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The Nintendo 3DS has been having a tough time recently and a quick look at the Tesco Direct website will only make Nintendo execs more nervous. Following Nintendo’s announcement of the 3DS price cut, Tesco slashed £80 off the price of the 3D handheld bringing it to £115.

But there’s more bad news for Nintendo lurking in the virtual aisles. Tesco’s Nintendo 3DS price cutting puts the newest model at almost exactly the same price as the ageing Nintendo DSi XL. In fact, the older handheld, which launched in the UK back in March 2010, will set you back 20p more at £115.20.

It can’t be a good sign that an older generation of Nintendo hardware is actually selling for more than Nintendo 3DS. What do you think? Click the headline and head for the comments.

Out now | £115 | Tesco

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Slashing the price of a product doesn’t usually require an apology but the Nintendo 3DS price cut is a little different. Despite offering a bundle of games as compensation to early adopters – Nintendo is trying to style them as “3DS Ambassadors” – CEO Satoru Iwata has penned an apology note to fans who feel let down.

In the slightly over-dramatic letter, he tells Nintendo 3DS owners “there is nothing we can do to completely make up for the feeling that you are being punished for buying the system early” and assures them that they’re “extremely important”. Read on for more of Iwata’s mea culpa including some Mario news to further sugar the pill…

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Nintendo has promised a major Nintendo 3DS price cut across the world. It began by announcing that it was slicing ¥10,000 off the price of the console in Japan but has now confirmed that the US price will drop from $249.99 to $169.99 and the UK price will be cut “by a third”.

The new Nintendo 3DS price will take effect from August 12 but if you’ve already bought one and are feeling miffed, Nintendo has sweetened the deal for you too. Read on to discover how you’ll be rewarded for your faith in the 3D machine…

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The iPad 2 is over the horizon but it could be getting even closer. Orange and T-Mobile have both slashed the price of the entry level iPad 3G and WiFi models. Orange is now selling the iPad 3G for £99 on a two-year contract and T-Mobile has gone ahead and matched that for exicting customers.

The iPad 3G UK price cut is £100 off Orange’s previous price for exciting customers. Clearing stock ahead of the iPad 2 makes sense and we really wouldn’t be surprised that Orange and T-Mobile are getting themselves ready for iPad 2′s glorious arrival. There’s no guarantees with Apple but we’re getting more and more certain that iPad 2 is just weeks away.

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via TechRadar)

The Sony PS3 will get a price cut this year, but not before or during E3, according to Brian Farrell, CEO of THQ. E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show is due to take place in early June in Los Angeles.

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UPDATE: Sony has confirmed that the UK won’t be getting a price cut. PS2 stays at the RRP of £94.99


Sony had hinted at something big happening this week, but it wasn’t the PS3 price cut we were all hoping for. Instead, it’s the long-serving PS2 that’s getting the few quid shaved off the retail price, and will drop from $129 to $99 in the US from tomorrow.

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A PS3 price cut has been expected since last September, but even though PS3 took a bit of a battering from Xbox 360 over Christmas, the spiralling economic disaster had significantly dampened our hopes of price reduction in the foreseeable future. A PSP price cut wasn’t anticipated at all, but according to one retailer, Sony is about to slash the prices of both PS3 and PSP, and soon!

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Christoph Hartmann, global president of 2K Games, has criticised UK games retailers for slashing games prices too early and warns that they may be making the same mistakes as the music business. While Hartmann has praised the country’s retailers for creating a good buzz around key launches, he believes that games sellers are too quick to relegate month-old titles to the bargain bin instead of giving them a chance to prove themselves over time.

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