{"id":133,"date":"2011-07-28T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/?p=133"},"modified":"2011-07-28T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:25:33","slug":"apocalypse-now-nintendo-drops-price-of-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/07\/apocalypse-now-nintendo-drops-price-of-3ds.html","title":{"rendered":"Apocalypse Now: Nintendo Drops Price of 3DS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/3D_Kid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134\" title=\"3D_Kid\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/3D_Kid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an entirely unprecedented move, Nintendo has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=438813\" target=\"_blank\">decided to cut the price of the 3DS to 170 bones<\/a>. \u00a0Yep, that is an 80 dollar price cut for a system that has only been out a few months.<\/p>\n<p>Personally I am shocked by this move. \u00a0The 3DS, while potentially causing headaches much like the ill-fated virtual boy, seems like a pretty sleek system. \u00a0The problem isn&#8217;t the price, the problem is that there are what, 5 games for it? \u00a0I&#8217;ve heard that 1 of them might actually be fun to play, and it is an update of a Nintendo 64 title. \u00a0Apparently the already existing DS games don&#8217;t even look that great on it either.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson here is pretty simple &#8211; when you put out a new system include some decent games! \u00a0That shouldn&#8217;t be too hard, after all the point of owning a console is to play the freaking games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/files\/2011\/07\/virtualboy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-136\" title=\"virtualboy\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/virtualboy-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an entirely unprecedented move, Nintendo has decided to cut the price of the 3DS to 170 bones. \u00a0Yep, that is an 80 dollar price cut for a system that has only been out a few months. 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