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Originally Posted by ssjmichael Yeah um whatever you say, but those 20 OLD games sure as hell aren't worth $130-$150

LOL. Alright, go ahead and try to find the price of the GBA games they are giving for free online.

Here, let's start with Mario Kart Super Circuit:

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-Cir...1864693&sr=8-1

You'll likely get it for way less if you search around, but 10 free GBA games is a pretty good deal.

Originally Posted by Jodou Hey, at least they're still around. At this point, I have more respect for them than Nintendo.

You sound like a total badass. Are you into Call of Duty?

Originally Posted by cancerman1120 Announcing this 2 weeks in advance is sort of stupid. You are basically giving people 2 weeks to buy the dag thing AND get the games. The people who are being rewarded are not early adopters but those who have bought the game with 30-45 days of Aug 12th.

Sounds like somebody is mad that they bought the system at launch . Either that or someone just wants things to complain about, which seems to be a trend in your posts.

Originally Posted by DarkSageRK One could say that the amount of circlejerking that goes on in CAG over Nintendo products no matter what is making the site read like a PR message from a half-literate marketing team. Instead of being concerned about thread-crapping, perhaps you should be more concerned about site-crapping.

OK, but you're the one who chose to enter a thread about a Nintendo product and participate in the discussion. Is it a surprise that people who own Nintendo products and who are discussing Nintendo news aren't going to be talking favorably about Nintendo? What the hell did you expect?

Originally Posted by Nohbdy To everyone who says the 3DS is bombing, you should realize Nintendo did the same thing when the PSP was around.

No they didn't. They dropped the price of the DS by $20 some 9 or so months after the system came out. It's stayed at that $129.99 price until this year

Originally Posted by QiG So where's the Wii apology program?

They sent out the whaaaaambulance for that. It goes 'wiiu, wiiu, wiiu. . .'

Originally Posted by Sir Daniel Fortesque You sound like a total badass. Are you into Call of Duty?

Nope.

hmmmmm i wonder if the DSi XL will get price dropped as well.

I was an early adopter...I have a soft spot for handhelds and the 3DS was no different. At first the 20 games sounded great but I can't help but have mixed feelings. Although they sound like great games they are great games I've already played and the older I get the less I feel the need to feed nostalgia. When I went on the 3DS eShop for the first time I thought it was kind of depressing seeing Super Mario Land for the GB along with a few other titles up for sale.

When I bought the 3DS I pre-ordered from Amazon so I ended up getting a bunch of offers and credits towards more stuff. So I've played a fair amount of Street Fighter IV, Ridge Racer, and played through Rayman on the system. I now have Zelda which I'm working on playing through as well. I sold Rayman once I finished it. All in all I probably made up at least $50 of the $80 price drop.

The thing for me is I just want to see new games. I feel as if the system has potential but were not really seeing what this thing is capable of. I know it always takes some time to get there but the 3rd party support that we saw at that e3 seems almost non-existent right now. Hopefully the drop will entice new buyers as well as developers.

I agree with the others though about the $40 games. It feels like too much in the age of ipod gaming (although personally I hate ipod gaming).

Overall I like the system but they absolutely stumbled out of the gate with this one.

Originally Posted by theking20 hmmmmm i wonder if the DSi XL will get price dropped as well.

They should have announced that now too. TBH I'm still more interested in the XL than I am the 3DS

Originally Posted by Jodou They sent out the whaaaaambulance for that. It goes 'wiiu, wiiu, wiiu. . .' Nope.

i actually found a nice macro image with that but did not save it when it was announced

Originally Posted by Jurassic425 Sounds like somebody is mad that they bought the system at launch . Either that or someone just wants things to complain about, which seems to be a trend in your posts.

Really? You read through all 700 of my posts and deduced I complain about things on a higher percentage than say asking questions or posting my haul or revealing a deal? You work fast my friend. I also don't/won't buy the 3DS and my comment was about the announcement which is indicative of Nintendo's current trend of botched PR.

Originally Posted by GAMESHARQ Technically, the 20 "free" games aren't really free. Anyone who paid $250 for their 3DS has already paid the $80 to get these "free" games. The only difference is that the people who now buy a 3DS for $170 have a choice on which games they want and which games they don't want and they'll end up saving money by not buying the games they don't want. Fortunately for Nintendo, there are people who don't have enough common sense to realize this.

As if anyone that paid $250 for a 3ds months ago can do anything about the amount they paid.

These 20 games are free.

btw, from what I read 10 of them are exclusives that won't be sold to the public.

I'm not burned by the price drop really.

I'm burned by the fact that I can' take advantage of the BOTH the price drop and the 20 free games with price protection from my local store.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Originally Posted by KingBroly They don't have to do anything. And the XL is amazing.

Of course they don't have to, but it looks really stupid of the XL and 3DS are the same price.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Didn't see this mentioned elsewhere yet, but looks like Amazon is stopping 3DS sales until the 12th.

"Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on August 12, 2011"

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-3DS-A...1865297&sr=8-1

Looks like they don't want people to price match after the fact.

People are idiots. I still to this day, dont regret getting my 3ds. I love it so much, the DS was a huge success and this just has a rough start. Nintendo is making my heart happy with this program. Cant wait for holiday 2011

Originally Posted by Halo05 Virtual Boy and 32x spring to mind. Uh-oh....

Originally Posted by McCarron Didn't see this mentioned elsewhere yet, but looks like Amazon is stopping 3DS sales until the 12th. "Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on August 12, 2011" http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-3DS-A...1865297&sr=8-1

Prob to avoid 1000s of buy/returns/customer price bitching emails

EDIT: it also wouldnt surprise me if retailers pull stock or specifically limit price protection on these

Originally Posted by MSUHitman Just to compare: PS3 drops $100 8 months after release (speedy1961 rules!) 3DS drops $80 4.5 months after release Wow. If the 3DS is $170 MSRP after Aug., then what will the MSRP be for the DSi and DSi XL?

Not a good comparison as the PS3 was $600/$500 at the time, so it was only a 17%-20% drop depending on your model and was 8 months later.

This is a 32% price drop on the 3DS only 4.5 months after release.

Only device that tops it is the iphone which dropped from $600 - $400 33% only 2 months after release.

Originally Posted by GAMESHARQ Technically, the 20 "free" games aren't really free. Anyone who paid $250 for their 3DS has already paid the $80 to get these "free" games. The only difference is that the people who now buy a 3DS for $170 have a choice on which games they want and which games they don't want and they'll end up saving money by not buying the games they don't want. Fortunately for Nintendo, there are people who don't have enough common sense to realize this.

Incorrect. You paid $250 for the system at the time. No one bought one with the expectation of 20 free games down the line. (I think they offered Excitebike 3D as free) The $80 extra was simply the early adopter fee.

LOL at myself for purchasing this for $250...at least I got a $25 card from Amazon for it. But still, LOL at myself. sigh