @ 16:41

  • MORZTAN #8 1 year ago

    Holy moly.

    But wtf. Probably easier to find one, then.

    Because they will get sold no matter what.

  • kearneybobs #9 1 year ago

    Letting the retailers decide the price? That just reeks of Europeans being ripped off, or at least allowing the retailers to rip us off if they want to. This is gonna sell like hotcakes, so I dont think there will be much competition in price when it launches.

  • Gearskin #10 1 year ago

    I think my brain just exploded. I don't think HMV staff know how to google XE Currency Converter. If there's a ball park... HMV just swung out of it!

  • Eraysor #11 1 year ago

    I'm not paying more than £180, which is basically the US price when you add their sales tax to it.

  • MattEdWithCheese #12 1 year ago

    IT'S E3 2009 AGAIN!!!! NDS GO!!!!

  • irve77 #13 1 year ago

    got to admit .. don't care how good it is at £230 it's more than i paid for a PS3 and it's only a handheld

    Still once they've sold 100 million units and it's at a better price i will certainly be interested

    that'll be about 6 months if Nintendo's midas touch continues

  • Murton #14 1 year ago

    Hmm, that's PS3 money for a handheld. That's gonna be a hard sell.

    Not sure what GAME are up to saying that they're still working out, everyone knows that high street retailers price match hardware or is it a coincidence that the consoles cost exactly the same regardless of which store you buy from?

  • captain_Carl #15 1 year ago

    Whoah...

  • nuanimal #16 1 year ago

    No.

  • azz0rWuggawoo #17 1 year ago

    Good luck with that Nintendo.

  • killyourtv #18 1 year ago

    fuck you nintendo

  • Artemus #19 1 year ago

    I love living in rip-off Britain.

  • StolenGlory #20 1 year ago

    £229.99?

    Cuntrags.

  • thes #21 1 year ago

    Cough - wheeze - clutches at chest ...

  • sieffer #22 1 year ago

    Play.com has it for £219.99

  • YenRug #23 1 year ago

    Hmm, I think I'll ask one of the company peeps that visits the US regularly to pick me one up, at this rate, wouldn't even have to worry about import duty then.

  • KayJay #24 1 year ago

    Sony will want to hurry up with their release details on the PSP2 and get a price out thats lower than this...
    Could be interesting...

    £230 for a handheld is ridiculous.

  • TheStatics #25 1 year ago

    £230...! Blimey.

    Hopefully that's the standard launch 'tax' before it settles at something more reasonable.

  • Widge #26 1 year ago

    Welcome to console launch prices

  • Timmy182008 #27 1 year ago

    Sony have to say something now before march 25th to get coverage.

    3DS is really a PSP in 3D. And for £230 thats alot of money.

    If sony release psp2 with 3D, Hdmi output, HD graphics, trackpad, really good networking (fb,twitter,psn etc) they have a really good chance. The only issue is price. And sony have to price either the same or lower.

  • Golgo #28 1 year ago

    'Pins' the price? Good choice of word. I like it. On the tails of donkeys.

  • Malek86 #29 1 year ago

    That would probably end up as 249€ RRP.

  • spazmo #30 1 year ago

    249 euro on Amazon France. £210.

  • MatMan562 #31 1 year ago

    I hope Game are reading these comments. I think £230 is way too high, but throw in a game with it and we'll talk

  • FireMonkey #32 1 year ago

    @Gearskin - " I don't think HMV staff know how to google XE Currency Converter"

    Not quite that simple though sorry.

    Not sure what the current situation is but at one point even the the $ was worth a different amount than the £, products and pay rates in America matched the English ones but just with the $ and £ switched.
    You have to remember we have different tax rates, our pay is different and the cost of living is different, but it all sort of balances out in the end.

    Basically everyone is being charged too much (in my opinion) not just us.

  • dr_zoidthrob #33 1 year ago

    Blimey! I think I'll wait a year for either the price to drop to a sensible level, or for the inevitable 3DS Lite

  • smithdown #34 1 year ago

    They're having a giraffe! Again we get a swift kick in the nuts while the Americans get a gentle pat on the back. The number of times I've read "our research shows Europeans are more willing to spend X amount on new hardware/software". Well this European isn't. I'll wait for Shopto or The Hut to price it at £180.

  • des #35 1 year ago

    garbage
    Nintendo is overestimating their influence,just like Sony...

  • Felbridge #36 1 year ago

    so i could get a 3DS with no games or i could get a new xbox 360 with black ops bundle for almost the same price?
    Edited by Felbridge at 19/01/11 @ 15:41

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #37 1 year ago

    "Sony will want to hurry up with their release details on the PSP2 and get a price out thats lower than this... "

    HAHAHAHAHAHA. If the PSP2 launches below £279.99 I'll eat a green banana.

  • Feanor #38 1 year ago

    "I'm not paying more than £180, which is basically the US price when you add their sales tax to it."

    Average sales tax in the US is about 6%.

    [link url=http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales.pdf
    ]http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales.pdf
    [/link]

    So the 3DS will cost about US $265 in America. Which converts to £166 or €197.

  • kinky_mong #39 1 year ago

    Yeah... no thanks. See you in a year's time when you've built up a games collection and decided not to rob us with the asking price.

  • thewool #40 1 year ago

    Gonna wait on this one...

    ... but at least today I learned the expletive 'cuntrags' and it didn't cost me a penny!!

  • BOFH_UK #41 1 year ago

    Eraysor: "I'm not paying more than £180, which is basically the US price when you add their sales tax to it. "

    To borrow a phrase, Tax does not work that way! Nintendo can be balmed for many things but the different level of taxes between the US and Europe ain't one of them. They set the pre-tax price only. So a UK price the same as the US would be around £190 plus about 5 - 10% extra on top of that as the extra cost of doing business here (transport, storage etc all costs more in the UK) so something in the £200 - £210 region is about right.

  • MojoDex #42 1 year ago

    here's hoping a supermarket comes in and undercuts them all! greedy bastards...

  • StolenGlory #43 1 year ago

    GAME have it for £229.99.

    [link url=http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=Nintendo+3DS&x=0&y=0
    ]http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=Nint...[/link]

  • Markitron #44 1 year ago

    Nutjobs. Pricing lower has always worked for them, im surprised they have gone so high.

