Black Nintendo 3DS Down to DSi Prices
Today you can pick up a black Nintendo 3DS for the same price as a DSi XL cost this time last year.
3DS prices have reached a new low in the UK. Amazon.co.uk have started selling the Cosmic Black 3DS for under £160. Confusingly the black version is £10 cheaper than the blue. It seems likely that this is a temporary mistake and that prices will soon be matched. The question is; which price will they stick with?
Cosmos black Nintendo 3DS going cheap - Any takers?
The figure of £159.99 is significant because the console is now as cheap as the DSi XL was this time last year. The DSi XL was essentially an upgraded version of a budget console from 2004. It’s quite unexpected that the relatively high spec 3DS should match last-gen pricing just 2 months after launch.
The Wii remained at £179.99 for years. The DSi XL itself has only dropped by £20 since launch, despite being superseded. Yet the 3DS price has dropped by £40 in just two months, or £70 if you count the original pre-order price.
Is this a sign that retailers are struggling to sell 3DS consoles? We already know that Nintendo failed to reach its initial launch target, selling 400,000 fewer units than predicted.
A cheap 3DS is good news for anyone who plans to buy one soon, but such a drop can make for depressing reading to those who splashed out in the last two months.
Most loyal Nintendo fans will tell you that the disappointing range of launch titles are the cause of the sluggish start. However, with Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries and Metal Gear Solid 3 arriving soon, along with the fact that Mario hasn’t made his 3D debut yet, things are likely to pick up in the near future.
Do you think the price will go back up, keep falling or stay around this price?
Awesome?
It is probably just a mistake. That is a lot of money to lose.
John Lewis and Currys have got both of them at £157 as well! Amazing to think that I could have saved £30 by waiting a couple of months. Still, I’ve enjoyed having it.
Maybe a new colour at E3?
no change here in canada
Also in the UK, amazon has some used ones! No fair!
i payed 250 euros for it and i’m proud of it! cheap bastards that don’t buy consoles at launch are cheap.
@steffex
there actually smart……people like u are just way hasty….
Why are all the European retailers so indecisive about the 3DS’s price? Here in Canada, it’s been a solid $249.99 since launch day.
Slightly irritating, but if I hadn’t have bought at launch I would have gotten a crap price for my old DSi because of the big crack in the hinge! Thank god for GAME’s fixed prices when it comes to trade-ins … If they based it on condition … Lol … It wasn’t in bad condition, the only thing was the crack … It just appeared, even though I never dropped it and had a cover and everything … >:( Well, I guess now my brother can afford a 3DS, lol!
thats quite annoying, but hey, what can you do
Is it possible to order a 3ds at amazon.uk but do not live in the uk. IS it possible to order a 3ds in america or more specific Springfield?
same here in Puerto Rico($250)
@Tom
Like red? Thats just another reason I havent bought it yet. XD
I have a black one… it’s just as good!!
Dont forget to add me, my fc: 0087 2299 4562
Well it’s a shame that I bought one at the original prize. But it doesnt matter cause I have made a very big progress with streetpass quest using only playcoins(I’m on my second playtrough and am almost on top of the tower)
This console is amazing, but I believe we are all still waiting for some real games to hit the shelves…
Never got a DS, so I’ve been catching up on DS games. Been playing the absolutely spectacular TWEWY (best RPG ever, IMO), and Pokemon White. In other words, I regret nothing.
@Peter D.
It’s because Nintendo didn’t set a retail price like they did in the US and Canada. All the shops are trying to outcompete each other.
I got my black 3ds for £150 it was at grainger games
this is great news for those in the uk, it’ll probably go back up later.
Hay guys i would like a pokemon battle online but i need fc code & name playing pokemon white. Cant wait till i get 3DS
Hi just playing pokemon white if you want to have a shot at beating me post your fc & name in game my fc is 0819-4467-6405 and my name in game is JAMES please get back to me
I think its not only the lack of good launch titles but also the lack of advertising! I mean how do you advertise something thats 3D?
@steffex
not really it just means you are stupid and have less
money to buy games with.