Nintendo would quickly sell ten million 3DS consoles at "any price below $300," reckons games industry analyst, Michael Pachter.
Sharing his post-E3 thoughts with CVG, the Wedbush Nostradamus said that in his opinion, the Nintendo 3DS is "well worth a price that high".
"The 3DS was SO much better than I ever imagined, it has to be the hit of the show," Pachter told CVG. "I think that they can sell out the first 10 million at any price below $300, and think that the experience is well worth a price that high."
That's good news then, because another industry analyst predicted last week that the 3DS will cost in the region of $249-$299.
Commenting on the other platform holders' big E3 annoucements, Pachter said, "Move and Kinect are going to succeed, limited only by pricing."
He added: "I thought that the killer app on Move was EyePet (which probably doesn't even need a Move Controller), and the killer app on Kinect was Dance Central. The latter title will probably have the best attach rate of any title on either system. It was really something to play."
If anyone has footage of Michael playing Dance Central, please e-mail it to the usual address.
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boskersrevenge on 22 Jun '10 said:
I am just that kind of sucker!
£££s
nicola_m on 22 Jun '10 said:
I predict the sun will rise tomorrow.
Money please, I now analyst.
altitude2k on 22 Jun '10 said:
3DS != day one purchase for me.
Just to prove this guy wrong.
lordirongut on 22 Jun '10 said:
What's that? Around £210? I'd certainly pay that for the 3DS, and I certainly will if this turns out to be the real price.
boskersrevenge on 22 Jun '10 said:
But you now it doesn't work that way
If it's $150 in the States, it'll be £150 in the UK.
shiftymorgan on 22 Jun '10 said:
I know companies are supposed to make money and all that shabaz, but I figure if nintendo want it to go in every home and be in kids and adult hands alike £150 is a good place to start.
Anything more than that would instantly make it a no buy for children as its would be too much to bear watching them drop it/bend its screen back too far.
boskersrevenge on 22 Jun '10 said:
Good.
Samus on 22 Jun '10 said:
So, lets say £220 for a 3DS taking into account its always a bit more expensive here.
Meh, I think I will pass, I was looking at £160-£170 max.
boskersrevenge on 22 Jun '10 said:
Less children on this the better, IMO.
Catz, Carnival Games; Pippa f**king Funnel....
adgr19 on 22 Jun '10 said:
i think it's gonna sell more than that mr pachter, i'm saving ready for pre-orders. i hope it's not a year and a half away
gothchild on 22 Jun '10 said:
It won't be above £200, I'm sure. Completely goes against Nintendo's strategy. My money is on £150-£170
It won't be more expensive than the Wii was a launch, seriously.
boskersrevenge on 22 Jun '10 said:
Why not? Have we had a 3D gaming portable before? Is the GPU cheap?
In my memory, the Wii and DS were the only consoles Nintendo made that have been sub £200 (we don't count the Virtua Boy.. although I think that was just about 1p shy of £200).
The 3DS feels different to that. I can well imagine a +£200 price for this - especially if it contains a few gig of internal memory.
Wozzakl on 22 Jun '10 said:
For ****'s sake, Pachter, stop plucking figures out of the air.
Solm on 22 Jun '10 said:
This Michael Prat fella needs to get a real job, I bet he doesn't pay for his consoles he probably gets them as gifts. I won't pay 299 for any handheld console, not even a 3D one. Anything under 200 is good value for handheld.
kimoak on 22 Jun '10 said:
To be fair to him, he is saying if it was that higher price it would still sell. Not it is going to be that higher price. It must be bloody good if someone says something like thet.
ledickolas on 22 Jun '10 said:
As impressive as it may be, more than £150 is more than I'm willing to pay.
Enigmatic Man on 22 Jun '10 said:
£200 at least. Most likely more. Nintendo have really got into the habit of making consumers too cheap in the past few years.
The Wii is what you would call 'cheap' by todays standards anyway. £150 was always going to be wishful thinking.
gothchild on 22 Jun '10 said:
The GameCube, N64, GBA and yes, both the Wii and DS were all under £200 on launch.
They always seem to aim to launch a console between £120-£200. I'm basing my bet of about £150, or £160 on their past record. What are these estimations of £200 based on exactly? Then again, seeing as no one except Nintendo knows how much it costs to make a 3DS, it's all pretty academic.
For a handheld I really do not see them going past the £180 mark, but we'll wait and see.
EDIT: Gonna add to that point, the GPU they're using is deliberately several years old in order to keep the prices down, so they clearly are still thinking along those lines.
cloakedvengance on 22 Jun '10 said:
@Gothchild
I'll think you'll find the N64 was well over £200, in fact in memory serves me right it was bang on £300 with the games at £50 and £60.
In any event if the 3DS is anything over £200 I'll give it a pass, although 3D Zelda and Mario Kart are soooooo tempting
gothchild on 22 Jun '10 said:
All the stuff I'm seeing is that the retail price of the N64 at launch was $199, so less than that in pounds.