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#1 dontshackzmii
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today i asked the guy at eb games if they do preorder and he said " yeah it's 299" I hope so good that is just a place holder . No way am i spending that much on a hand held .

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#2 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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today i asked the guy at eb games if they do preorder and he said " yeah it's 299" I hope so good that is just a place holder . No way am i spending that much on a hand held .

dontshackzmii
Wait until a proper confirmation before making a thread and starting a panic.
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#3 LegatoSkyheart
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...$299.99.....

I gotta save up...I better get a Free Game with a Price that high.

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#4 TheColbert
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I'm not putting to much stock into the guy at EB games. Lets wait for Nintendo to give it.
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#5 dontshackzmii
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[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

today i asked the guy at eb games if they do preorder and he said " yeah it's 299" I hope so good that is just a place holder . No way am i spending that much on a hand held .

charizard1605

Wait until a proper confirmation before making a thread and starting a panic.

just sayin what i heard man. That sounds pretty expensive !

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#6 Wanderer5
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He could have gotten that from Japan's price. Still waiting for the actual confirmation.

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#7 OreoMilkshake
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How many 3DS games did he make you pre-order after you said that?
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#8 NoobisMaxcimus
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If it is... damn.
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#9 AmayaPapaya
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The guy at EB games also told me that the new Zelda was due to release in a Month...when I bought SMG2 on release day.

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#10 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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The guy at EB games also told me that the new Zelda was due to release in a Month...when I bought SMG2 on release day.

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He told me that he has a pet Pikachu too.
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#11 majadamus
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If I got the money I'd still buy that **** for 300 bucks!
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#12 dontshackzmii
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If I got the money I'd still buy that **** for 300 bucks!majadamus

sssssshhhhhh! don't let Nintendo hear you!

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#13 LegatoSkyheart
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[QUOTE="majadamus"]If I got the money I'd still buy that **** for 300 bucks!dontshackzmii

sssssshhhhhh! don't let Nintendo hear you!

How many iPads were sold in one day?

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#14 ThatOneP0ster
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today i asked the guy at eb games if they do preorder and he said " yeah it's 299" I hope so good that is just a place holder . No way am i spending that much on a hand held .

dontshackzmii
Gullible much?
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#15 67gt500
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This thread reminds me of good ol' Sony sticker-shocking the whole world with PS3...
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#16 KBFloYd
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the same as a ps3? damn

well at least you get quality

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#17 slothboyadvance
Member since 2003 • 12596 Posts

The placeholder price at the Gamestop I work at is 999.99 becuase they don't know (or aren't allowesd to reveal) the price yet.

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#18 Riverwolf007
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if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

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#19 Aquat1cF1sh
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Yeah, pretty sure that's just a placeholder price. :P Nothing official from the Big N has been announced yet.
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if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

Riverwolf007

People are just finding a way to hate this system and it's so funny.

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#21 OreoMilkshake
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if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

Riverwolf007
Anger is no excuse for gross exaggeration.
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#22 hippiesanta
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poor gamer will get panic!
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#23 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

OreoMilkshake

Anger is no excuse for gross exaggeration.

what's funny is i am angry with N over this. btw, where is the exaggeration? i left out at least a half dozen examples of differing gameboy versions.

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#24 Bikouchu35
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Well you know 299 does sound believable, but Im guess is more like $249. Pure game gadgets for that price is hard to sell so I think Nintendo will try to keep the cost down as much as possible, but thats just my speculation.

Anyways I dont think psphone or 3ds is going to make me want to run to the store and break my piggybank.

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#25 OreoMilkshake
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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

Riverwolf007

Anger is no excuse for gross exaggeration.

what's funny is i am angry with N over this. btw, where is the exaggeration? i left out at least a half dozen examples of differing gameboy versions.

The entire third part of your post must be true then. My bad.
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#26 lx_theo
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lol, Nintendo's getting over confident in their gimmicks

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#27 Crazyguy105
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I got scared and then read that you heard it from a guy at an EB games store. :lol:

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#28 RogueShodown
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Those damn EB Games employees know everything....

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#29 Blixxed
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Luckily I've barely cleared any of the games I want to play on the DS.
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#30 RogueShodown
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These threads proves that 90% of SWers only read the title or just believe anything that they're told.
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#31 deadesa
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today i asked the guy at eb games if they do preorder and he said " yeah it's 299" I hope so good that is just a place holder . No way am i spending that much on a hand held .

dontshackzmii
Yes because this random lowly EB worker has a direct link to Nintendo HQ, and receives gaming news personally from Satoru Iwata himself, before even the general media. Don't drink the koolaid
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#32 GeneralShowzer
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Completely...not...worth it.
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#33 laus_basic
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These threads proves that 90% of SWers only read the title or just believe anything that they're told.RogueShodown

pretty much how it goes here yup

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#34 WilliamRLBaker
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I just wish they would get around to announcing the price...I mean its been how long since we knew about 3ds? we need a price point.

