Europe gets DS Lite on June 23rd and in black!
Published May 22nd, 2006 in Gaming, Noteworthy, Technology, Wireless
Haha! Nintendo has announced that Europe will get the DS Lite on June 23rd, 12 days after the US. Not only will it be available in white, but also in a cool black (as can be seen above). The price will be €149.99 / £99.99. The US pay £64.55 ($129.99), Europeans (except the UK) pay £94.46. So again, we in the UK, pay much more for the same product, even the rest of the EU they pay £5 less! The UK price in the US would be $181, which would be regarded as an insane price. I think we are fortunate that the DS Lite is just under £100, as the original DS cost somewhere around £120! This is like the MacBook debate (sort of), we get the black DS Lite but for a lot more than the US get the white DS Lite (they don’t get the black DS Lite).
I really like the DS Lite, and may get it (I got the PSP, but I don’t use that too much, except when I’m travelling) because it is quite cheap compared to the PSP, but I don’t know if I can justify the price though. I wonder how much it will cost to import it, apparently Lik-Sang won’t be too bad for price - but the shipping to the UK may add up to be more than the actual price of it in the UK!
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Hmmmmm nope thats wrong, the DS cost just £100 when first realeased, I got mine about 2 weeks after the launch for £100. Fact.
Yeah you’re right, it was launched on March 11th 2005 for £99. I’ll change that in the post.