A New Life for the Nintendo 3DS

Not even six months old, Nintendo’s new 3DS portable has been struggling. Though certainly debuting to strong sales as Nintendo fans turned out to show their support, the 3DS quickly slowed down, even being bested by its predecessors and the aging Wii. The lack of games didn’t help. Outside of T…

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NES Games on 3DS Will Offer Multiplayer

In its announcement of the “Nintendo 3DS Ambassador” program, Nintendo revealed that NES and GBA games would be coming to the 3DS eShop. Additionally, Nintendo hinted that the NES games would be upgraded in some fashion when they were fully available for sale in the eShop…

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Nintendo slashes price of 3DS

Mere months after its launch, Nintendo is dropping the price of its 3DS handheld console to counter disappointing sales figures Nintendo has announced thatit will cut the price of the 3DS by nearly one third. Coming less than five months after the innovative glasses-free 3D handheld console’s launch, this swift response to disappointing sales figures is unprecedented for Nintendo. Currently, the …

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Nintendo 3DS price dropping to $170

Nintendo is dropping the price of its latest handheld videogame system, the 3DS, to $169.99 as its failed so far to match the sales power of its predecessors — the DS, DS Lite and DSi. But the drop from the 3DS launch price of $249.99 won’t go into effect until August 12, Nintendo said. So, unless you like over paying for the things you buy, holding off on purchasing a 3DS until August 12 might …

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Price of Nintendo 3DS cut to $170

Have you been thinking about picking up a Nintendo 3DS but been scared away by the $249.99 price tag? If so, Nintendo has some good …

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Dear Nintendo: How low can you go?

Nintendo tried to sweeten the news of its dramatically disappointing financial results, announced earlier today, with a pre-emptive price cut of the 3DS, but the outlook for the company is still grim. Adoption of the 3DS has been underwhelming, with a mere 830,000 sold in the US since its March 2011 launch. The specter of the

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3DS Price Dropping to $169.99, Early Adopters Get Free Games

As a clear sign that the 3DS has not been selling as well as hoped, at least in the United States, Nintendo today announced it’s dropping the price of the 3DS by $80 in August. The 3DS will be available for $169.99 as of August 12, less than five months after launching in the U.S. on March 27. Besides the $249.99 price tag — which was said to be partly due to the public reaction to the system …

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Nintendo 3DS Gets $80 Price Cut on August 12

Those of you on the fence about Nintendo’s 3DS, your wait may soon be over: Starting August 12, the price of the system will fall from its current $249.99 to $169.99 , an $80 cut. The price drop, which is also coming to Japan (a cut from 25,000 yen to 15,000 yen on August 11) and Europe (a cut of ” around a third ” on August 12), is undoubtedly meant to boost sluggish 3DS sales ahead of the …

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Nintendo reports Q2 financial misery: 25.5bn yen loss, “few hit titles”

Nintendo has announced its Q2 2011 financial results[pdf link] and it makes for disappointing reading for the Japanese gaming giant. Net sales were down over 50-percent against the same period in 2010, and net losses reached 25.5bn yen, with Nintendo blaming not only lackluster sales of the 3DS but development costs associated with 2012′s Wii

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Japanese Video Game Charts: Baseball Beats All – News

(22 Jul 2011) Nintendo 3DS takes control of hardware chart.

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Japanese Video Game Charts: Baseball Beats All – News

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