Nintendo 3DS Price Drop; Free Games for Early Adopters

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Gah shouldn't have done that.

I split it up once I hit platinum because really not worth it beyond that point/save points for next year.

I just assumed the Platinum status was based on the number of games you have registered. :\

I don't think I'm going to buy anything on there yet, waiting for a 3DS game case to be on there.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I just assumed the Platinum status was based on the number of games you have registered. :\

I don't think I'm going to buy anything on there yet, waiting for a 3DS game case to be on there.

No, I believe its something like 300 for Gold and 600 for Platinum.

Usually, nothing too special, but sometimes.

Like this year, my Plat prize is a set of pins...

[Vampyr]

Sales jump up after price drop:

http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-3d...lash-16172084/

Nintendo’s price slash to the 3DS looks to have reignited interest in the glasses-free 3D gaming handheld, with sales in Japan reportedly flourishing after the discount took effect. According to figures reported by Famitsu, Nintendo shifted 214,821 3DS units in the week between August 8 and August 14 after having dive-bombed in the months following the device’s launch.



In fact, it’s suggested, Nintendo sold more 3DS units after the price cut than it did in the second week that the console was actually on sale. Not quite as many as the very first week of Japanese availability – which came in at 371,326 units – but impressive numbers nonetheless.

Nintendo cut the 3DS by 10,000 yen to 15,000 yen in Japan, as part of a global discounting promotion intended to build the device’s userbase. Officially US pricing dropped to $169.99 earlier this week, though many retailers had jumped the gun and slashed the sticker price early. According to an open letter to 3DS early-adopters by Nintendo president Saturo Iwata, apologizing for the “dramatic price drop”, the sudden change was prompted by concerns that, without suitably broad market adoption, developers would begin to ignore the 3DS altogether.