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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Black_Smoke on September 24, 2003, 05:07:44 PM
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Just got announced today that the gamecube will be now only $99!!
I highly recommend whoever hasnt gotten one to get one now or for christmas
great move by Nintendo especially with the classic Mario Kart coming out November 17th
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Mario Kart is going to be so tight. Most anticipated for me this year!
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Damn, that's cheap. Oh well, I guess they're looking to try and chip away at Xbox or playstation.
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Damn, that's cheap. Oh well, I guess they're looking to try and chip away at Xbox or playstation.
yea,very good move imo
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holy shit from two hundred that i bought two years ago now just a 100$ dang ohh well at least i have one.but i guess its allright to sell the gc for that price i guess because it has no dvd.but still very cool system just made for games and always will be made for games only.
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
lol,no its a smart move,sony and microsoft are gonna have to make price drops now
dont be surprised if the xbox is $150 by christmas
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
lol,no its a smart move,sony and microsoft are gonna have to make price drops now
dont be surprised if the xbox is $150 by christmas
word it is a smart move because they can afford it i think they still making profit on each they sell while microsoft hates this the most probrably since they already losing money on each one they sell because its so expensive to make now they going to have to cut their price watch and so is PS but the PS can afford it more than xbox too i think out of all the companies microsoft is going to get hurt more by this.....but very smart move by nintendo gettin a jump on the holiday season i know i am going to be gettin one pretty soon
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How much is an Xbox in the UK now? i might have to cop an Xbox or Gamecube around xmas time cos my PS2 gettin boring!
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
lol,no its a smart move,sony and microsoft are gonna have to make price drops now
dont be surprised if the xbox is $150 by christmas
word it is a smart move because they can afford it i think they still making profit on each they sell while microsoft hates this the most probrably since they already losing money on each one they sell because its so expensive to make now they going to have to cut their price watch and so is PS but the PS can afford it more than xbox too i think out of all the companies microsoft is going to get hurt more by this.....but very smart move by nintendo gettin a jump on the holiday season i know i am going to be gettin one pretty soon
microsoft doesnt care that they are losing money on it,its not like losing a little money will hurt them AT ALL (considering they still make money from other things).
i would be surprised if MS drops the price of xbox,they could care less about nintendo,theyre trying to chip into sonys fan base,nintendo isnt really even a concern to them right now
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^ That's irresponsible to say, Nintendo isn't doing so bad that they aren't taking any of X-box's profits. Playchoice is #2, but Nintendo is a close #3.
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i never said nintendo is doing bad,im just saying microsofts main focus is sony,they want to take some of sonys huge fan base,so once their next system comes out,theyll have a few more people choose their system over sonys,ya know?
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my little bro got one for his birthday in June, it was $200, last month it got fucked up and we sent it to some service center
yesterday we got a circuit city gift card (we bought it there) for $205 and guess what, we got my little bro's Gamecube and a whole bunch of other games and all because the price was dropped ;D ;D ;D
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microsoft has to make a price cut or else everyone would just by a gamecube since its way cheaper and has a good library of games
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my little bro got one for his birthday in June, it was $200, last month it got fucked up and we sent it to some service center
yesterday we got a circuit city gift card (we bought it there) for $205 and guess what, we got my little bro's Gamecube and a whole bunch of other games and all because the price was dropped ;D ;D ;D
dope,what games u get?
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well since it was his $$$ he got some Scooby doo game and super smash brothers lol lol hes little bro so i knew he wanted those
but we also got medal of honor for X Box and damn it looks so dope, X Box has the best graphics damn :o
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I'll have to get one...
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
lol,no its a smart move,sony and microsoft are gonna have to make price drops now
dont be surprised if the xbox is $150 by christmas
fack, if it goes down to 150$ im down to get one. But I still love my ps2.. its my baby.
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
yeah but they have enough money to do that because if u notice nintendo has made more money than xbox has and still is.
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
yeah but they have enough money to do that because if u notice nintendo has made more money than xbox has and still is.
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microsoft could drop the xbox to $50 and it wouldnt matter,microsoft basically has a endless pool of money.
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First $149 to battle Xbox and PS2, and now $99? They gettin desperate.
yeah but they have enough money to do that because if u notice nintendo has made more money than xbox has and still is.
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microsoft could drop the xbox to $50 and it wouldnt matter,microsoft basically has a endless pool of money.
im just talking about the system remember so if xbox would to come out with all the back up with the microsoft and shit nintendo gamecube would be killing the xbox system and yeah i know they have all the microsoft shit with computer software and stuff but if they have so much money explain to me why wont they drop the price just to $50 like u said since they have nuthin to lose now i know $50is exagerating but still why wont they drop the price?
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because they still want to try to make money,but if they dont they arent gonna lose any sleep over it lol.
