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UK shops taking 3DS preorders
- Thread starter Danj
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BTW don't forget the Japanese price is ¥25000 which is about £192 according to that MCV article, so it surely can't be any LESS than that.
_Alkaline_
Member
Tempy said:
It does? I didn't know this.
Premium Edition pre-order confirmed.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Just incase this is some sort of Retail or Nintendo net-buzz experiment to ascertain whether £300 would be acceptable...
NO IT ISN'T, FUCK YOU NINTENDO
Bring on January 19 for the real price!
NO IT ISN'T, FUCK YOU NINTENDO
Bring on January 19 for the real price!
radioheadrule83
Banned
£179 would be ideal, £199 is my highest. With a game you're talking £230+, anything above that and I'd rather buy a 360 bundle and wait for the first price drop.
jump_button
Banned
VAT have gone up into the skies last week so
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Will never pay morethan £99 for a handheld.
What was the launch price of GBA? DS?
Nintendo getting greedy.
What was the launch price of GBA? DS?
Nintendo getting greedy.
radioheadrule83
Banned
jump_button said:
Only 2.5% - which will be a lot on pricey purchases, but not near enough to excuse £50-100 price gouging.
Lets assume that without the VAT rise there are three reasonable price points:
£179.99
£199.99
£229.99
Under the 17.5% rate those prices would be £153.19, £170.20 and £195.74 exclusive of VAT. Applying the new 20% rate to those totals -
£183.83 (+ £3.84)
£204.24 (+ £4.25)
£234.89 (+ £4.90)
If they get away with increasing our sense of reasonable handheld prices by more than £5-£10, they are ripping us off. Fact.
I can see them having the motivation to rip us off as well -- they've been getting battered on the exchange rate for the last couple of years... I just hope they do the decent thing, and price it at a price that people can afford! They'll make up for it in software sales if they do.
electroshockwave
Member
Danj said:
If the Japanese price is the equivalent of £192 then the UK price is definitely going to be over £200.
radioheadrule83
Banned
electroshockwave said:
Depends on what the margins are in that market and what Nintendo and UK retail are prepared to do in the UK. It could still easily be £179-199. Direct currency conversions are never really a good guide..
whatevermort
Member
electroshockwave said:
Well, the Japanese price of the DS was more than £100, and that's what the DS was here. Nintendo do, in general, balance the prices to relatively sensible price points, right?
ok, so:
- $400 price tag
- 3d mode is 15 fps in 30 fps games
- 3ds games cost 50% more than ds games
- uglier than ds phat
- unhackable
- region locked
- <3 hour battery life
- takes 5 hours to charge
- battery not included
- no launch games
- specs infinitely inferior to psp2
- easily smugglable
- inside parts contain dangerous excess glue that could heat up during extended play, melt, and then brick your system within the first few days
- $400 price tag
- 3d mode is 15 fps in 30 fps games
- 3ds games cost 50% more than ds games
- uglier than ds phat
- unhackable
- region locked
- <3 hour battery life
- takes 5 hours to charge
- battery not included
- no launch games
- specs infinitely inferior to psp2
- easily smugglable
- inside parts contain dangerous excess glue that could heat up during extended play, melt, and then brick your system within the first few days
_Alkaline_
Member
RandomVince said:
Uh, it's real dude. All of it.
_Alkaline_ said:
$400? They dont confirm the price til the 19th right? I thought it would be retailer placeholder prices as when they say "it will be no more than this implausibly high price but you can preorder and start paying it off now"
edit: most of that list is clearly wrong/parody according to my moments of clarity
Vinterbird
Member
Danj said:
The list is total bullshit. Look at it: "no launch games", "15 frames in 3D" and "five hours to charge". It goes against all the info we have.
Dabookerman
Member
Remeber folks. Even at £100 when the original DS and DS lite came out (as well as the GBA which came at £90), Nintendo never made a loss. The Wii came out overpriced with ancient hardware, but at least it came with a game. If this comes out for more than £200 without a game. No way. I can afford it, but fuck that.
But what can you do? The DSi came out for £150 with the inclusion of utter shite cameras, and people still bought it in droves. I could see the high price not hurting Nintendo.
But what can you do? The DSi came out for £150 with the inclusion of utter shite cameras, and people still bought it in droves. I could see the high price not hurting Nintendo.
Vinterbird
Member
Dabookerman said:
Nintendo can go as high as they want, it's gonna sell no matter what during launch.
_Alkaline_
Member
Vinterbird said:
I dunno where you heard that info but it's false.
Jarosh's info is entirely correct. No offence but maybe you should do a bit more research.
Dabookerman
Member
Vinterbird said:
Yup. They've got their new audience. And while I'm in no way saying the 3DS is shit, but that particular audience will buy any old shit for a high price. Back in HMV, the amount of people that bought bits of plastic peripherals for £20+ was extraordinary.
kyo_daikun
Member
Won't pay over £230.
Vinterbird
Member
Dabookerman said:
Precisely. Jarosh's list could be real, and it would still sell insane amounts on day one. And when Nintendos decides to roll out their incredible marketing machine, it is gonna be a Wii situation all over again in terms of availability for the foreseeable future.
Vinterbird
Member
Ricker said:
6 months is being generous. I wouldn't expect it before april 2012 at the earliest.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Strong words, but I think I've heard them somewhere before.Vinterbird said:
MarshMellow96
Member
I really can't wait for the JP release. All this bullshit will hopefully be debunked or, at the very least, what we find out will go towards mitigating it.