  • roz123 #45 1 year ago

    £194.99
    http://www.gamegears.co.uk/ds-dsi-c7/ds-...

  • BuffoonBassoon #46 1 year ago

    200 OR BUST!

  • TonyHarrison #47 1 year ago

    Yeah, it's expensive. But it's cheaper than the rumoured £250-£300 price that people were moaning about just last week...

  • Gearskin #48 1 year ago

    @FireMonkey

    My point is that these amounts aren't even in the same ball park. £150... to £230?

  • Nanakai #49 1 year ago

    £230 is an absolute outrage! If this price stays the same, I seriously urge anyone and everyone to start giving the 3DS a 1-star rating wherever you can. Nintendo and these retailers need to realise we will not accept such a blatant RIP!

  • Colin8703 #50 1 year ago

    I'm still plugging for £180 UK price and 200 euros.

    Instead of all the fuck you Nintendo, HMV etc, we could actually wait for the official announcement before complaining?

    Call me old fashioned but no-one here (including me) seems to be commenting on a firm RRP.

  • rotmm #51 1 year ago

    So, I called it back in September:

    @RobPurchase, "£159.99. What say you?"

    If it's $249, then that equates (as you say) to £159 at todays exchange rate.

    However, that's £159+VAT@20% = £191.

    Add onto that Nintendo's Special EU Tax and you're looking at somewhere between £199 and £229. My guess is the latter.

    Oh, and for those saying "Greedy retailers", how fucking stupid are you? Just because Nintendo say it's up to European retailers to price it up, they still have to work from the price they have to pay Nintendo for it. And I promise you this, European retailers pay more than our US cousins.

  • MiniAmin #52 1 year ago

    £230, that isn't including any games. So for a protective case, and 2 games, you're looking at around £290?

    I'm still very excited about the 3DS, but I doubt i'll buy it on its day of release.

  • Whitster #53 1 year ago

    If Nintendos unit price is fairly equal worldwide then that is an extortionate mark up, maybe it's just HMV being hopeful. I did orginally say I would still pick one up if I{ could get it for < £300 with a few games, which still seems possible, however that goe's out the window if I know the rest of the world are getting it for nearly a ton less.

  • geeza2020 #54 1 year ago

    That is a frankly ridiculous asking price. I really hope Nintendo arent hoping to sell that many of these, this soon after christmas, and in the middle of a recession over £200 for a bloody handheld is just silly money.

  • rotmm #55 1 year ago

    @Whitster, "If Nintendos unit price is fairly equal worldwide ....."

    It's not.

  • spazmo #56 1 year ago

    Fuck HMV and GAME. You'll be able to get it online somewhere for £199 or thereabouts. Game have 3ds games at 39.99 whereas shopto 27.85

  • TopKatt #57 1 year ago

    @roz123

    Have you ever ordered from gamegears before?

  • TheStatics #58 1 year ago

    @rotmm.

    As you clearly know, please enlighten us to the price difference between the UK and US wholesale costs for nintendo products.

  • PearOfAnguish #59 1 year ago

    "Really, i mean when you compare the LAUNCH prices it seems to be a lot lot less than £425 which is what the PS3 was at launch"

    This is worth keeping in mind. If you own a time machine.

  • seabassuk #60 1 year ago

    Heh that's what you all get for being hopeful. When Nintendo said ‘Refer to Retailers', you could bet your ass that the retailers licked their lips and said "we're in business" and they know we will complain but many of us will still end up buying come launch day.

  • rodpad #61 1 year ago

    [link url=http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/consoles/nintendo-3ds/nintendo-3ds-console-red-PD-8579.html?utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=marketing_medium&utm_campaign=froogle
    ]http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/consoles/...[/link]

    £159.99 there.

  • Krawftwerk #62 1 year ago

    "Nintendo 3DS has not yet been dated, but is due to be released on 3DS"

    Oh really?

  • DaDon123456 #63 1 year ago

    Pricks. Lets all hold out for the inevitable supermarket wars!

  • kosigan #64 1 year ago

    I see that Nintendo (and, let's face it, it's their price to the retailer that is the biggest determining factor on the final price) are blithely ignoring the lesson of the PSPgo's high price. It seems like they've started to believe that they can put any price they like on it, so long as their name is on it. Maybe they're following Apple's example: they sell truckloads of overpriced stuff.

  • roz123 #65 1 year ago

    I dont think the price is that bad at £230. Considering its got a 3d screen good graphics and its handheld

    @TopKatt. Never, just thought I would post the link here
    Edited by roz123 at 19/01/11 @ 16:01

  • StolenGlory #66 1 year ago

    "[link url=http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/consoles/...
    ]http://www.gamesbasement.co.uk/consoles/...[/link]

    £159.99 there."

    One problem with that; it's advertising the console as being in red when the launch colours are only blue and black.

    I call bullshit.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #67 1 year ago

    Numbers:

    US street price including average sales tax: £164
    UK street price including sales tax (VAT): £229

    Amount by which UK price is higher: 40%.

  • varsas #68 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell: What the differential on the other consoles?

  • Bigmac1910 #69 1 year ago

    Not paying a penny above £199 and even that is pushing it, sorry, will have to wait for a price drop then
    Edited by Bigmac1910 at 19/01/11 @ 16:06

  • kingnothing12 #70 1 year ago

    So pay around £229 at launch and be out of pocked, wait for exclusives etc. Wait a year with a price drop and hopefully a hack that allows unlocked region coding and also alot more choice of games...decisions.

  • Machetazo #71 1 year ago

    @Colin8703: Before asking people to check for facts before posting, you could try doing so - There is no firm RRP, there is no RRP of any description. Nintendo are only handling wholesale price. Retailers are solely in the driving seat, on how much to charge.
    Edited by Machetazo at 19/01/11 @ 16:11

  • cowell #72 1 year ago

    Anything over £199 SRP is too much in my opinion and £39.99 for a game is taking it into joke territory.

    I'm sure there will be enough of the usual Nintendo supporters for it, who will buy it regardless of price on launch and make it a sell out.

