robio said:

gamingeek said:

I always knew the 3DS price would drop before Christmas, so I'm not bothered as the launch retail price was significantly lower than the original RRP was anyway.

I'd say welcome back but unless you're gone for 2 weeks or longer that's just a long run for coffee in my book.

Anyway I think Nintendo is handling this price drop as well as they could. The bonus games for current owners was pretty generous all things considered. They did not have to do that. I don't recall any hardware manufacturer making that big of a gesture..

I wish they would make as nice of a gesture to US Wii owners and release some fucking RPG's on the dying bitch.

edgecrusher said:

What the fuck is an Ambassador? Like the guy who comes to shake hands and kiss ass so his country doesn't get bombed to shit?

American foreign policy in a nutshell

Iga_Bobovic said:

American foreign policy in a nutshell

You know this could affect Wii U if the hardware is still not final, they could go with the cheap option in light of what a high price has done to stunt 3DS sales. You could be looking at a cheaper yet lower spec Wii U launching next year because of this. IMO they should have made a more gradual price cut, relaunched the advertising and push the development schedule up of some key games. One thing I noticed here in the UK, compared to the DS is that the advertising did not continue and wasn't long term compared to the way the marketed some DS games for anything up to a year after the game launched.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Unless it's just the news sources I read, I'm surprised no-one picked up on the Norway idiot's mentioning that he used Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 as a training tool.

I can see why the gaming media would not pick up on it, but even the regular media have been silent on it (but for that one local story I read).  Usually they pounce on any vague reference to gaming in the persons life, and in this case he credits a specific title as helping him train and nothing...

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And how long till a DS price drop?  I wouldn't mind getting another one.

aspro said:

Unless it's just the news sources I read, I'm surprised no-one picked up on the Norway idiot's mentioning that he used Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 as a training tool.

I can see why the gaming media would not pick up on it, but even the regular media have been silent on it (but for that one local story I read).  Usually they pounce on any vague reference to gaming in the persons life, and in this case he credits a specific title as helping him train and nothing...

I saw that buried on CNN.com and chose to ignore it. I think even the media want this guy totally accountable for what he did. No scapegoats this time. This was just too much.

aspro said:

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And how long till a DS price drop?  I wouldn't mind getting another one.

I was thinking the same thing.  Instead of a 3DS, I feel much more inclined to buy a DSi.  Especially since my DS has a shoddy touch screen

My favourite online retailer (zavvi) just did a price drop for three games on my watch list: Portal 2, Crysis 2 and Shadows of the Damned are priced down to £23.99 each, which is theoretically half-price (if you are stupid enough to believe the RRP) but they are still one price-cut away from my sweet spot.  It won't be long until they are £15- £18 each which is effective half price ... and time to strike.

gamingeek said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

American foreign policy in a nutshell

You know this could affect Wii U if the hardware is still not final, they could go with the cheap option in light of what a high price has done to stunt 3DS sales. You could be looking at a cheaper yet lower spec Wii U launching next year because of this. IMO they should have made a more gradual price cut, relaunched the advertising and push the development schedule up of some key games. One thing I noticed here in the UK, compared to the DS is that the advertising did not continue and wasn't long term compared to the way the marketed some DS games for anything up to a year after the game launched.

Once again handhelds fuck over Nintendo's console fans. The thing is, a high price for cutting edge tech is much more acceptable in the home console business than it is handhelds, and at this point everyone knows the Wii 2 is basically a Super charged Xbox 360, which by the time Wii 2 comes out will be 7 year old tech! So they are already taking the cheap option.

All they could really change is the size of the internal memory, or maybe cut the size of the controller's screen down.