# Would you pay $300 for a handheald? (Nintendo's 3DS News)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 29, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523 "2010-09-29T21:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523/21 "2010-10-03T00:04:16Z")

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I think it is super cool and have been looking forward to it. However, I am not buying for myself but for two little boys. I was pushing it sending them off with $189 DSis that have been dug out of sleeping bags and bus floors. I am not sure I can do $300 for each. We’ve already gone through two DS and DSis.

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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523/22 "2010-10-03T14:54:38Z")

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> [@ShelliBean](#):
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> I think it is super cool and have been looking forward to it. However, I am not buying for myself but for two little boys. I was pushing it sending them off with $189 DSis that have been dug out of sleeping bags and bus floors. I am not sure I can do $300 for each. We’ve already gone through two DS and DSis.

Damn, I wish my parents were as cool as you! 🙂

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523/23 "2010-10-14T11:34:12Z")

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> [@Red\_Barchetta](#):
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> > [@Superhal](#):
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> > I don’t get this argument either. Why do people need to be distracting themselves 24 hours a day for 1-5 minutes at a time? I don’t even own an MP3 player, yet I see people who can’t walk down the street without their cell phone glued to one ear and their iPod in the other.
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> I don’t get this argument. Why do people need to go home and distract themselves on their 22" monitor and have meaningless arguments against those who disagree with them.  
> :rolleyes:

People talking to each other has been around forever. It’s not wasting time, it’s what society is based on.

And, anyways, the comment is about not being able to sit still for five minutes and having to constantly keep your mind occupied. And I agree–people have a lot less patience, taking much less time to get bored.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-300-for-a-handheald-nintendos-3ds-news/555523/24 "2010-10-14T17:52:20Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> And, anyways, the comment is about not being able to sit still for five minutes and having to constantly keep your mind occupied. And I agree–people have a lot less patience, taking much less time to get bored.

Says the guy sitting down at his computer posting on a message board in regards to a rather benign topic.

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