    EDIT: I realise there is no SRP but GAME's price is an indication of what it would be if it had one
    Edited by cowell at 19/01/11 @ 16:11

  • BOFH_UK #73 1 year ago

    Just a quick thought for those saying this is a launch price. Yeah, it is, but you do have to consider the market it's launching into. The PSP is currently around the £140 mark and is often found much cheaper than that. The DSi is somewhere around £100. An Xbox 4Gb is about £165 and the 250Gb version £190 with a bundle including the Kinect and 4Gb console £220. The PS3 160Gb is about £220 and the iPod Touch will set you back £175 for the 8Gb version, £230 for the 32Gb.

    In THAT market (which is what the 3DS is going to be facing) it really does seem very very expensive for what you get. As I've said elsewhere I don't think it'll make much difference, Nintendo will still sell out all it can make, but it's definately out of step with the rest of the market.

  • wez_316 #74 1 year ago

    I'm not sure why half of you think that a brand new state of the art 3D handheld should be priced lower than 4-5 year old home console.

    I remember how everyone moaned at the DS being £130 when that came out and people got used to that price and then some pretty fast. The DS got moaned at for having poor graphics by a lot of you. Now Nintendo put in some good graphics and a 3D screen and you are surprised that the price goes up and the battery life goes down? Get real!

    Seriously... console over handheld bias is getting pretty old. If PS3 was the size of a DS and you could play it from anywhere then I would understand the comparison. You would think that being handheld was an inconvenience :S

    If there's one thing that's always a certainty it's that people on internet forums will never be pleased :p

  • Lamb #75 1 year ago

    £25 cheaper than a PSP GO at launch. Not sure what impact 3D will have for me, it brings the action closer but I become more nitpicky with looking at the objects popping of the screen. Still Kid Icarus might be quite decent.

    I want more console type games on handhelds, higher resolution games with more pixels on the screen, this is 800x240 3.5" screen , PSP GO 480x272 3.8" screen, PSP 480x272 4.3" screen. They should have made it north of 4.3" with 640x480 being the minimum.

    Looking forward to the specs of the PSP2 and the Panasonic handheld.

  • Terribly_Mauled #76 1 year ago

    I'll wait for the Jailbreak

  • sideeye #77 1 year ago

    Yet again we get shit on by the big companies!

    I'd rather wait a snatch one from an unsuspecting kid, get sent to prison and buggered by a big fella called Winston than pay that sort of money for one when America are getting it for £80 less

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #78 1 year ago

    "@Rev. Stuart Campbell: What the differential on the other consoles? "

    What am I, your personal research slave? Work it out yourself.

  • rotmm #79 1 year ago

    @TheStatics, "As you clearly know, please enlighten us to the price difference between the UK and US wholesale costs for nintendo products."

    I used to do some contract work for EntertainmentUK (that company owned by Woolworths) back before they went tits up, bringing Zavvi down with them, and was surprised when I was shown the wholesale prices for Nintendo and Sony consoles and accessories. In many cases the wholesale price was more expensive that the same products were selling for at retail in the US.

    It's just the way it is. Sorry.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #80 1 year ago

    "I remember how everyone moaned at the DS being £130 when that came out"

    No you don't, because the DS and DS Lite both came out at £99.99.

    [link url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Launch
    ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS...[/link]
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ds_lite#Launch

  • CallousB #81 1 year ago

    Worth pointing out that the European price is on a par with the price in Japan taking tax into account (slightly cheaper if anything)...the only region that gets it cheap is the US.

    Any region that compares their price to the US one can moan..including Japan.

  • dingo75 #82 1 year ago

    A lot of people will wait for a R4 / M3 card before buying anyways.

  • DUFFMAN5 #83 1 year ago

    Fook me. Looks like I will be waiting then, shame.

  • PixelPirate #84 1 year ago

    Ninty usually produce a console to sell at a profit from day one, so i suspect either this is hard to manufacture, or the success of the Wii has gone to their heads.

    In this current economic climate,that's a seriously expensive price for a handheld.

  • Colin8703 #85 1 year ago

    @Machetazo

    Not trying to get into a war about this as you are correct that there is no official RRP. However, why is the US price $250?

    There doesn't seem to be any fluctuation there like we are seeing over here at the moment.

    I believe the Wii and DSi did not have RRP's but they retailed at £180 and £150 respectively on launch.

    I'll accept that calling it an RRP was a mistake, but surely previous launches indicate that whatever you call it, a standard price was adhered to amongst retailers.

    The many different prices mentioned so far merely say that retailers have not been given a trade price as yet.
    Edited by Colin8703 at 19/01/11 @ 16:27

  • geox30 #86 1 year ago

    At play.com 220£ equals 308€ :o Do they conduct an experiment or something??

  • rtk79 #87 1 year ago

    For what it's worth (or not, as the case may be !), amazon.fr is offering it for 249 euros.

  • chris_ace #88 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 11:55:13 13-12-2011

  • varsas #89 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell: No need to be defensive, I was just asking.

    It's about 15-30% cheaper for the PS3 going by present Amazon prices.

  • PixelPirate #90 1 year ago

    A lot of people will wait for a R4 / M3 card before buying anyways.

    You will be waiting a long time they are illegal in the UK

  • AndyboyH #91 1 year ago

    Just looked into amazon.com for the 3ds. They'd charge $329 after their shipping (2-4 day) and import charge (i.e. they prepay customs so you dont have to) - which is £205...

    So, to get a US version, 2-5 days later (dependent on couriers etc), you'll save £25 at the end of the day... and that's so long as you've already got a UK charger...

    [edit]
    amazon's breakdown
    Items: $249.99
    Shipping & Handling: $24.98
    Pre-order Guarantee: -$0.00

    Total Before Tax: $274.97
    Estimated Tax To Be Collected:* $0.00
    Import Fees Deposit $54.99

    Order Total: $329.96
    Edited by AndyboyH at 19/01/11 @ 16:33

  • Terribly_Mauled #92 1 year ago

    @chris_ace They're responding relatively favourably over on the article comments on engadget and gizmodo

  • Scopeh #93 1 year ago

    *Waits for Tesco's and Sainsbury's to get Involved* Inc Supermarket Price WAR!

