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3DS Sales Clearly Leading Up to New 3DS

3DS Sales Clearly Leading Up to New 3DS

The wheel of fate is turning. Things are happening for the 3DS. Oh, I know, the price drops over the last few weeks could be nothing. Chalk it up to things like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other days with similarly snazzy monikers. It’s understandable, but truly, a wind of fate is turning.

The New 3DS is coming. Nintendo hasn’t announced anything yet, but it’s inevitable. 2015 will be the new handheld’s year. It’s already made debuts overseas, in both Japan and Australia. Of course its time will come here. The company obviously wanted one last hurrah before shuffling it off.

All of the 3DS XL and 2DS deals have been clear indications. It was more than easy to find a 2DS for $79 this holiday season. Quite a drop, considering the old “best” price for that model was $99. 3DS XLs have been going for $149, both with a pre-installed game on Black Friday, and without right now at Target. It’s holiday pricing and, like the Microsoft-announced Xbox One deals, were likely provided by Nintendo.

Not to mention, one has to consider shifts overseas. The 3DS XL has been discontinued in Japan to make way for the New 3DS and New 3DS XL. What better way to prepare for a similar move here than to suddenly drop the price of the system before the holidays? That, combined with the releases of games like Super Smash Bros and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby , are more than enough incentive to get people to dive in.

3DS Sales Clearly Leading Up to New 3DS

Plus, stores would absolutely go for it. What better way to clear out inventory for a new system than with holiday sales? People will be in the store and more likely to buy anyway. It’s a lot less shady then sudden markdowns after a new variation announcement – get people when they don’t expect it.

Perhaps I’m reading too deeply into things. There could be no conspiracy. However, these new, all-time low prices seem too good to be true. It feels like there has to be more to it than standard holiday shopping. I can’t help but feel this is a means of capitalizing on the season to pave the way for something more.

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