Ninty 3DS hype? Where is it boards...

Sephiroth_dude · 28-07-2011 10:16pm

Helix wrote: »

if youre going back to ireland youll need to buy your games from the states for them to work though

thats no problem,ill get them off that website video somthing,dam cant remember the name of it now...........

Helix · 28-07-2011 10:44pm

videogamesplus.ca i think is the one with the best prices

megaten · 28-07-2011 10:47pm

Axelmusic also ship import games from within the eu.

Retr0gamer · 28-07-2011 10:53pm

Helix wrote: »

does it still work out cheaper these days?

have customs not tightened the noose a little on importing from outside the eu?

I'm still importing games all the time and customs haven't caught me once. I think there's a limit anyway and the pirce of what you import has to be over it before they can charge you import duty. Think it's around 80 euros.

Mr. K wrote: »

Is there no workaround for the region lock?

None so far.

Helix · 28-07-2011 10:56pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm still importing games all the time and customs haven't caught me once. I think there's a limit anyway and the pirce of what you import has to be over it before they can charge you import duty. Think it's around 80 euros.

None so far.

i think its around 25 acutally

i used to import like a bugger when i was in ireland, and only ever got stung for money twice. same with over here in canada, i get lots of stuff from abroad that i should be paying duty on, but only ever had to pay a couple of times. well worth it

as long as customs are grand then there shouldnt be an issue anyway

Sephiroth_dude · 28-07-2011 11:15pm

Helix wrote: »

videogamesplus.ca i think is the one with the best prices

thats the one

Robert ninja · 28-07-2011 11:44pm

This is the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title. Sorry if it's repost.

Tipsy McSwagger · 29-07-2011 9:36am

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

That's 118 euro:)

Just did a pre-order test on amazon.com and when you add international delivery (no super saver option) and import tax & duties it brings the price up to 171 euros:(

ED E · 29-07-2011 12:13pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Think it's around 80 euros.

Lol, I wish. €22.

If you go regular mail with small packets the chances of getting done are small, if you use a courier though they'll always hit you cause then they can charge you an extra ~€10 for the "service" of taking more money from you in the first place.

Retr0gamer · 29-07-2011 12:36pm

Well as I said I've been importing for years now and recently have been importing lots of DS games to catch up before they become rare and have never once been caught by customs. I never use a courier just regular mail.

Helix · 29-07-2011 9:35pm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Just did a pre-order test on amazon.com and when you add international delivery (no super saver option) and import tax & duties it brings the price up to 171 euros:(

yank price is always ex taxes too

so you need to add on around 12% to any list price

Grayditch · 31-07-2011 12:45pm

Jesus, I wish they would release some new games for this. Preferably good ones. I have Zelda and Ghost Recon and the rest look poop. Where are the games???????

Helix · 31-07-2011 1:56pm

Grayditch wrote: »

Jesus, I wish they would release some new games for this. Preferably good ones. I have Zelda and Ghost Recon and the rest look poop. Where are the games???????

ea came out during the week and said that the 3ds offered very poor returns. sounded like they werent arsed moving ahead with development of new titles on it beyond those already started

jaykhunter · 31-07-2011 2:03pm

I'm asking a genuine question here, but why would you launch a new console without killer apps? Why wouldn't you do "best foot forward"?

Like being out the overpriced/undergamed PS3 didn't work for Sony. You should have 3 big games; or c'mon, at least two. Not a port brought out down the road. IMO they should've held off until that new Mario and actually new Resi game was ready to go and bundle them. Or that Starfox game; or Kid Icarus. SOMETHING new and awesome!

I imagine early adopters are by and large hardcore gamers? i.e. the ones who've likely played OoT before? Like it wouldn't be a MAJOR selling point?

I LOVE Nintendo but they've screwed themselves with not putting their massive profits back into their company to bring out more big AAA titles; and they're paying for it now.

Retr0gamer · 31-07-2011 2:05pm

It worked for the PS2, having no killer app that is.

Helix · 31-07-2011 2:09pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'm asking a genuine question here, but why would you launch a new console without killer apps? Why wouldn't you do "best foot forward"?

they got complacent

Mr.Saturn · 31-07-2011 6:26pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It worked for the PS2, having no killer app that is.