  • Whitster #94 1 year ago

    And suddenly the reason for the region lock becomes clear.

  • kosigan #95 1 year ago

    @MattDamon: if you get it from the US, don't forget that you'll get hit with import duties and VAT.

  • Dr_Salvador84 #96 1 year ago

    Well... that's interesting. What a fantastic position the PSP2 is in now. I was undecided on the 3DS, but i can now confirm that there is NOT A FUCKING CHANCE i will buy a 3DS.

    Even though i see an out pouring of anger on the forums, im in no doubt the 3DS will sell like hot cakes. Frankly i wish people would learn to "vote with there dollar" a little more.

  • wez_316 #97 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell: That's really bizarre. I'm sure I remember DS being £130. Well still... the price is the irrelevant point of the comment because whether it was £130 or £100 people still complained.

    BTW for any people who get a discount at hmv.com, this is currently applying to 3DS consoles (Though admittedly might not be honored knowing HMV)

    If you are a student with an NUS Extra card then you can get 5% off of it at play.com. £206 at hmv or £208 at play after discounts for me. I've put pre-orders on both just incase HMV cancel :)

  • _tangent #98 1 year ago

    @wez_316

    I think the reaction to the price is generally related to how a handheld is viewed as a product - i.e. less 'neccesary' than a full blown home console. That is why the price seems high. People are prepared to fork out £200-300 for something they're likely to spend a large amount of time sat in front of at home. Whereas, a handheld is an inherently more casual, throwaway, luxury experience, which the majority of owners probably most use whilst on public transport or when otherwise out of the house. It's a convenient distraction when they're stuck somewhere with nothing better to do, rather than something they'd actively choose to sit down and play for hours on end. They can see how they're getting value for money out of the cinematic experience which is a modern ps3 or 360 game, which might take at least 10 ish hours to finish - not including multiplayer - and maybe as long as 40-60 in some cases, and has high production values.

    But to be honest, it isn't as if someone at Nintendo has decided to make the ideological case for handhelds costing as much as home consoles, so arguing that point seems somewhat moot. Whilst I'm sure retailers (and nintendo in their wholesale price) are trading on the Nintendo brand, what's pushing up the price still further, is the 3d stuff. To me, this is a real test of whether consumers are prepared to pay for 3d, or whether they see it as a gimmick which doesn't add much to the overall experience.

    Personally, i think i fall in the latter category so far. I've yet to be convinced the whole 3d thing really adds much to the experience, either in the cinema, or sat gaming at home. Or indeed sat gaming on a train. If I'm going to buy a handheld, because of how little i'd use it in comparison to my 360 and ps3, it would have to be sub 150.

    As a caveat to all of the above though, I'm sure there are people out there who travel so much or spend so much time waiting around whilst out of the house, that handheld gaming IS their gaming. In which case, the price point of a ps3 for the 3ds may well make perfect sense. On the other hand, smartphones are getting more and more impressive every day when it comes to games performance. The next gen SoCs, out in the next few months, are really very impressive. Why carry around two devices when you could just take the one?

  • geox30 #99 1 year ago

    At Dr_Salvador84

    +100

  • jonbwfc #100 1 year ago

    As a caveat to all of the above though, I'm sure there are people out there who travel so much or spend so much time waiting around whilst out of the house, that handheld gaming IS their gaming.
    Are those people going to be interested in buying a handheld for £220 that has a three hour batter life? Even my commute (which isn't that far) I'd be charging the thing every night. Is that really an easy sell?

    Jon

  • Dr_Salvador84 #101 1 year ago

    Can anyone else hear that? Shhh.... Listen,

    OH i know what that is, its the noise of Sony laughing.
    Edited by Dr_Salvador84 at 19/01/11 @ 16:46

  • _tangent #102 1 year ago

    "Are those people going to be interested in buying a handheld for £220 that has a three hour batter life? Even my commute (which isn't that far) I'd be charging the thing every night. Is that really an easy sell?

    Jon "

    No, it isn't. I was just covering my ass against the inevitable "well actually handheld gaming is more important to me than home console gaming" responses :) Personally I think the handheld model has always been about convenience. Making the thing prohibitively expensive (especially for young people not in full time work) and killing the battery life, all for a technology which is completely unproven from a consumer point of view, despite the huge amount of money hollywood and the big consumer electronics companies have poured into it, is a big gamble imo.

  • Kinkster #103 1 year ago

    Holy f**k.

    Glad I jumped ship early for an iPod Touch now. Also: 40 quid a game?!!!

    Nintendo, I loved you hard and long, but it's time we parted ways. take care x

  • SG #104 1 year ago

    I actually just laughed out loud 10 seconds ago when I saw the price. It's only this high because of how much people wet themselves when they first saw it. Nintendo are treating their customers like shit again. I won't be getting one until it is LITERALLY half of that price -slightly more than the price of the original DS at launch. I'll have plenty of games to keep me going. Let's see how well it sells shall we?
    Edited by SG at 19/01/11 @ 16:52

  • thebuttonz #105 1 year ago

    Steve Jobs isn't really ill - he's moonlighting over at Game and HMV.

    (get well soon SJ)

  • kosigan #106 1 year ago

    @MattDamon: wow, okay, I'm assuming the plans tickets were cheap or else you were going there on business. Technically, you are still liable to import duty, but the customs officers have to know that you bought it out there for that to happen.

  • Dr_Salvador84 #107 1 year ago

    @SG,

    Mate my moneys on it selling plenty, during my 27 years on planet Earth i've discovered one thing is certain, people are stupid.

    I don't know when the unwavering desire to get ripped of started, but it has most certainly infected most of the population.
    Edited by Dr_Salvador84 at 19/01/11 @ 16:54

  • Ashcroft #108 1 year ago

    We need that gif of the DS printing money, but with the 3DS sucking it back in.

  • Caimbeul #109 1 year ago

    Dear Nintendo. Fuck off! There is no way I would pay more than 140. Period. Anyone who buys one at 220 or above is a complete cocky and only help fuel further ludicrous pricing by greedy companies. Apple is another example.

  • AceGrace #110 1 year ago

    Excellent.

    Get ready for a Nintendo and Retailer spitroast.

