3DS to launch for $249 on March 27 in US, will cost between £219-£229 in Europe on March 25

£249 confirmed, then.

Likely $350 in Aus then, so we’re likely paying $100 USD more than the US, & Europeans are likely to pay $75-90 USD more than the US.
Too bad this is normal D:<

My god the Amsterdam event is boring.

oh god aye!! I give up its total pants -_-

No EU price?

Huh?

no price? Is it that bad?

They daren’t tell us.

Meh, price is £225-£250 then.

Come on sony. Show PSP2 now

250 for a hand held.. lol such a rip off.. you can get an xbox for less than that

*cough*nts*cough*

Provided Sony don’t botch the reveal of the PSP2 (you wouldn’t put it past them) then Sony have got a real chance to recreate the PS2/Dreamcast situation.

Pretty underwhelming, really. Big N will really need something for E3 you have to think.

Thats not bad at all. I’ll get one for sure. Its been a long time since I had a gameboy. Now that I think about it. Maybe I’ll wait for the second version of the 3DS when they make it slimmer and lighter. I think the PSP2 should be the same price also.

Updated. HMV’s mentioning a £230 price.

Apparently HMV has it for £230.

Shocking.

EDIT: Dammit!

Think i’ll wait til the next iteration comes out so i can buy the original model for less than 1/2 price from a m8…

Pass.

Pricey! And somewhat more than the £155 the exchange rate would suggest, even if you add 20% VAT.

I don’t suppose anyone mentioned game prices?

I WAS RIGHT!!

wait…i was right? £230?!? D=

EDIT: with VAT and the exchange rate this is approx £40 dearer than the US =/

I have a choice of this, ipod touch 32gb or PS3!!

that decision just made itself.

yep hmv already has it on their store

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=411861
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=941217

Sony have to say something now before march 25th to get coverage.

3DS is really a PSP in 3D. And for £230 thats alot of money.

If sony release psp2 with 3D, Hdmi output, HD graphics, trackpad, really good networking (fb,twitter,psn etc) they have a really good chance. The only issue is price. And sony have to price either the same or lower.

where’s the launch games lineup for europe?

Give the prices a few days to be honest. The Killzone helghast exclusive to hmv in the uk edition was priced 129.99 and a few days later they dropped it to 99.99. (that 99.99 full retail price btw with no discounts).

Thing is whatever price they put right now is to cover their behinds in case the price is higher than they estimate or they can charge higher.
I estimate it to be around the 210 mark to be honest but each retailer will compete to get the most favourable price. Game’s starting to put their’s up too. I assume we should have a stable price at the earliest possibly on Friday.

Clearly waiting for the 3DSi or 3DSlite…

games website nows says £230 aswell
but play.com has £220

@TIMCSS, Sony won’t make a handheld with 3D and at the same time in HD. It’s not cheap to do that.

@11

I hiiiiighly doubt Sony is gonna recreate anything. Nintendo has always been the king when it comes to handheld and i simply don’t see the 3DS failing. I certainly don’t see a PSP2 beating it in any way…i just find that incredibly far fetched.

PSP didn’t beat DS, even with its better graphics and what not, i really don’t see why a PSP2 would make such a drastic change.

So… Who the fuck is going to be a douche of the year this year?

This fucker is very dated and pricey as FUCK. With this shite you can buy a fucking GTX 480 1280MB or Sandy Bridge processor or something more……… Productive?

Who will but this at launch is a sheep and deserve to be RAPED by Nintendo. 220 GBP for this little fucker is outrageous.

@Moonwalker, first of all PSP 1 is very successfull and it’s the first handheld device that successed, while others failed.
65 million units sold and it’s the 7th most popular console of all time.
When Ninty started their first handhelds they had a DREAM to sold so much. Sony in it’s first jandheld sold more then Ninty in the past.

Sony have EVERYTHING to take a Ninty pie and kill the brand. They got everything. As Razor said, they can recreate a Dreamcast|Ps2 situation at E3 if they are going to be smart.

Moonwalker1982:

because the psp was sonys first handheld and Nintendo have been doing it for 20 years. Sony didnt have a user base already. Am sure sony have learnt there past issues with psp and its hardware.

New pricing details for the UK up there now.

Nintendo are crazy.

Come on Sony, this is your big chanc…oh, who are kidding. PSP2 will be equally expensive, if not more so, knowing Sony.

@Razor

but if it had HD graphics and hdmi output, plus am sure psn, playing minis, ps1 classics. And then exclusives like uncharted etc. At £230 its still alot. But for me, alot more value for money.

To win this handheld stupid war Sony need to make everything HD with trophies, Hardcore games (not REMAKES) and price it for 199 GBP and

the winner is obvious.

Coupled with an incredibly poor battery life I don’t see this doing anywhere near as well as the DS until the 2nd iteration.

I wonder what the ‘expanded audience’ think? Or are they all too busy with their new iPhones to tell us?

It can currently be preordered for 2795 SEK – 263 GBP – here in Sweden. No thanks.

“I wonder what the ‘expanded audience’ think?”

expanded audience is still waiting for the Pokemon.

I can’t wait for Sony to fuck up Nintendo’s shit with PSP2.

£229.99 and a bunch of shitty-ass launch titles?

In the space of one shitty hour, I went from a 100% cert of putting down a preorder to 100% cert of telling Nintendo to get fucked.

GTFO Nintendo.

I’m fully expecting Sony to screw it up even better than Nintendo.

The thing I’m most surprised at is that everyone is shocked by the price. People saying they can buy an X360/PS3 for the same amount blah blah blah. Well of course you can they’ve been out for over 5/6 years.

I’m no expert but I think in order for so much technology and power to be put into such a small portable machine Sony and Nintendo need to do even more R&D than for a console. Things like heat dispersion, size/ergonomic feel and battery life are just a couple of things that need to be heavily thought about.
Just because the product is smaller doesn’t automatically mean it should be cheaper. I mean there are mobile phones that cost upwards of £400 (when not bought with a contract) that can’t do half the things the 3DS/PSP2 will be able to do.
I think that the 3DS is fairly priced and with Nintendo relying solely on the games industry it needs to turn a profit on everything it sells. The PSP2 will be minimum £299 and will probably cost nearer £350 when it releases. I’m just giving you fair warning before you keel over in shock and cause yourself a serious injury.

Added a bit there. Looks like it’s €250.

Wow, I’m surprised by the pro-psp2 talk here, Sony’s psp was always a ‘failure’ in many people’s eyes, i don’t see how myself, selling more than Sony’s own home console is nothing to laugh at, it had several great games too, but i think Sony should expand the Mini’s & psone classics library & hopefully have a ps2 emulator by release of the PSP2, games like GTA San Andreas & Timesplitters 2 on the go? Yes Fucking Please!
Add a HD resolution, a HDMI output, 2nd analog stick, 2 more triggers, & a newer & larger more efficient format, Thank You MR. Sony, you have a sale, just as long as you can keep it under $299 USD & gain large 3rd party support & expand your online services, a 3G model wouldn’t be a bad idea too, kind of like the iPad has.

@39

That’ll take some doing.

Here’s a couple mock ups based from VG247′s leaks a little while back (remember that it now supposedly has a candybar base).

game’s website has the games priced at £40 D=

Nintendo are clearly taking a leaf out of Apple’s book… greedy jokers

Way to help out Apple x_x

I don’t know man. I see these prices & can’t help thinking Apple are gonna be selling a lot of ipod touches this year o_O

Prices for games range between £30 to £40 depending on retailer

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-19-game-3ds-titles-to-sell-for-GBP39-99

you’ll propably will get a 360 for that by launch ^^