Newer isn’t always better—sometimes, nostalgia wins big. As X user Pirat_Nation discovered, the over-a-decade-old Nintendo 3DS has seen its value skyrocket, now almost matching the price of the brand-new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-tested-new-internals-are-a-major-power-up” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-tested-new-internals-are-a-major-power-up”>Switch 2. On eBay, Nintendo 3DS XL consoles are fetching between $200 and $350, costing more now than when they first launched.
Nintendo released the 3DS in 2011 for $249.99, but after slow sales, the company slashed the price to $169.99. The following year, the larger data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-charger,28556.html” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-charger,28556.html”>3DS XL (known as 3DS LL in…
