Nintendo DS price drop

The Nintendo DS will reduce in price by 10 percent across Europe on October 7, a few weeks after Sony launched its rival portable machine.

The DS model will be priced at 89.99 pounds, a tenner less than its current retail price. In euro zone countries the device will be priced at 129 euros. Nintendo will introduce the Nintendogs game to the European market. A combined sale of the game with the DS device will be priced at 99 pounds or 149 euros.

Nintendo has dominated the portable video games market but has seen strong competition enter the market since Sony launched the PSP. The PSP at ~ £179 is significantly more expensive than Nintendo’s Gameboy models and according to Sony is aimed at a slightly older game-playing audience.

I’m actually a fan of Nintendo games going for playability over graphics but I really didn’t get much use out of my DS, selling it on after hardly using the thing. It’s a good move by Nintendo making the device half the price of the PSP but in my opinion they need to hurry up with Mario Kart and get genuine wireless internet gaming released to increase their share of the handheld market. Will nintendogs really appeal to ’serious’ gamers……

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