Isn't that more expensive than the US/JP?

Bad Nintendo.

I'd say you must be new here, but you've been around long enough to know how often we get shafted on price in the UK.

At least with the DS Lite, we get roughly the same price as in Europe - 149 Euro = £102.

Theree pounds off! Woot, We rule, etc.

Ahem!

Will the UK one come bundled with the Opera browser tho?

Almost certainly fruitless, but I sent this earlier; I'll keep my fingers crossed that I might get a reply back...


From: *****
To: <prenquiries@nintendo.co.uk>
Subject: Nintendo DS Lite Launch
Date: 22 May 2006 14:59

Hi,

I'm trying to find out the justification for the pricing of the DS Lite in Europe, if that's at all possible. It is immediately obvious that something is wrong, seeing as how the US price is US$129.99 which is the same as the standard Nintendo DS model, so you are already trying to charge more above the standard pricing. Then there is the small matter of price difference, too; even accounting for UK VAT, there is a discrepancy of over GB£19 at current exchange rates against the US price. Admittedly, the US$/GB£ exchange rate has worsened recently, but even if it had been nearer to the US$1.75 ~ GB£1.00 rate that it has been for the last year, or so, that would still be a GB£12 price difference.

Would you care to explain why you are ripping off your customers in Europe? I'm sure myself, and many others, would be interested to know why.

Yours

*****

Well it's not the first time you guys have been shafted, and it's certainly not the last. I'm going to be paying $150 Canadian for a DS Lite, 100 pounds equals out to somewhere just over $200 Canadian. So yeah, it is a bit more, but the PS3 will be an even worse deal.

PS3 - $699 Canadian
PS3 - 425 pounds = about $900 Canadian.

Shafted for over 200 bucks.

Amazingly the CAD is doing so well, I'll probably be paying less for a DS than my American counterparts. TGINE - Thank God I'm Not European.