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Xbox is gonna have to make a price cut for sure or else there sales are gonna go downhill
I think the xbox will be $150 by christmas
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because they still want to try to make money,but if they dont they arent gonna lose any sleep over it lol.
man you act like microsoft isnt a business...trust me microsoft is shittin it and they are losing sleep over it.....damn you make it seem like they dont care about anything since they have "SO MUCH" money...trust me if you workin for the xbox team over a microsoft you shittin it right now
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because they still want to try to make money,but if they dont they arent gonna lose any sleep over it lol.
man you act like microsoft isnt a business...trust me microsoft is shittin it and they are losing sleep over it.....damn you make it seem like they dont care about anything since they have "SO MUCH" money...trust me if you workin for the xbox team over a microsoft you shittin it right now
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and look at xbox in other places in tha world, in Asia the playstation one is selling twice as much as the xbox, look at these hardware/software sales from asia, these are from the past week. The xbox team should be VARY WORRIED,If i was microsoft i would do a price cut to at least $150
Hardware
1) Game Boy Advance SP - 31,200
2) PlayStation 2 - 28,100
3) GameCube - 12,200
4) Game Boy Advance - 7,600
5) Playstation - 680
6) Wonderswan Crystal - 380
7) Xbox - 310
8) Wonderswan Color - 150
Software
1) Movement Fighter Gudnam Encounter Universe - 46,300 (PS2)
2) Square Drag-on Dragoon - 44,000 (PS2)
3) Legend of Stafy 2 - 27,300 (GBA)
4) World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 - 23,100 (PS2)
5) Mario Golf Familiar Tour - 20,700 (GCN)
6) Fierce Fight Professional Baseball Shinji Mizushima All Stars VS Professional Baseball - 20,500 (PS2)
7) Sword of Mana - 14,200 (GBA)
8) Tales of Symponia - 12,700 (GCN)
9) GBA - Naruto - 12,500 (GBA)
10) GC - Harvest Moon - 11,500 - 34,300
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And i aint bashin the Xbox at all,I got a Xbox and i love playin it,but they gotta start makin some moves
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Yeah, to put it in perspective, I thought I'd offer a few thoughts.
Microsoft may be huge, and may have a ton of money, but they have the most to lose in this.
1. The X-box is the most expensive of the three to make, it has more power, A DVD player, a hard drive, etc. So they can't drop their price as low as nintendo, because it costs them more to make the x-box than it does to make a gamecube.
2. X-box may be more successful than Gamecube, but the Nintendo Gameboy has 98 percent of the handheld market sewed up, and the Gameboy SP is as expensive as the Gamecube, but only costs a fraction of that to build! The Gameboy also has the most extensive library of games in the world, and all of the Gameboy games are compatible with the Gamecube. Nintendo is in NO trouble, they could survive indefinately with their stronghold of the handheld market.
3. Nintendo is the only company of the three with a presense in the arcades, with the FZero AX system coming out in the arcades this month. An Arcade simulator costs 7 or 8 grand EACH, so again, they're not hurting for money.
You may think this is a desperation move by nintendo, but actually, it's a big "Fuck You" to playstation and the X-box, because Nintendo knows they can't sell their system as cheap as theirs, because of the DVD player. It's also very strategic going into the holidays.
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because they still want to try to make money,but if they dont they arent gonna lose any sleep over it lol.
man you act like microsoft isnt a business...trust me microsoft is shittin it and they are losing sleep over it.....damn you make it seem like they dont care about anything since they have "SO MUCH" money...trust me if you workin for the xbox team over a microsoft you shittin it right now
theyve said many times that they know that they are losing money,and they are willing to lose how much ever they need to,to get their foot in the video game business,so obviously making money on system sales isnt even at the top of their priority list
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Hmmm; well if they're losing money with the success they're having now, they have the absolute worst business plan in the world, and deserve to go bankrupt. They can't expect or even wish for better success than they have now, and if that's not enough for them to turn a profit, they're hopelessly doomed.
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sony lost money on the ps2 in the beginning,its ecpected to lose mone ywith the newest technology,they have to wait until the hardware becomescheaper to make money on it
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They've been out 2 years though, it'll be obsolete before prices get any cheaper. They need to rethink this!
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sony lost money on the ps2 in the beginning,its ecpected to lose mone ywith the newest technology,they have to wait until the hardware becomescheaper to make money on it
lol are u joking???
When sony launched the ps2 they made huge profits,it was sold out everywhere. I remember when i was in EB people were offering to pay $900 (cdn) for one.The ps2 launch was very successful and sony has a huge ass user base now because of it
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I'm probably gonna get one now for this price ;D
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sony lost money on the ps2 in the beginning,its ecpected to lose mone ywith the newest technology,they have to wait until the hardware becomescheaper to make money on it
lol are u joking???
When sony launched the ps2 they made huge profits,it was sold out everywhere. I remember when i was in EB people were offering to pay $900 (cdn) for one.The ps2 launch was very successful and sony has a huge ass user base now because of it
man sony did not start making profit from system sales right off the bat lol