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#35 telefanatic
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Its $300 bucks in US, here is a linkhttp://www.gamespot.com/news/6280301.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

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#37 deadesa
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Its $300 bucks in US, here is a linkhttp://www.gamespot.com/news/6280301.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

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That's in regards to the Japan price. Not the North American price.
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#38 p3anut
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if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

Riverwolf007

The DSlite came out 2 years later from the original. You do know the PSP also has 4 diferent models.... yeah.

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#39 dontshackzmii
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$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

$299.99 U.S. DOLLARS

mvzqs

eb games in canada that is

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#42 oajlu
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sounds okay price to me. It's "3D"...ppl gotta pay extra for new things.

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#43 applefan1991  Moderator
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So $300 and 3 hours of battery life for the 3 DS...so many 3's
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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

if nintendo handheld owners have proved anything it is that they are made out of money.

how else could N issue a hardware revision every 8 months and sell another metric ****load of them?

my suggestion is to wait 8 months for the 3ds lite or the 3ds XL or the 3ds micro or the 3ds in lilac (naow for girlzzz) or the 3ds red mario edition or the 3ds pocket or the 3ds pokemon or the ect, ect...

Riverwolf007

Anger is no excuse for gross exaggeration.

what's funny is i am angry with N over this. btw, where is the exaggeration? i left out at least a half dozen examples of differing gameboy versions.

And how many models of the PSP are there? Its unfair to single out Nintendo on this and ignore the face that this is a common occurrence in the electronics indsturdy.

Why is the DS always singled out for having several models when other systems like the Atari 2600(2 models), Intellevision(2 models), NES(2 Model), Genesis(3 models), SNES(2 models), 3D0(3 models), PS1(2 models), PS2(2 models), Xbox 360(2 models) and PS3(2 models) have done the same thing over the years?

And those are just home consoles, lets not forget the handheld systems like the Lynx, Game Boy Family, PSP, Wonderswan, and other portables that have also seen various hardware revisions over the years.

Hardware revisions are done to cut costs, fix problems and issues with previous models of the hardware, and renew consumer interest in a product.

This argument is flawed by the inherent fact that Nintendo is not the only one who has brought out revised hardware over the lifespan of a system. If you're going to call out Nintendo on this, then you better do the same for Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Atari, and other companies that have also done the same thing over the years.

Otherwise, drop this pathetic argument.

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#45 subrosian
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I hope it's more than $300, because at $300 it's going to be sold out for months.

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The median household income in the US is $50,000. Now my household is significantly above the median, but even at $50k I don't think it's hard to set aside $1000 a year to cover your entertainment. With a 3DS, assuming the system is $300 and the games are $40, you could buy a 3DS, 17 games and a carrying case on your budget.

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People regularly buy cellphones in the price range of $300 to $500. Let's not play this game System Wars. It's the game where you pretend you (and the entire world) are extremely poor whenever you want to bash a product, and yet when your company of choice releases a $1000 add-on, you say "oh well yes of course, you get what you pay for".

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Right.

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#46 racing1750
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It would still sell like hotcakes :P
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if it does.Then it will cost as much as a PS3 ... and then you will look at both,what is more worth? in the end it will probably cost 250
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#48 WilliamRLBaker
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[QUOTE="subrosian"]

I hope it's more than $300, because at $300 it's going to be sold out for months.

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The median household income in the US is $50,000. Now my household is significantly above the median, but even at $50k I don't think it's hard to set aside $1000 a year to cover your entertainment. With a 3DS, assuming the system is $300 and the games are $40, you could buy a 3DS, 17 games and a carrying case on your budget.

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People regularly buy cellphones in the price range of $300 to $500. Let's not play this game System Wars. It's the game where you pretend you (and the entire world) are extremely poor whenever you want to bash a product, and yet when your company of choice releases a $1000 add-on, you say "oh well yes of course, you get what you pay for".

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Right.

in reality I purchased all the systems but even I can see the pattern to your opinion on such topics...in the fact that because you are well off you don't grasp simple concepts that yes the majority of people really are poor in the world. I had to scrounge for my gaming budget I've given up on food and cigarettes for my games.
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#49 Giancar
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I hope it's more than $300, because at $300 it's going to be sold out for months.subrosian
sarcasm? when you have the competiton, and I mean other systems, do the same things in a way better way why would I want to pay more? Meh I know it will sell, but hoping for a company to charge us more? :|
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#50 ZIVX
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No it's not that much, the employee just went off of the Japanese price.

If we directly translated the price of PSP games to dollars we would get $60, but they're a lot cheper than that