Is the Nintendo 3DS Too Expensive?

One major concern Nintendo must have for the success of the 3DS is the pricepoint.  The 3DS will retail for $250 MSRP.  The 3DS boasts some impressive technology, a neat hook, and a great game lineup, but is it all worth the $250 price tag?

The original Nintendo DS retailed for $150.  That cheap price was a huge boon in it rapidly gaining marketshare of the more expensive PSP, which ironically cost exactly $250.  The plus side is that the 3DS will not face cheaper competition from Sony like Sony did from them, as the PSP2 looks like it will retail for at least $300.

All in all, the price of the 3DS is higher than Nintendo usually likes to go, but it's still reasonable given the inflated prices of our present time.