3DS, is it worth it for you?

Discussion in 'Video Games and Technology' started by galvascream, Dec 27, 2010.

  1. Tekkaman Blade

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    I'd only be interested in Street fighter or DOA. I'd need to know something with longer playtime was coming out in a week or two after as I would get bored with just fighting games by then.
     
  2. night-skyward

    night-skyward Collects animated, mainly

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    eh i imagine our line up will be the same, we get it on the 25th of march though =D still no price or official line up for us is odd =/

    unless it was said an i missed it? feel free to correct me =)
     
  3. An Army of Bees

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    Rule of thumb has always been the same. reduce $20-30 to get the UK price.

    So $250 = about £220/230

    It's shit but looking at the recent history of Nintendo handhelds the pattern holds true.

    DSlite
    $129.99
    £99.99

    DSi
    $169.99
    £149.99

    DSiXL
    $189.99
    £159.99
     
  5. night-skyward

    night-skyward Collects animated, mainly

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    great.. so they might take a direct 1:1 with it and charge us £250 or exchange rate.. £156 with a bit on top. It'd be nice if we didn't get screwed over for a change =)
     
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    Well Game are retailing it for £230 so I'm glad I got one preordered.
     
  7. War Bearer

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    Buying on the 1st day if I can.

    Now to sell some of my collections.
     
  8. RabidYak

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    I'll pay that price for the system, but i'll be sitting out until the rest of the first party stuff and Resident Evil start showing up.
     
  9. Eric

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    DAMMIT! Every time Nintendo releases a new handheld, it's always a short time after my birthday. :mad 

    But hey, maybe I can ask the folks for $300 so I can get it when it comes out. $250 for the 3DS and $50 for Super Street Fighter IV 3D.
     
  10. QuinJester

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    Pre-ordered at amazon.com
     
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    placed a reserve on Amazon, but chances are I'm gonna cancel it.
     
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    alright I want in. wish there were better launch titles. Hoping to see more N64 games in 3D.
     
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    getting a bonus this thursday...tinking of using that for a down payment...
     
  14. night-skyward

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    Yup seems to be £230 for us, while it's blatantly unfair it was expected..

    Just thinking about it now I payed I think about £300/£400 for my iPhone, which I brought more for the games then a phone... So I guess it's not actually that bad.

    I just have a nagging voice in my head saying "damn that's more then you payed for a wii, and it's only a handheld."

    But it has crap loads of awesome features and I play my ds more then my wii anyway, so yeah I'm happy again =p
     
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    price: its fair.
    date: awesome.
    games ill be getting on launch in bold

    cool. now i can plan better.
     
  16. Joe Moore

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    The launch lineup leaves a lot to be desired for me. So that makes it a bit easier to wait. Ridge Racer and SSIV are pretty good launch titles though, if they're good that is.
     
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    Ridge Racer is always a good time, but since PS1 we've really only seen them once per platform per gen :( 
     
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    That launch lineup sucks. I can hold out a year or two for a price drop.
     
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    There's a line-dancing game coming out in April. Will this change your mind?


    I didn't notice Street Fighter at launch. Maybe I will have a title to buy.
     
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    No. In fact, I'd have to steal all the copies of it I could find and destroy them just so I wouldn't have the off chance of being subjected to seeing someone play it.