    Bend over and take it!

    :-)

  • darkos87 #111 1 year ago

    I'm not buying a handheld above 200 pounds, even if it's 205 pounds I'd say FUCK THAT SHIT

  • wez_316 #112 1 year ago

    @_tangent: I can get people saying it's unreasonable for them based on what they personally would get from it. I just think it's a shame that so many people paint handhelds with this brush of cheap, shallow throwaway games. Over 400 hours of play on my original Advance Wars cart says otherwise. I can't ever imagine a console game coming close to that figure. Really want Advance Wars on 3DS now to hurry up! :(

    A lot of my handheld hours are spent at home actually, but for me the best games on Nintendo's handhelds have always had a hint of special about them that can't be acquired anywhere else. Also... playing a DS in bed with headphones on is a pretty immersive experience with the screen so close! Far quicker to jump in and out of then a console as well.

    @any importers: Make sure that you realise that buying a US 3DS means that you could be forced to import all of your games from the US too. I used to do it for the original DS but importing sure isn't as cheap as it used to be for DS games now. It's something to consider!
    Edited by wez_316 at 19/01/11 @ 17:11

  • customfirmware #113 1 year ago

    So this is what you get when you show too much interest in a product before it launches.

  • geox30 #114 1 year ago

    Cannot express how much I hope this won't sell a piece.Stick this in your ass you greedy fucks!

  • geox30 #115 1 year ago

    edit
    ...in your 3D stereoscopic ass

  • ozric #116 1 year ago

    A couple of things that spring to mind are:

    Everyone who's comparing the price to the US price should bear in mind one thing. That is the US price before tax is added on, and all most states in America have different tax rates it's impossible to give 1 firm price on it.

    Even if you do convert it straight from dollars so it works out at being £159 do you really think Nintendo would sell it to the retailers at that price? They would round it up probably to £175 and then on top of that as has been said you need to add VAT onto it, before you even take into account all of the things that the company then has to do to promote the console.

    And for those of you who are waiting for the supermarkets to come in.... If you keep wanting that to happen then there will be no high street shops within 5 years as they all would have been run out of business. If you had any idea at all how much supermarkets rip you off on your normal shopping (most make around 300% markup on fruit and veg) I wonder if you would be angry with them??? They make such a huge mark up on most of their products that they can afford to make a loss on consoles, cd's, dvd, tv's etc... because it gets you into the store

  • darth_paul #117 1 year ago

    250$ is around 190€... but we europeans are again going to get a higher price (1:1 euro/dollar conversion, as usual). Its certainly going to be 250€ (~335$), and it that case Nintendo can go f*** itself. Why do WE europeans have to pay for the price cuts in Japan and the US? 200€, or ill cross it off my list
    Edited by darth_paul at 19/01/11 @ 17:31

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #118 1 year ago

    "Really want Advance Wars on 3DS now to hurry up!"

    The problem with Advance Wars was it not being in 3D?

    Completely agree with your point about gameplay time on handhelds - I put well over 100 hours into Bangai-o Spirits alone - but that's not an excuse for giving them insane home-console prices.

    As I've said since day one - the 3DS will sell plenty at launch due to the sort of embarrassing fanboys who will happily pay Nintendo several hundred quid to play a bunch of 15-year-old N64 games again on a smaller screen. After that we're in a very different place to the £99 DS Lite. Nintendo are just milking the gullible and stupid (or "early adopters" as people politely call them), and it's hard to blame them for that when there are so many of them.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #119 1 year ago

    "Everyone who's comparing the price to the US price should bear in mind one thing. That is the US price before tax is added on, and all most states in America have different tax rates it's impossible to give 1 firm price on it."

    It's possible to know the average sales tax, though, which is apparently 6%.

    "Even if you do convert it straight from dollars so it works out at being £159 do you really think Nintendo would sell it to the retailers at that price? They would round it up probably to £175"

    Um, in other words they'd rip UK buyers off, which is what everyone is saying.

    "and then on top of that as has been said you need to add VAT onto it, before you even take into account all of the things that the company then has to do to promote the console."

    And what, they DON'T need to promote it in the US?

  • scouserfuller9 #120 1 year ago

    Very expensive but then with the way the Wii took off at just £180 can you blame them giving it a try?

  • ozric #121 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell

    I'm not denying that the people in the UK are getting ripped off, we always have done, by every game/console manufacturer. All I'm saying is that people shouldn't just look at £159 as a solid price and then think the retailers are pocketing the £70 or so

  • BabyJesus #122 1 year ago

    Yeah, thanks but no thanks...

  • scouserfuller9 #123 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell - You said in the past you ain't a fan of Nintendo or the 3DS so if that still is the case why are you looking up the news on something you have no interest in?

  • Markitron #124 1 year ago

    Like many have said it's gonna sell like mad, despite nintendo shafting us. At christmas £230 won't be a problem for the next big thing. Let's face it, nintendo stopped aiming their products at the likes of us when the gamecube came last in it's generation (the rare good game aside).

  • makeamazing #125 1 year ago

    I didnt think £130 for Kinect as an Add-on would sell, so I might as well not predict that this is over priced (it would be a good buy if it currency conversion was the price).

    So i suspect people will still buy it in droves... BUT... no offence £39 for the games, your having a laugh right... cant see the next iteration of Nintendo games on the 3DS being that much of a quality leap to justify the price. But it will reduce in cost over time, and i am sure the games will too.
    Edited by makeamazing at 19/01/11 @ 18:42

  • CallousB #126 1 year ago

    @scouserfuller9

    The thing that many seem to be forgetting is the 3DS IS launching at the same price as the Wii....250 euros.

    The problem for the UK is because the pound has gone to shit..

    When Wii launched... 250 euros was around £166
    ...now 250 euros is around £211.

    ..a jump of £45

    If the pound/euro were the same value as it used to be...we'd be getting the 3DS for £179.

    ...and Nintendo can't lower the price to retailers in the UK..as all that would happen is everyone in Europe would import from here (which did happen with the Wii for a while when the pound really dropped).

  • djcool3005 #127 1 year ago

    This will sell in its millions, but still, 4 words: FAR TOO FUCKING MUCH!!!

