Nintendo 3DS Preorders Now Active
Gamestop reportedly has begun taking preorders for the Nintendo 3DS and is asking for $25 for a lock-in.
The news comes courtesy of a "supposed employee" who posted the information in the NeoGaf forum. A U.S. launch date has not been revealed yet, but we anticipate limited availability in March. Pricing should be close to the $300 price tag in Japan, which makes it the most expensive Nintendo game console in history. The high price should be keeping a lid on excessive demand as well.
From the NeoGaf forum post:
“Ok well I got the OK to tell people about this from my work, but we officially got word in that all US based Game Stop stores will be taking reserves on the 3DS starting on the 26th. Depending on the place holder price you will be required to drop a minimum of $25 on a reserve. This is a personal guess but since we need a estimated time of release I would assume Nintendo is about to officially reveal the price and release day anytime from the 25th to January 1st. (UPDATE: The reserves DID infact start today! if your GS can’t find it in their system the SKU is 020132.)”
If the poster is correct, then we should be getting a release date any day now, which is somewhat odd as the important holiday shopping season has just passed and Nintendo has to hope that consumers have at least $300 left over for the new device as well as some dough for a few games. Sony will have to be much more creative in pitching the device than it was during the Christmas season when it hoped that red paint for the Wii would deliver a new sales incentive (which it did not: according to Amazon, the red Wii arrived at #57 in the ranks of video game best sellers.)
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another portable addict machine >.< should be a good buy ^_^
Ouch $300... I think I will wait for a price drop and when a decent library of games is already released before I pick one up.
Ouch $300... I think I will wait for a price drop and when a decent library of games is already released before I pick one up.
im gonna wait till second gen, a lot of good games by that time
i hate that theyre gonna totally cash in on this 3d fad -_- considering how a lot of ppl cant even see it... i hope its not a major selling point for most of their games
Remember which company you are writing about
"Sony" will have to be much more creative in pitching the device . . . .
lmfao at the spammers
im gonna wait till second gen, a lot of good games by that timei hate that theyre gonna totally cash in on this 3d fad -_- considering how a lot of ppl cant even see it... i hope its not a major selling point for most of their games
Actually 3D isn't really new for them. Nintendo already trying a 3D system years ago that flopped. For Nintendo this is actually a second attempt at 3D. This time in color!
Oh my god spam...
And $300 seems a lot, I'd wait for it to drop.
wtf is with all the crappy ads
"Sony will have to be much more creative in pitching the device than it was during the Christmas season when it hoped that red paint for the Wii would deliver a new sales incentive"
Never knew that Sony was releasing the 3DS
Ouch $300... I think I will wait for a price drop and when a decent library of games is already released before I pick one up.
Stuff in Japan is almost always more expensive than it is in the U.S. The 300$ is going by Yen/Dollar conversion rates, but every nintendo system has been cheaper when brought over to the U.S. I'm betting on a 220-250$ price range.
I agree with you though, I'm probably going to wait for 2nd gen, more games & possibly system aesthetic redesign like the DS to DS lite
What the hell is it that I'm paying so much for? 3D tax? even if it is $220-250 like aznguy0028 said that still more then a ****ing Xbox 360 and close enough to a PS3 which has 3D... Waist of money now much more excited about that PSP 2...
The launch date line-up is great, so I won't be waiting at all. Time for me to go program an extra side game and put some money aside for one.
If everyone stopped buying Nintendo's overpriced crap then; they might actually make a decent system with good graphics & not rehashing the same thing they've been doing for the last 20....
Over here, some game retailers have been accepting preorders for the 3DS since it was announced in June. I've been waiting to find out what region locking is on the handheld. Chances are I'll probably end up importing it from the US.
The 3DS is quite a breakthrough to me, but it isn't worth $300.