Nintendo drop DSi prices, 3DS sales to feel the pain?

Nintendo has announced a $100 price drop for the 3DS.  But don't be too angry if you paid full price for the device that has only been on the market only four months, Nintendo is offering some compensation.

The DSi XL is the supersized hand-held gaming device from Nintendo.  Launching next month Nintendo are hoping to grab a whole new demographic under their influence.  Today Nintendo Australia announced the DSi XL pricing.

Nintendo Australia has just released sales figures for the 3DS gaming device.  The glasses free 3D gaming experience seems to be a hit breaking early sales records for hand-held entertainment.

Perhaps poor marketing is holding back Wii U sales for Nintendo. As Spike TV’s GTTV host Geoff Keighley noted on Twitter, a new campaign from Nintendo is using flyers to show just how awesome the Wii U is. Except, instead of going after console rivals Nintendo decided to aim its attack at its own, older-generation console the Wii.

Nintendo has announced that it is to slash the price of the 3DS handheld games console from $249 to $169 from August 12.

Making way for the release of the pocket book size DSi XL, Nintendo has dropped the price of the current DSi by AU$50.00

It has been a long time coming, but at long last Nintendo has dropped the price of the phenomenally successful game console the Wii

Nintendo has dropped the price of the Wii console to $129.99. Of course, this is to keep pace with holiday demand and maintain an edge in a market that’s turned more difficult for the gaming company. The value package includes a black console with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on a single disc, along with a black Wii remote and Nunchuk controller.

Nintendo are taking the new hand-held 3DS, the glasses-free 3D gaming device, on a tour around Australia (well most of it anyway).  This will give people a chance to try out the magical 3D effect, and start saving their cash for the March 31st release date.