3DS date and price reveal in September
Nintendo pinpoints 29th.
Nintendo will reveal the date and price of the 3DS in Japan on 29th September 2010.
The Mario maker poinpointed the date to Bloomberg Japan (via GamesIndustry.biz).
Nintendo revealed the 3DS at E3 in June. We were told the dazzling new handheld would be here in 2011.
Professional guessers (read: analysts) have predicted that the 3DS will cost between $249 and $299 (£159/£191). I'm putting my money on £159.99. What say you?
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/shrugs
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Japan: November
US: November
UK: March.
Console will be region locked.
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The last time I touched my DS was 6 months ago, I don´t think I need another. .
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Still wouldve been happier with £120 but then I'll get vat off hehe
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Here's hoping
a Christmas release at around £150 (or cheaper, who knows?) could potentially do a lot of damage
edit: bah, nov release was US, UK was march, my bad
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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.
And if it's $299, add £40 to all those figures, and you have a price of £279.
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About 70 years old.
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....... why nintendo not let 3DS and 3DS Lite region unlocked.... just like DS and DS Lite......
btw does this mean GAME from region A can;t played on Region B machine
but Player from region A still can meet player online region B.
or online play also locked?
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The DSi and DS XL are both region locked. Play import any games that are DSi enhanced and they won't work on UK consoles. The kicker is they'll play on any regular DS just fine.
It's not something that's widely known because there have been next to no DSi enhanced titles worth buying. When Pokemon Black/White comes out though, there will be lots of angry importers (it'll be DSi enhanced)
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I admit that I'm more curious about 3D on this handheld than I am expensive 3DTVs but only because it doesn't work for me on the latter (or at the cinema for that matter).
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Hmm.. my guess is they'll launch it a week or 2 after the announcement.,..
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Nintendo will no doubt bleed everyone dry and force mothers in to unspeakable acts to supply their children with a 3DS.
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I reckon €250 is an absolute steal. People could buy 10 at launch and then resell them for at least €50 Euros more and make a profit. At this stage, in my opinion €250 is an impossibly low but excellent price. I reckon it's gonna retail for €300. Even at €400 it'll be a DAY MINUS 1 for me.
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It won't be cheaper than that.
People also have to remember the problems with the pound/euro exchange rate.
When the Wii launched it was 250 euros (which was around £170 at the exchange rate of the time)..now 250 euros = £210
If they charge $250 in the US, it'll be 220-250 euros... meaning we'll pay £180 - £210
I'd say £189 is likely.
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£150 would be nice though.
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All that said, I doubt it'll be more than £180 - there's pushing it, and then there's taking the piss.
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DSi and Wii have been the same price in the past. PS2, GC and Xbox were less than PSP or DS. N64 and DC were less than GBA. Why does the fact that it is a handheld system make it have to be cheaper to all home systems on the market? If 3DS was cheaper than Wii, Wii sales would be pitiful. £180 is my guess but I would pay twice as much if they priced it that way.
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They'd be mad to miss xmas - unless they have no games available...
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The only things is, If I pay €400 for this, I would expect some useful apps and some pdf type functionality. I could pay even more then €400 if it had excellent at Internet browsing (Flash and HTML5).
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I wan't to pre-order and get one at launch... I'm the most excited about this than I've been about a console launch in years.