In a survey recently conducted in Japan only 16.4% of participants stated they felt the 3DS was reasonably priced.

With a RRP of �25,000 yen the 3DS is certainly much more expensive than its predecessors and it would appear, if the results of this survey are presumed to be representative of a wider sample, that not everyone is happy about it.

GetNews.jp recently conducted a survey, translated by GamesIndustry.biz, with 1000 participants and of those questioned 19.2% stated that the handheld was too expensive, 28.3% said it was expensive and a further 32.2% of the participants questioned said it was slightly too expensive.

In contrast to this only 16.4% of participants said that they felt it was reasonably priced, while 2% said it was slightly inexpensive and 0.9% said it was inexpensive.

Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata recently defended the price of the handheld claiming the excited responses at E3 caused the high price. Additionally he stated that handhelds, unlike consoles, do not need a television to work and just because handhelds used to be cheaper this doesn't always have to be the case.

While no European or American prices have been announced so far it will be interesting to see what Western gamers think of the 3DS price. Let us know your opinions in the comments below.