I'm debating as to which meme/cliché to opt for, would a "Zing!" or a "Dis gon' be gud" be more appropriate?

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 6:28pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It worked for the PS2, having no killer app that is.

Indeed, it was a good while before I got a PS2 game that I found really compelling...probably Onimusha, which came out about eight months after the console!

jaykhunter · 31-07-2011 6:50pm

so how did the ps2 sell? dvd playback?

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 7:23pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

so how did the ps2 sell? dvd playback?

Good question! DVD playback must have been factor. There was also less choice back in 2000, so everyone knew the PS2 would deliver.

People are less inclined to buy premium products these days. The world isn't really sold on the whole 3D thing either...

Mr.Saturn · 31-07-2011 7:29pm

Mr. K wrote: »

There was also less choice back in 2000, so everyone knew the PS2 would deliver.

In regards to DVD playback or videogaming?

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 7:55pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

In regards to DVD playback or videogaming?

Both! I actually meant videogaming (since the PSone was dominating the market), but it was the time when people began to move from VHS to DVD. As a result, many decided to kill two birds with one stone and buy a PS2. Which, if I recall correctly, cost £380 at launch!

Retr0gamer · 31-07-2011 8:03pm

PS2 sold on brand name and DVD playback helped as well, even though the PS2 before the slim line was far and away the worse DVD player ever released.

Also people forget that the DS had a similarly lacklustre launch line up with only a fairly crappy port of Mario 64. The first decent games on the system were Meteos followed by Castlevania a good few months after release.

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 8:11pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Also people forget that the DS had a similarly lacklustre launch line up with only a fairly crappy port of Mario 64. The first decent games on the system were Meteos followed by Castlevania a good few months after release.

Exactly. People have gotten spoiled by the output of good games in recent years, they've forgotten that sometimes a system takes time to hit its stride.

I kinda liked Mario 64 DS though, aside from the controls...

ShadowHearth · 31-07-2011 8:20pm

Mr. K wrote: »

Exactly. People have gotten spoiled by the output of good games in recent years, they've forgotten that sometimes a system takes time to hit its stride.

I kinda liked Mario 64 DS though, aside from the controls...

yup, but you would think, that after so many fails with launch games they would learn a thing or two.

people did not got spoiled, they just cant understand how the person who steped in ****, does that again and again, when **** did not changed it structure or location.

krudler · 31-07-2011 9:13pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

PS2 sold on brand name and DVD playback helped as well, even though the PS2 before the slim line was far and away the worse DVD player ever released.

Also people forget that the DS had a similarly lacklustre launch line up with only a fairly crappy port of Mario 64. The first decent games on the system were Meteos followed by Castlevania a good few months after release.

the ps2 was a godawful dvd player alright, you couldnt even fast forward more than 2x iirc, yet the ps3 is one of the best bluray players around, guess they learned their lesson.

it wasnt until Gran Turismo 3 that the ps2 got its first big title really, the launch games were pretty dismal from what I remember.

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 9:18pm

krudler wrote: »

it wasnt until Gran Turismo 3 that the ps2 got its first big title really, the launch games were pretty dismal from what I remember.

Tekken Tag and Timesplitters were good launch titles, but hardly mindblowing. GT3 didn't come out til the following July...Mario 3D is out in November...quite a similar timescale there!

Icyseanfitz · 31-07-2011 9:26pm

with this price cut coming next month (EU is actually getting the cut right?) il be buying a 3ds, never played zelda OOT so that should be good, any good rpg's out or coming soon for it?

Sephiroth_dude · 31-07-2011 9:35pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

with this price cut coming next month (EU is actually getting the cut right?) il be buying a 3ds, never played zelda OOT so that should be good, any good rpg's out or coming soon for it?

usa only atm.

Mr. K · 31-07-2011 9:36pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

with this price cut coming next month (EU is actually getting the cut right?) il be buying a 3ds, never played zelda OOT so that should be good, any good rpg's out or coming soon for it?

Europe will get the cut soon enough, I'd say. OoT is reason enough to get one if you've never played it before!

Here's a list of upcoming games (that have been announced): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games

Ninty 3DS hype? Where is it boards...

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