  • FortysixterUK #128 1 year ago

    Sub £100 or its a no go for me. A DSXL is £109.99 in the high street today.
    At that price( £229.99) you can buy a proper full size HD console, and get the games a damn sight cheaper on budget or second hand.
    Ninty may have gone a tad too far this time

  • witchdrash #129 1 year ago

    HOW MUCH!! For a handheld... Fuck off...

  • djcool3005 #130 1 year ago

    This will sell in its millions, but still, 4 words: FAR TOO FUCKING MUCH!!!

  • oerhoert #131 1 year ago

    scouserfuller9: Yeah, god forbid somebody take an interest in anything IF THEY'RE NOT A FAN.

    Especially games writers. Games writers absolutely have to be fans to follow, and/or comment on, the market development.

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #132 1 year ago

    @wez_316

    Stangely I'm sure I paid £130 for my wife's DS Lite in HMV at the time.

  • scouserfuller9 #133 1 year ago

    If that's the case whay was 'Rev. Stuart Campbell' saying what a peace of shit the 3DS is with nothing new added to gaming but 3D in a news article when the 3DS was first revealed with most it's features and price in Japan months ago?? Was even being told to explain them myself when it was already there written down!

    That's all most people could see in the console back then. Most looked at it as a DSi with 3D graphics when all the time we've been learning there's loads more to it.

  • weebl #134 1 year ago

    If the Engadget preview is anything to go by I don't think the actual hardware is worth getting excited about for anything near approaching this sort of money.

    I'm afraid Nintendo are in a downward slope which it sees every other generation - in this case after the boom of DS and Wii. It hasn't done enough for publishers, hasn't invested in online infrastructure and has only ensured that enough units are sold to casual gamers so they make a quick profit.

  • mumblyjoe #135 1 year ago

    Think i'll wait til the 3dsi XXXL comes out

  • captain_Curry #136 1 year ago

    Hoping for a decent DSi trade-in offer otherwise there will be a bit of buyer's remorse.

  • geox30 #137 1 year ago

    I think that most people in here will buy the 3DS,despite their hatefull comments..

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #138 1 year ago

    "If that's the case whay was 'Rev. Stuart Campbell' saying what a peace of shit the 3DS is with nothing new added to gaming but 3D in a news article when the 3DS was first revealed with most it's features and price in Japan months ago?? Was even being told to explain them myself when it was already there written down!"

    And you never did. Possibly because it IS just a DS with a 3D gimmick. Feel free to list the reasons otherwise.

  • aidey6 #139 1 year ago

    Is the 3D feature really worth an extra £100 above the price of a DSi??

    I wonder if Sony can step in and release their PSP2 at a lower price point, but on a better format than UMD ie Cartidges also downloadable mini-games this time around

  • X3Entente #140 1 year ago

    £229.99 to play remakes of 2 gen old games, no thanks. get back to hating nintendo again guys

  • Kinkster #141 1 year ago

    "I think that most people in here will buy the 3DS,despite their hatefull comments.. "

    "I think that most people here never had any intention whatsoever of buying the 3ds, whatever the price was , which is why they are making the hateful comments."

    Oh I really did. I've had a SNES, N64, Gamecube, GBA and DS from Nintendo, and I nearly wet myself when this was first announced. However, I haven't bought any recent console, precisely because of the price. Not just the hardware, but the games too. The DS has had some great games, but very few that I would consider worth a 30 quid pricepoint.

    I have to wonder where the price hike comes from compared to the DS. Both have graphics comaprable to 10 year old consoles, both have wifi, both two screens. So I'm thinking, slightly larger, 3D top screen, extra memory, and two camera's. More? Yes, but £130 more?

  • sir_tripod #142 1 year ago

    I know a lot of people have made much of the price saying it's too high. Personally, I'd like to thank Nintendo for making it so expensive. Without such a high price I would have gone out to buy one (well, ordered online) and spent the money on the first version. £220-230 means I'm not interested in buying one just yet and will wait until the next version or a good price drop and have therefore saved me money.

    Thanks, Nintendo! :)

  • FireMonkey #143 1 year ago

    @aidey6 - "Is the 3D feature really worth an extra £100 above the price of a DSi??"

    The 3DS is much more than just a DSi with a 3D screen. [link url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/109/1094930p1.html
    ]http://ds.ign.com/articles/109/1094930p1...[/link]
    To break it down a bit heres some of the extras:
    - 3D screen (obviously) - Which will allow you to not only play 3D games but watch 3D without the need of 3D glasses.
    - 3D rear facing camera (and still has a 2D front facing camera)
    - Motion sensor & gyro (like the iPhone)
    - An analog control 'slidepad' - Looks like the PSP 'nub'
    - Higher res bottom screen (320x240 instead of DSi's 256x192)
    - New processors so can handle doing more stuff.
    - 2Gb SD card (I don't believe the previous ones came with any memory cards did they?)
    - Telescopic stylus
    - Infrared port
    - Fully backward compatible with the DSi

    Still too pricey for me though.

  • jonbwfc #144 1 year ago

    "- Telescopic stylus "

    I was a bit sceptical before but now... Day One!

  • StolenGlory #145 1 year ago

    Zavvi is selling the console for £218 and all games for £29.99.



  • scouserfuller9 #146 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell - They were already out there to read so why was there any need to? It seems all you do is read the first couple of lines in an article and think you know the lot! As I've said already all you see it as is a DSi with 3D graphics. I did advice you it would be alot easier for me and quicker for you to go to google.com and gather the information yourself conisdering you were in such a desperate need for it. Haven't got much of an interest in writting essays on games and consoles as a career you see.

  • dfooster #147 1 year ago

    If the uk highstreet stores are willing to try and rip off the general public during a recession then good luck with that one. Hmv won't exist in two years time because everything is way overpriced anyway. There was a time when hmv ruled the highstreet until they got greedy. I will be buying my 3DS online when the price drops below £180.

  • rogermellie #148 1 year ago

    Was Ken Kutaragi a consultant for Nintendo?

    It all looks very nice, but perhaps they were trying too hard to compete with Sony/Apple on specs.

    At the moment it's the proposed game costs that puts me off.

