If you're still feeling all giddy about getting your mitts on a DSi here in the States
on April 5th, prepare for a bit of a downer. Nintendo Europe has just announced gamers within its territories be getting the multi-screen multi-cam wonder a full two days earlier, on April 3rd, but hasn't said how much they'll be paying for the privilege. Also, while we're stuck with black and a rather cheeky baby blue, Euro gamers will be getting the more stolid/boring color selection of black or white, which may be good or bad depending on your monochromatic tendencies. Regardless, whether you're domestic or abroad, you'd best get your pre-orders in now.
Update: LostProphet commented to say that it's showing up for pre-order abroad at £149.99, or about $214. That's quite a premium for a few days worth of exclusivity.
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posted Feb 19th 2009 7:13AM
HMV are selling it for £149.99, same price MCV quoted aswell
£150 is way too expensive, especially when I've got a Lite. I know the pound is bad right now, but this is quite a bit more than the new PSP!!
Released in Australia April 2 for $AU 299
http://www.smh.com.au/news/digital-life/games/articles/nintendos-new-console/2009/02/19/1234632943314.html
£149.99 minus tax is £127.65. This converts to $183.75, or a premium of $13.74. This is actually a lot lower premium over the US price than we usually pay.
Actually it's £130.43 without tax ($187.61). VAT is still 15% - although they probably won't put the price up when VAT is increased again...
Agreed though that this isn't a particularly high premium and it's obviously because of the currency - UK prices are actually based on previous UK prices for things and are not really closely related to prices in other countries. With the currency being worth jack shit, UK prices look relatively better. That's all.
Now I kind of have a tough decision because I want the white one, but the downloadable game store is region-locked just like Wii's, and I suspect I'd prefer a US store... hmmm.... It will likely be easier to get the local one though... so maybe I'll do that. For an equivalent, the European WiiWare selection is not too bad right... right?
DS upgrades are akin to Malibu Stacy and her new hat. People will be queuing up around the block to get the new model with its low res camera and mic functionality.
I LOLed. It's actually worse than that with the removal of the GBA port (removes functionality of any 3rd party accessories that use the port, Guitar Hero for example). That, and it cost only £10 less than a 60GB Xobx 360, whcih is just insane.
Anyone else getting bored of the constant whining that can be heard on the 1% of occasions when the US aren't the first in line?
Amen to that
Am I the only one who thinks the DSi is uglier closed than open? Either way it looks like crap.
I just think it is worse than the DSlite due to the removal of GBA compatibility. My kids still play as many GBA games as DS games. I see GBA compability going away with the successor of the DS but I wouldn't want to replace our DS lite with this one if it was a free exchange of the old one for the new one
it looks awful
I just saw an ad for this in Game - in a bundle with Guitar Hero?!
It doesn't even work!
game are gonna offer it for £75 when trading in a DS lite, saw an ad online somewhere
Hopefully the price of the DSLite will come down when this launches. Oh wait, this is Nintendo. Balls.
I've just preordered mine today! Looking forward to it.