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Revolution Pricing Re-Emerges: "Less Than $299".
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Bluemercury
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drohne said:
Why do you come to Nintendo threads really.... :lol
Shogmaster
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olimario said:
This is retail price for a consumer flash card, and far from the cheapest. I would be shocked if Nintendo spends more than $10 for the flash memory per console.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
:lol :lol
MrSardonic
The nerdiest nerd of all the nerds in nerdland
I'll decide what I think is a reasonable price once I know what the system is actually capable of. But I won't actually purchase the console, whatever the "reasonable" launch price for the hardware, until it is sub-£150...because I am poor this year
ThunderEmperor
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drohne said:
lost what right, you all talk like you know what is in the machine. the machine is efficent thatis what nintnedo does efficent machine with great software. you all are hoping for nintnedo to fail. you all knwo deep inside that when you see the games youall will be like that shit lloks good on that tiny machine with zero horsepower. i buy console for quality software not specs.
games need to stop following the hype and smell the coffe. great graphics does not translate to great game. great game comprose of great graphics, great gameplay and fuckigngreat story. so gt4 could look like a real car and still handle like shit.
Nintendo sold GameCube for 200 bucks back in 2001. I really see no reason at all to sell this over 150 by the end of 2006. If it releases with killer apps, then maybe 200. But I don't think they would be losing much if they sold it for 150, and everyone knows that 3rd party support will be ass (which is less incentive to buy).
citrus lump
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Amir0x said:
I thought that pertained to the controller? I'm not sure that will be a factor.
And it's silly to say what price is too much, simply because we haven't seen what it can do.
We have unofficial tech specs from IGN, hardly anything to pass judgement on.
Forgotten Ancient
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monkeyrun said:
...you're kidding, right? He was being sarcastic.
Nintendo may price the revolution in relation to the competition. It's a new machine, so they have no need to price it cheap, only cheaper. If Sony and MS keep the prices above $300, I can see Nintendo pricing it at $250.
Remember, Nintendo are not competing on Specs. so why would they necessarily price the revolution depending on how the specs fall with regard to their competitors.
Still .. I think the Rev will be launched at $199, only because that is what they have always done. In fact they probably used $199 as the starting point and then built a machine that would be profitable at that price point.
Remember, Nintendo are not competing on Specs. so why would they necessarily price the revolution depending on how the specs fall with regard to their competitors.
Still .. I think the Rev will be launched at $199, only because that is what they have always done. In fact they probably used $199 as the starting point and then built a machine that would be profitable at that price point.
junkwaffle
In Front and Drawing Away
Sounds like $249.99 to me....
I think they'd test the waters with that price, since after all, it is notably cheaper than the competition, but also because this console really is a wild card - there's no telling what kind of consumer reaction there will be; it could be a bomba of epic proportions, but it may also shock the industry and observers with a stunning success. Why not find out before cutting back on price?
Also, does anyone have any idea what kind of cost went into the development and manufacturing of the gyroscopic-ish controller? Perhaps that plays a role in the pricing.
Lastly, might Joe blow consumer look upon Nintendo's new unit as impressive cutting edge technology (with its funky alternate interface), thus kinda leveling the perception that it's a weak technology box in graphics alone? If the controller is everything 'they' say it is, the buying public may be impressed in a way that's different than that of the stronger graphics alternative....
I think they'd test the waters with that price, since after all, it is notably cheaper than the competition, but also because this console really is a wild card - there's no telling what kind of consumer reaction there will be; it could be a bomba of epic proportions, but it may also shock the industry and observers with a stunning success. Why not find out before cutting back on price?
Also, does anyone have any idea what kind of cost went into the development and manufacturing of the gyroscopic-ish controller? Perhaps that plays a role in the pricing.
Lastly, might Joe blow consumer look upon Nintendo's new unit as impressive cutting edge technology (with its funky alternate interface), thus kinda leveling the perception that it's a weak technology box in graphics alone? If the controller is everything 'they' say it is, the buying public may be impressed in a way that's different than that of the stronger graphics alternative....
$300 is something like £280 according to Nintendo's European pricing policy. So if it's going to be $300 then I'd expect it to cost at least £250 in Britain and there is NO chance I'll buy one at that price. If I can import a US one for about £220 inc. postage then I will do, otherwise I'll wait for a price drop and a stronger lineup. That is much more than I expected to pay though - I was expecting a £120/$190 price range
ThunderEmperor
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Yamauchi said:
what anything is better than 360 lunch lineup. i mena best game is a pc port. heck rev lunching with smash bros, final fantasy, and a mario is better than anything mircosoft can dream of.
ThunderEmperor
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you think well my friend.Xellotah said:
123rl said:
I remember when the N64 came out in the UK at £250 with £60 games. (I queued from 5 in the morning to be the first to have one in Northern Ireland, I think I succeeded because I was first in queue and Woolworths in Belfast opened before anywhere else). Anyway, as soon as I got home and played SM64 I was so impressed I didn't care how much I had spent. I'm hoping for the same effect with the Rev.
Nintendo did lower the price a few months later but, I wrote them a letter of complaint and got a free copy of Mario Kart 64.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
People will think cheap price point means cheap product.
Will keep it inflated a bit for brand perception and product positioning (trying to make it apear high-tech)
I'm thinking $249, $199 the absoluste LOWEST.
Will keep it inflated a bit for brand perception and product positioning (trying to make it apear high-tech)
I'm thinking $249, $199 the absoluste LOWEST.
Shogmaster
Member
ypo said:
The controller itself will probably cost half of that $99. I personally think it's $150.
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