Post by: r00d on May 06, 2003, 02:20:57 PM
Post by: BoB007 on May 06, 2003, 02:34:13 PM
Post by: Zelda on May 06, 2003, 02:34:17 PM
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Ive heard gamecube will drop the price of the gamecube on May 15th 2003 after E3 is over. I think the new price I heard is between 90 and 100 dollars! wow what a deal... and no this is no joke. Anyone else heard this?
Thanks for posting that bit of non-information.
Post by: r00d on May 06, 2003, 02:41:49 PM
Post by: Michael8983 on May 06, 2003, 02:52:06 PM
I do think a price drop to $99.99 later this year - either at the start of the holiday season or along with the release of Mario Kart - would help Nintendo a lot though.
One hundered dollars is the magic number, basically. If something is over $100, it's an investment that people are really hesitant to make. But, if something is under $100, many people are willing to buy it on a whim or at least with little thought or hesitation.
There are three groups of people Nintendo is trying to go after but seems to failing at thanks to the price. Firstly, Nintendo has said since the start that it wants PS2 owners to buy a Gamecube as a second console and I'm sure there are a lot of PS2 owners who would like to but just aren't willing to at $150. Secondly, though the Gamecube has the reputation of being a "kiddy" console, as far as I can tell, very few kids actually own one. The Gamecube's current userbase seems to consist mostly of older Nintendo fans. Parents just aren't willing to buy a $150 game console for their kids anymore. Instead, they're just buying them GBAs because they're so cheap. Basically, a price drop would open the flood-gates to millions of people who otherwise wouldn't be willing to buy a Gamecube. It could make all the difference.
Best of all, unlike MS, Nintendo can drop the console's price without taking much (if any) of a loss. The cost-effective design of the Gamecube is a huge advantage Nintendo has that it just isn't taking advantage of.
The Gamecube may be $50 cheaper than the XBox but that was more than cancelled out when MS started giving away two free games with its console. I hate to admit it, but I can't blame people for picking the XBox over the Gamecube over the holiday season. It was simply the better deal.
Post by: kennyb27 on May 06, 2003, 03:43:08 PM
Quoteat the end of your statement. Check it out! Because you could've quite possible owed alot of people Gamecubes. Good thing they may be getting cheaper
( this statement is not to be taken seriously ).
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Post by: Sea Dragon on May 06, 2003, 04:17:29 PM
Parents just aren't willing to buy a $150 game console for their kids anymore. Instead, they're just buying them GBAs because they're so cheap
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Exactly, I see this time and time agian. Concerned (often Very Religious) Parents come into EB/Best Buy/etc...
XBOX - they see Halo with its amazing world, great engine, mature content... and also guns. Men with guns. Bad.
PS2 - they see the fabulous, esoteric RPGs with detailed stories, character development, and.. what's this? characters kissing and/or touching in the intro movie? no no, little Timmy might get the wrong idea that it's okay to kiss/touch someone of the opposite gender before marriage.
Gamecube - Well, there's happy, asexual, non-threatening smiling Mario with his giddy mushroom pals, and happy, asexual, non-threatening Zelda and his(her?) giddy cartoon friends... but, geez, $150...
GBA - Heck, Ham-ham heartbreak and a game boy advance in cool-sounding *arctic* color for less than $100? Sign me up!
Post by: BlkPaladin on May 06, 2003, 04:42:08 PM
Post by: BoB007 on May 06, 2003, 04:45:03 PM
Post by: r00d on May 06, 2003, 04:50:13 PM
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Originally posted by: BoB007
Until i see it on PGC, i'm not going to believe it.
we will see
Post by: BoB007 on May 06, 2003, 04:56:31 PM
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Originally posted by: BoB007
Until i see it on PGC, i'm not going to believe it.
we will see
Im not saying that your wrong. Im just saying i dont trust nor do i like IGN.
Post by: r00d on May 06, 2003, 05:05:20 PM
Post by: KrazyJ1098 on May 06, 2003, 05:58:14 PM
Post by: OldMan Nintendo on May 06, 2003, 06:35:29 PM
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Post by: r00d on May 06, 2003, 09:13:39 PM
Post by: AdvancedGamer on May 07, 2003, 02:40:26 AM
$70 sounds nice. I mean there not gonna have their console as the same amount of price as their handheld system??? Are they???????????
Post by: Ian Sane on May 07, 2003, 07:38:54 AM
Personally I couldn't care if the Cube drops in price because I already have one and paid the full launch price for it. However I will buy a PS2 if the price drops. I really only care if the other consoles drop in price and I imagine that's the same for most of the people on this forum as almost everyone here has a Gamecube.
Post by: ThePerm on May 07, 2003, 08:13:40 AM
Post by: godwheel on May 07, 2003, 08:25:03 AM
Take from that what you will.
Post by: Syl on May 07, 2003, 12:11:53 PM
maybe 120, but then it won't come packaged with a free game.
there is NO WAY that nintendo will market the gamecube at the same price as a handheld.
theres just NO WAY. that could ever. ever. happen, and i also know that they won't bring down the price of the SP barely 2 month's after it was released.
Post by: kennyb27 on May 07, 2003, 12:40:40 PM
Post by: KrazyJ1098 on May 07, 2003, 07:12:38 PM
Post by: Syl on May 08, 2003, 06:20:06 AM
I don't doubt that PS2 or Xbox may have a price drop, but im SURE the gamcube won't.
Post by: itsmedoods on May 08, 2003, 07:58:22 AM
Post by: ThePerm on May 08, 2003, 02:43:04 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 08, 2003, 02:44:18 PM
Post by: Jedi Master Yoda on May 08, 2003, 02:56:10 PM
I think the price won't help either way.
From what I hear, most kids under the age of 14 or 15 won't buy a GameCube because it's kiddy. My parents are very, very strict (my mom starts sweating when I ask for a M-rated game), but even I got away with Halo, and even DOA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
2nd) When kids see "Xbox - $150, PS2 - $150, GCN - $100", they're going to think the reason the GCN is cheaper is because it's a less powerful console/ it's not doing very well.
Above everything else, kids want to do what the "adults" are doing. They think adults are buying Xboxes (which isn't true from what I've seen, most gamers over the age of 18 have a PS2 and many have a GCN).
Of course, where I live price is rarely a concern. So maybe in "less-fortunate" neighborhoods, they will start buying a GCN once it goes under 100.
Post by: BoB007 on May 08, 2003, 04:00:26 PM
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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker Yay, Bob owes us all a Gamecube!
Actually, if you look at my post, at the end it said ( this statement is not to be taken seriously ). Nice try though Mouse_Clicker I'll give you some credit for trying.
Post by: Ninja X on May 08, 2003, 04:14:45 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 08, 2003, 04:54:57 PM
Post by: KrazyJ1098 on May 08, 2003, 07:49:47 PM
Post by: ThePerm on May 08, 2003, 08:46:43 PM
Post by: KrazyJ1098 on May 09, 2003, 09:28:13 AM
the circuit city guy
Post by: AERO on May 09, 2003, 06:24:49 PM
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Surely they realize that by making another price cut they might end up losing money on every system that they sell instead of making a profit or breaking even??
They can join the club then. Its not that big a deal. Should have remain $100 less the PS2 and Xbox all along, I believe like it was in the beginning. That way you would be getting your moneys worth. Heck PS2 could legitimtely be $50-$100 less then xbox, and it would make sense. Making xbox in the neigborhood of $300 all over again, but just saying.
Post by: nolimit19 on May 10, 2003, 12:33:24 AM
