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Nintendo has slashed the price of the 3DS in the US to just $169.99, a huge drop from its launch price of $249.99, just four months after it was released.
The new price takes effect from the 12th of August.
In Australia, the price has dropped from $349.95 to $249.95, while in New Zealand the suggested retail price (SRP) is now $343.99 - a pretty hefty mark-up from the $197 NZD you'd be paying if you bought one from the US.
This is a massive thing for Nintendo to do, as the Wii held it's launch price for several years before finally succumbing to the inevitable discounts.
In addition to the discounts, Nintendo announced the 3DS Ambassador Program, effectively a big "oops sorry you paid so much, here's some free stuff" plan for people that purchased the 3DS before the price drop. To be eligible, you need to own a Nintendo 3DS and use it at least once to connect to the Nintendo eShop before the 12th of August (i.e. there's still time to get in).
What do you get?
1. Starting 1 September, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES Virtual Console games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber and The Legend of Zelda, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.
2. By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.
Does this new price or the Ambassador plan affect your plans around the system? Are you more likely to get one?
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Comments (16)
hmm conveniently I have a friend going to America in a couple months.
They should give us some better games then just those, the price drop came so fast, if only I waited a bit longer to get my 3DS then I woukd have saved $100
I can't believe we pay so freaking much aye...
28 July 2011, 08:19 PM
Reply to Ginge
hmm conveniently I have a friend going to America in a couple months.
Yeah but if you get it from america you have to get all your games from there as it won't work with nz copies
hmm conveniently I have a friend going to America in a couple months.
28 July 2011, 08:21 PM
Reply to twisterjamz
Yeah but if you get it from america you have to get all your games from there as it won't work with nz copies
The US versions are typically much cheaper and play-asia gets them out within a week or so.
Yeah but if you get it from america you have to get all your games from there as it won't work with nz copies
480 to 350?
thats $130 bucks cheaper...
awesome
thats $130 bucks cheaper...
awesome
I traded in a few crappy games and got mine for a little over $200.
A more appealing prospect, but our price still manages to end up being a rip. If I could find a store that would ship from the UK I would.
So I get Metroid Fusion for free? I'm OK with that.
Yeah, that's how I feel. I've enjoyed my 3DS so far and am quite amped about getting all those bonus games - a good response, IMO, even if it does smell a little PSP Go-like ;)
That $140 dollars extra we pay is for postage and packaging... see they send each individual console from the plant directly in a massive box... by Fedex...
I am just joshing with you, they charge more because NZ has more clouds. Console prices are based on the number of clouds in the sky of the respective country.
I am just joshing with you, they charge more because NZ has more clouds. Console prices are based on the number of clouds in the sky of the respective country.
I don't really think it is fair that people are angry at Nintendo for not giving them enough freebies or dropping the price so soon. While I understand that this news would be frustrating, there is obvious risks that come with buying a console (or any major electronic product for that matter) at launch.
I guess this is the PS Vita effect - shouldnt come as a surprise considering everyone was predicting this would happen after E3. Though i must say the AMOUNT of drop (1/3 of US price) is pretty huge.
I haven't seen any retailers drop their price yet. Guess they are all waiting for the 12th to make as much cash as they can.
1 August 2011, 02:37 PM
Reply to The Host of Chaos
I haven't seen any retailers drop their price yet. Guess they are all waiting for the 12th to make as much cash as they can.
It won't be reflected in their cost until then
I haven't seen any retailers drop their price yet. Guess they are all waiting for the 12th to make as much cash as they can.
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