Folk, the Nintendo 3DS will be released in a few weeks. But in Japan, it has already went on sale much to a delighted crowd. Within 24 Hours of its release, the system completely sold out.
According to Andriasang, Nintendo shipped 400,000 3DS units for the system’s debut launch in Japan over the weekend, all of which have now sold. Reportedly, initial stock sold out in a single day of pre-orders on January 20.
Major retailers were said to have shifted their stock by midday on Saturday and in scenes that are becoming increasingly less common for hardware launches, queues stretched from 400 to 900 people – many of whom had been waiting since before midnight.
The handheld was priced at 25,000 yen ($305) and supported by a launch line-up that includes Winning Eleven 3DS (PES), Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Nintendogs + Cats, Ridge Racer 3D, Combat Of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, Professor Layton And The Mask Of Miracle and Bust-A-Move Universe.
It seems when it comes to Nintendo, they know how to make long lines. In fact, I believe Nintendo is up to something, like at the Keynote early ago.
It was recently reported that Nintendo's 3DS will also support Netflix, the same internet video service that is used on the Wii, will also be available on the 3DS when it goes online in May. It must be a brilliant tactic by Nintendo to lure everyone away from Sony. But that's not the only thing that Nintendo is using
In addition to select, hand-picked Game Boy and Game Boy Color classics, the 3DS's Virtual Console will also play host to titles from two slightly surprising sources: The Sega Game Gear and TurboGraphx-16 handhelds. No specific entries from the two devices were named during Reggie Fils-Aime's presentation at Nintendo's GDC keynote today -- though we've got our fingers crossed for the speedy arrival of Sonic Chaos.
This is the same tactic that Nintendo used to lure gamers to the Wii, except now directed with the short on battery life Game Gear and the once a console TurboGrafix. And we know one thing, this service won't be available till May
Fils-Aime also confirmed the late May arrival of the Virtual Console via a system update, which wiill also introduce a handful of the device's other online features, including: DSiWare (and the ability to transfer DSiWare games from a DSi or DSi XL), the web browser and eShop. It's likely to be the same update that will add Netflix and some 3D video features, too.
Everyone. It's not too late to give into Nintendo's evil system before it goes on sale at the end of this month and online in May. The best thing to do is to build a Fallout shelter. Boycotting will do you no good because Nintendo's lures are epic lures and the only way to stay away from the 3DS is to hide in said shelter and hope it fades out. Otherwise, we're gonna be in for a rude awakening that makes the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS look like the SEGA Game Gear.
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