$249 3DS Is ‘A Bargain’

The dust has settled from yesterday’s barrage of Nintendo 3DS news and some of our readers were rather vocal about the price, suggesting it was a teensy bit expensive. Those pesky analysts have had a look at the pricing and also agree it is wrong. They think the Nintendo 3DS is too cheap.

“I thought the price point would be higher… but $249 is pretty good.” said M2 Research’s Billy Pidgeon. “To me, what remains to be seen is software pricing. So far, it’s a little higher in Japan and they haven’t mentioned what they’ll be here.”

Mystic Meg Michael Pachter has suggested Nintendo will miss out on some easy money by pricing the 3DS at $249.

“I’m impressed that they had the confidence to charge $249; I think that they’re going to regret it. It’s going to sell out and they’re leaving money on the table. I’m impressed that they’re this consumer friendly – that really matters. So it’s not shareholder friendly, but consumers are going to love the $249 price point. If you explain the feature set to most consumers, they would say $300 or more. So $249 is a bargain.”

Not everyone is impressed with Nintendo’s ‘bargain’ pricing; Werner Nemetz , QA Tester for Activision has said:

With that price point, region lock and 40 bucks for a handheld game this will get a no thank you on launch. Not willing in any kind of way to pay for a handheld game almost as much as for a console game. 3D is nice and all, but for me personally the hardware is not upgraded enough compared to the DS to warrant this price.

Let us know if you would pay $300 for a 3DS in the comments section.

Source: IndustryGamers / GamesIndustry.Biz