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Analyst Thinks The 3DS Will Cost $250 And Be Out In April
Japanese pricing and release for Nintendo’s 3DS broke yesterday, and Nintendo went on to confirm that U.S. customers could expect the hardware before March of next year, but not everyone is so willing to take Nintendo at its word.
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter recently spoke to Joystiq about the topic. “Looking at how Nintendo does things. If you're launching February 26 in Japan, and their earnings reports says before the end of the fiscal year in U.S. and Europe – is there any prayer, even a one percent chance that they'll launch a week later in the U.S., March 5? No freaking way. It's not even remotely possible they're launching first half of March. I'm betting it gets delayed until April in Europe and U.S."
Pachter also doesn’t think that the system will sell for less than $250 here in the states. “They screwed up on the Wii. It was sold out for two full years! You just couldn't get one. What was the point? They should have sold it for $300 at launch, and made another $50 for every Wii sold during that period. It sold so competitively in the first few weeks that it was going for $1,000 on eBay – and they absolutely don't want to see the 3DS on eBay.”
He makes some interesting points, so who do you believe more: Nintendo or Michael Pachter?
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