[Xantar]

It looks like they're trying the same strategy as they did with the DS. It had a pretty high launch price compared to the PSP, but once the early adopters had bought it, Nintendo dropped the price and the thing took off like a rocket.

I'm not too sure it will work this time around, though. For one thing, when Microsoft drops the price of the Xbox 360, Nintendo is going to be forced to follow suit. Dancing to another company's tune is no way to be a market leader.

That said, I'll be getting one. And I think the initial shipment will sell out just fine given that the PS3 will only have 400,000 units at launch anyway. I just wish Nintendo's PR department had handled this better. They should have noticed how everybody thought the price would be lower than this and started taking some damage control measures.