Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: ViperVisor on April 01, 2005, 07:40:11 AM
Title: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: ViperVisor on April 01, 2005, 07:40:11 AM
I think PS2 did this.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Ian Sane on April 01, 2005, 07:47:27 AM
It's possible but it's not that crucial. The DS, despite having a pretty thin selection of games, is selling very well. I think the PSP needs a price drop more as it has a pretty strong launch lineup but isn't selling as well as it could likely because of its very high price. Of course cutting the DS price some more would really give the DS a big price advantage over the PSP. However I imagine if Nintendo cut the price it would pressure Sony into cutting the PSP price. Nintendo doesn't need to cut their price while Sony does. So if a DS price cut pressured a PSP price cut it could actually encourage PSP sales. I think Nintendo should stick to the current price as long as possible. Let Sony think the PSP price is good where it is.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 01, 2005, 08:18:31 AM
Yeah, I'm going to agree with Ian, it's unnecessary. Just make more games and announce Mario Kart online and you've got it made.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Bill Aurion on April 01, 2005, 09:15:51 AM
The PSP won't see a price drop this year, so I doubt the DS will (unless it's at the very end of the year for the holiday)
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Artimus on April 01, 2005, 10:31:51 AM
PSP gets on for Christmas. I doubt the DS does unless the PSP goes down to 150 too.
Title: RE:Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 01, 2005, 12:08:21 PM
I think the ONLY way DS will see a price drop is if PSP drops its price below $200.00 If PSP drops to $199.99 I think the DS will probably drop to $129.99 still being $70.00 cheaper than the competition
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Noble~Feather on April 01, 2005, 01:57:44 PM
Actually, I think the price is dropping this month.
And no, that's not an April Fools.
Title: RE:Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: IceCold on April 01, 2005, 10:21:35 PM
Are they seriously? Because I think that would be a big mistake. I agree with Ian & HC - it just isn't the right move at this time.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: darknight06 on April 02, 2005, 04:07:18 AM
I don't see a price drop happening this soon. The system just came out not that long ago and I doubt they've got the production costs down low enough to justify a move like that.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Noble~Feather on April 02, 2005, 07:22:34 AM
I think Ninty's taking away the Metroid Demo, thumb strap, ect. and dropping the price.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on April 02, 2005, 07:42:13 AM
no! they need to keep including the thumbstrap . . .
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: WindyMan on April 02, 2005, 08:49:18 PM
The DS won't drop in price until the holiday season, at the earliest. DS systems are still selling fast, even with all the PSP hype.
The system is barely four months old, people. A price drop that early would be like saying the system is a failure.
Title: RE: Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: darknight06 on April 03, 2005, 04:59:31 AM
And nobody's getting rid of the thumbstrap either. That'd be dumb for the reason that some games do need it. The metroid demo would get the axe before anything else.
Title: RE:Chance of price drop announcement of DS @ E3 ?
Post by: Infernal Monkey on April 03, 2005, 02:44:42 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Bill Aurion The PSP won't see a price drop this year, so I doubt the DS will (unless it's at the very end of the year for the holiday)
The Value Pack won't, but I'm sure Sony will roll out the cheaper PSP that doesn't include all the useless junk later this year.
"We'll take out the Spiderman 2 movie and replace it with a big bag of NOTHING" "What about the extra battery?" "Replace it with a big bag of NOTHING" "Strap, cleaning cloth and case?" "Big bag. Of nothing" "We should probably head over to Woolworths, then"
Then DS will pee its pants, coz you ain't cool unless you pee your pants.