  • weebl #149 1 year ago

    On the one hand, console/handheld buyers demand far more for their money than for other electronics (£600 for a phone?) but on the other hand, £230 for what is essentially a warmed up DSi still with antiquated resistive touchscreen technology does seem quite steep. Sure, it has a 3D screen but that is the first of its kind and the viewing angles (from what I understand) aren't great.

    If you take the screen out of the equation how much would you pay for it? I can guarantee most people wouldn't pay more than £140 for it.

  • ozric #150 1 year ago

    @dfooster

    "If the uk highstreet stores are willing to try and rip off the general public during a recession then good luck with that one. Hmv won't exist in two years time because everything is way overpriced anyway. There was a time when hmv ruled the highstreet until they got greedy"


    If you really don't know anything about how the retail business works, which you clearly don't, then I wouldn't bother writing crap like this because it's not even close to the truth. And as for waiting for it to drop below £180 online, then good luck to you you'll be waiting a while

  • Geordiemp #151 1 year ago

    If the 3DS does not sell like hot cakes and has a slow start, the whole sale price in EU will come down quick enough to match the US pricing.

    The pricing depends on us, how many of us buy in first 3-6 months. Big N are testing the water....

  • knightmt #152 1 year ago

    Shameful exploitation, I hope that no one pays above 200 on release. To be honest the price of the games is far worse than that of the console as I will only buy one console if game gears does not run out.

  • zedzee #153 1 year ago

    "Nintendo 3DS has not yet been dated, but is due to be released on 3DS."

    Huh?!

    It's around the same price as when the PSPgo was launched and is now not much cheaper. So, I'm expecting the same 'rebellion' as I (quite rightly) noticed against the PSPgo. Otherwise, gamers - the world over - are the biggest bunch of hypocrites I've ever come across.

  • CallousB #154 1 year ago

    Gamesradar heard from a UK supermarket that the Nintendo price to them is £173...

    ...so selling at £230 means the shops are getting a healthy 33% mark-up.

    I'm holding off until the Supermarket price wars.

  • ozric #155 1 year ago

    @CallousB

    As mentioned before that price is before you add the 20% VAT and other costs that go along with it, so it's not a 33% markup at all

  • CallousB #156 1 year ago

    @ozric

    Nintendo still have to charge VAT to retailers when they sell them the systems....which the retailer then claims back.

    It really depends on if the retailer was quoting the price including or excluding VAT.

    If a retailer buys a 3DS off Nintendo for £173...then that's a unit price of £144.17 + £28.83 VAT.

    So £144 + 33% mark-up (£48) = £192 + 20% VAT = £230.
    Edited by CallousB at 20/01/11 @ 15:06

  • Quixz #157 1 year ago

    My 3DS money will be spent on a PS3. Thank you very much Nintendo.

  • SlackMaster #158 1 year ago

    I would like one but I'm not willing to pay over £180 for the system or over £30 for the games. I've resisted the Kinect and although the 3DS is much better IMO than Microsofts periferal I'll no longer buy this at launch. I can wait as long as it takes.

  • nickal47 #159 1 year ago

    WHAT? GAME are charging more than most other retailers??! Surely not?

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #160 1 year ago

    "@Rev. Stuart Campbell - They were already out there to read so why was there any need to? It seems all you do is read the first couple of lines in an article and think you know the lot! As I've said already all you see it as is a DSi with 3D graphics. I did advice you it would be alot easier for me and quicker for you to go to google.com and gather the information yourself conisdering you were in such a desperate need for it. Haven't got much of an interest in writting essays on games and consoles as a career you see."

    So you still can't, then?

    Maybe "telescopic stylus" is the new GIANT CRAB!

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #161 1 year ago

    "If you really don't know anything about how the retail business works, which you clearly don't, then I wouldn't bother writing crap like this because it's not even close to the truth."

    So you haven't been following the business news with regard to HMV this week, then?

  • scouserfuller9 #162 1 year ago

    @Rev. Stuart Campbell - It was all written in the newspapers today so it can't be far off you being the only one out there who doesn't know it's features! I've had a change of heart though. Despite being happy where I work I will write an essay with all the info if you find me a very decent paid job working on passing the news on video games and consoles. You see deep down I can be nice :-)

  • riz23 #163 1 year ago

    Give it up scouserfuller9. Messing with the Reverend usually ends badly. Remember, he does have God on his side.

  • zippie151 #164 1 year ago

    Whilst the price is rather steep, I think most people here are forgetting not only do we live in the UK, but also this is 3D in something pretty small. The graphics are extremely good for its size as well as the ability to produce 3D without glasses being required which is quite the achievement. They cant even do that cost effectively with TV's yet. It's likely most of this original release price is gonna include recouping R&D costs as well.

  • Phishfood #165 1 year ago

    Come on Tesco, price it at £200 I know you can afford to

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #166 1 year ago

    "It was all written in the newspapers today so it can't be far off you being the only one out there who doesn't know it's features!"

    I know what its features are, dear. That's how I can say it's a slightly souped-up DS with a 3D gimmick. Do you have any advance on "telescopic stylus" as to why that's not an accurate summary?

    (Rhetorical question, there. If you did, you'd have given us it one of the previous ten times.)

  • Badassbab #167 1 year ago

    Woah are Nintendo going back on what made the Gameboy and DS so succesful namely the competive price? How much is the PSP2 going to cost then?!
    Edited by Badassbab at 20/01/11 @ 20:13

  • knightmt #168 1 year ago

    Its not the specific price that is issue it is the relative price compared to other countries, we should only be paying about 20% more than the US. Which on my reconing is £188.55 currently. I wonder if you can register on the US network in the UK?

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #169 1 year ago

    Who here has seen one in action yet?

  • knocker #170 1 year ago

    While expensive, the difference between 'the price I hoped it would be', and, 'the price it is' amounts to a night out. And not a particularly exciting one. While the price doesn't bother me that much, I wonder what Market nintendo hopes to grab.

  • ozric #171 1 year ago

    @CallousB

    The price the retailers are getting the console for is £159 so if you add the 20% VAT that makes it £192, and then the mark up would be 20% to make it £230. It may seem like a lot but it's actually quite standard for consoles and slightly less than some others like the PSP when it came out.

