3DS costs about $100 to make

[Anneka]

iPod for games......
Why don't just wait for the new PSP....

 

[Monster_Munch]

I would think the PSP2 will be more expensive than the 3DS. It has better specs than the most expensive smartphones.

 

[aj654987]

Personally, I think Nintendo made a very smart move with the 3ds.

Even though the DS made them a boatload of money there was concerns over their next generation machine competing with everyone's smart phones. Everyone has to have a phone of some sort anyways, the question was what could nintendo do to get people to buy their machine in addition to a smart phone.

With the 3ds they have something no one else has (there are 1 or 2 phones coming up with 3d screens) at a pretty good price considering. They have 3d cameras out now with 3d screens but those are $500 right now. They did the right thing by positioning the 3ds as a game machine and not as a media device or web/app device that would be competing with everyones phones.

If they made the wrong move with their next portable, they could have been closed out of that market all together. I think the price is pretty good considering there are no other devices under $500 out there with a 3d screen. There wasnt any reason for them to go lower if they think people will buy it at 250. Keep in mind there is limited availability, atleast enough that I only seen 1 store having a demo unit so far. They will drop the price over time but console prices are typically dropped slowly, which is another plus because if you drop it too fast like they did with the iPhone, you piss off a lot of early adopters.

I have no intentions of buying one, atleast not for a few years when a cheaper and better update comes out, I just think they made a very good move.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I would think the PSP2 will be more expensive than the 3DS. It has better specs than the most expensive smartphones.

Most likely PSP2 will be more than the 3DS. I'm guessing a price tag of at least $299.

 

[wuliheron]

Gameboy has already come out with their own version of a phone and Nvidia has ambitious plans to produce an ARM chip with a quad core cpu and formidable cuda gpu. There's only so much you can do with a small screen and as cheap phones capable of serious gaming become common the glory days of handheld gaming are coming to an end.

 

[gorcorps]

Most likely PSP2 will be more than the 3DS. I'm guessing a price tag of at least $299.

Wasn't that what the first one was at release? Maybe it was only $250. Still, handhelds this expensive isn't that new.

 

[skace]

You do realize most consoles released are sold at a loss for awhile, atleast until a hardware revision or 2. I know companies want money but there are other ways. Hell, PS3 and 360 only recently became profitable in the last year. I know nintendo generally uses lower end hardware, but when the gameboy launched it cost $150, color was $80, advance was $150, sp was 100 (no one cares about micro), DS was $150, DS lite was $130, DSi was $170... $250 is more than some consoles, not to mention phones which have emulators.

As I recall, Nintendo has never been able to afford selling a console at loss because unlike MS and Sony, it does not have other divisions to foot the bill.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Wasn't that what the first one was at release? Maybe it was only $250. Still, handhelds this expensive isn't that new.

Correct, it PSP-1000 was priced at $249.99.

 

[exdeath]

People are going to buy it anyway.

Also, Nintendo is in it to make a profit; one that will make them the MOST money. Not a fair amount of money. They know people will pay for it. Frankly, the fault is on the consumer. Past experience has proven something like this will be popular, therefore, they can charge what they want.

What is worse however, is that 2-3 years from now, the 3DS "slim" will probably come out at $250. And people will buy that.

But, the biggest offense is that people will buy the shitty launch titles with the 3DS.

3DS Lite, 3DSi, 3DSxi, 3DS SP, etc, etc.

Hey this shit works for Apple, EA, and Activision, why not.

 

[Anneka]

As I recall, Nintendo has never been able to afford selling a console at loss because unlike MS and Sony, it does not have other divisions to foot the bill.

This is true. I mean when you think of Nintendo what else do they have to offer if this doesn't turn out to be ok ?