    Surely if we're going to be bashing anyone it should be the online retailers like Play and ShopTo! They are selling it for £10 less than the high street and yet they don't have to pay any VAT at all!! How about that for a nice 38% mark up

    And people wonder why the high streets are being forced out of business, while online and supermarkets do so well

  • jonbwfc #172 1 year ago

    @BadAssBob - "How much is the PSP2 going to cost then?!"
    Obviously, nobody knows yet. I suspect few people (in the grand scheme of things) actually even know what the PSP2 will be capable of. However looking at Sony's track record, you'd have to say it would be very surprising if the PSP2 cost less than 200 quid at launch in the UK.

  • ozric #173 1 year ago

    As sony are saying that it has the same capabilities as the PS3 at launch I'd be very suprised if it was below £250 to be honest

  • dfish #174 1 year ago

    @ozric
    am i missing something? why dont play and shopto pay VAT?

  • Lebowski #175 1 year ago

    £219.99? Who's this 3DS aimed at? The spawn of Goldman Sachs employees?

  • ozric #176 1 year ago

    @dfish

    because most of the big online website like those are based in guernsey so they avoid having to pay any VAT

  • dfish #177 1 year ago

    @ozric
    the vat exemption actually only applies to sub £18 goods and shopto is based in Bracknell which isn't really Channel Islands.

  • dfish #178 1 year ago

    dual core arm11, dedicated gpu, 3 screens(1 touch),96mb ram, 4mb vram, 3 vga cameras,motion+gyro sensor,in built flash storage, 2gb sd card, charging cradle. compares very well to the pspgo(£229) at launch except this is fresh so it will sell. £199 is more my cup of tea but I can stump up the extra £20 for something this new (glassesless 3d)
    apple have been selling underpowered shiny tech for donkeys years, nintendo are just following the trend cos they're products are hot right now.
    Edited by dfish at 21/01/11 @ 18:37

  • Scrumhalf #179 1 year ago

    ShopTo have just changed theirs to £199.98 for a limited time - received the email about 50 mins ago.

  • shadowsblaze #180 1 year ago

    The Hut has also changed their price for the 3DS to £197.93 Will be interesting to see whether any of the other shops drop their price.

  • dfish #181 1 year ago

    funnily enough Zavvi.com hasn't dropped their price despite being a frontend for The Hut

  • DerFlange #182 1 year ago

    maximum meh

  • djed #183 1 year ago

    Just in case anyone is still reading this: Amazon in Japan is asking £300 for the 3DS (a PS3 is £210).

  • ozric #184 1 year ago

    Just thougt you might be interested. I've just been into HMV and they have some great trade in offers for the 3DS. If you pre-order and trade in your DSI XL then you get £110 off so it's only £120. I've got a DS Lite and I'm gonna get £65 off for that.

    Cashback!

  • shadowsblaze #185 1 year ago

    @djed: Ouch!! And people were complaining about prices over here in the U.K.! I don't think the Japanese will be happy paying more than anyone else.

  • Ror1984 #186 1 year ago

    Well, sod it! I've just pre-ordered for £119.85 on shopto... it's still a hell of a lot of money, but I want!

    EDIT - I am a spaz! Obviously meant to type £199.85! Sorry everyone, you can all call me names now :p
    Edited by Ror1984 at 23/01/11 @ 01:01

  • ozric #187 1 year ago

    @Ror1984

    £119.85 !?!?

  • BonzoBanana #188 1 year ago

    There must come a point where even someone with a large amount of disposable money says 'No!' to being completely ripped off.

  • AOFanboi #189 1 year ago

    People were willing to pay 3-4x the already high price for the Wii. But then that released in the "holiday season" and was the must-have toy that year.

    Nintendo will charge this price because they expect it to sell well at that price, the naysayers here notwithstanding. As a Dilbert strip once said, "our customers want better products for free". "Nobody" were going to buy the PS3 either...

  • rprince #190 1 year ago

    I can't believe all the comments saying they'd willingly pay £180 for this! It's a handheld! Nintendo have conned you into thinking £180 (way more than a DS or Gameboy ever cost) is reasonable by setting the price at £230!

  • ulikmegee #191 1 year ago

    Only a complete dick would pay that sort off money on top of £40 a game(which the majority seem to be re hashes of old games).
    The price you have to pay for a migraine these days is ridiculous.

  • jonbwfc #192 1 year ago

    @AOFanboi ""Nobody" were going to buy the PS3 either... "
    Err... hardly anybody did, until they dropped the price by about 100 quid.
    Jon

  • mcmonkeyplc #193 1 year ago

    Why haven't you updated the sub-heading on the front page with Shopto now asking £199.85?

  • pughwales #194 1 year ago

    I Remember the PS1 being £500 for a bit at release, either just before or at. Itss a pretty fair price for new tech, and if I was Nintendo I would have done the same. The DS was massively popular!

  • Lucodeath #195 1 year ago

    I thought HMV would be charging £400 to keep in line with their pricing policy.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #196 1 year ago

    "I Remember the PS1 being £500 for a bit at release, either just before or at. Itss a pretty fair price for new tech"

    You remember the PS1 costing £500 before it was even released? Interesting.

    The PS1 launched at $299.

  • canIdoyabombsforya #197 1 year ago

    ScarboroughKID
    "Ouch. That's a difficult price point, more than a 360, nearly PS3 price, double the price of the DSi at the moment"

    Stop bitching and look at it the other way. It's cheaper than an iphone, less than half the price of an ipad and a 6th of a Mac book.
    Make your choice and pay the money.

  • canIdoyabombsforya #198 1 year ago

    BonzoBanana
    "There must come a point where even someone with a large amount of disposable money says 'No!' to being completely ripped off"

    how is making less profit than Apple suddenly ripping people off?

  • canIdoyabombsforya #199 1 year ago

    £220 was £35 in 1976. Roughly what we paid for 1 Atari VCS cartridge.
    The Atari console would be £610 in today's money.

    PS1 £436 in today's money.

    Sega game gear £242


    And lol at the idiots comparing Nintendo products that contain a *fair* mark-up, to Sony and Microsoft who *subsidise*