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Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Pikkcuber on May 21, 2003, 05:43:14 PM: I went out and got my gamecube on launch date and payed 200$ and i still think its a good deal. But now new owners who arent the best nintendo fans are getting Gcubes for 150 with a game boy player, while us loyal fans get jack. Im not positive but i think theres a number on the back of the cube that could tell Nintendo when you bought your cube, so i think they should have us call in and tell them our number and they could at least send us a t-shirt or something like that. What do you guys think?
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 21, 2003, 05:47:23 PM: It's the price of love. Or whatever.

Really? I could care less. I'm getting what I want and loving it. But if you want something like that, you should contact Nintendo of America (or wherever you live) and mention it.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: SuperLink666 on May 21, 2003, 05:51:07 PM: You also got to play those games a year before. You could of always waited and went without it and waited for a $50 gameboy player or a free game.. Really you get a gamecube for $100 cause the GB player is $50 .. man its so cheap everyone buy 5 gamecubes
Title: RE: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Infernal Monkey on May 21, 2003, 05:54:30 PM: Um, that's what happens over time. Prices go down. And loyal fans get jack? What the hell do you want? You're already getting the choice to play some of the best games around.

Why should they feel the need to send you a bloody T-shirt? You've already paid money for their system! They're giving away stuff like the GB Player with the unit in hope that people who don't have a GC will buy one!
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Matrix on May 21, 2003, 05:57:51 PM: This is like complaining that people at launch got screwed over because their are more games available now. It just doesn't work. Of course more is going to be available for people who buy a cube further down the line. Stuff like this should be expected.
Title: RE: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: TooShort on May 21, 2003, 06:22:06 PM: Yes. Yes they (we) are. But not because of that. People know that the price of systems will drop as their life times wear on. That's why many of us have waited to get a PS2 or Xbox.
Title: RE: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: PIAC on May 21, 2003, 06:49:14 PM: you can still buy the GBP seperate, so your not getting snubbed at all adding the GBP is as good if not better than a price drop, so yeah, dont worry your pretty little head about it, and buy a gbp
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: DRJ on May 21, 2003, 07:14:00 PM: I bought Metroid Prime the day it came out and it was well worth 50 bucks. Same with Wind Waker. Now people can buy Metroid for 20 or less (free with GCN). Did I get jacked? No, I got to play the games for all this time. When Mario Kart comes out for 50 bucks do you think I'm gonna wait another year just to save $20... Hell no. I want them now and I will pay whatever they cost now.

That being said if Nintendo wants to mail me a free Gameboy Player since I bought the GCN for $200 with nothing free I would not complain at all. But if they do, they better let me know ahead of time since I will buy one when it is available as well.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: John Squire on May 21, 2003, 07:14:55 PM: I'm waiting two years into next generation before I buy a console.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Grey Ninja on May 21, 2003, 08:20:15 PM: I do not regret buying my GameCube at launch. We all knew that the price would be dropped, and bundles would be introduced later. We wanted our games, and we got them.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Ymeegod on May 22, 2003, 04:16:10 AM: It would be nice to get something though.

Like first dibs on collector's editions stuff :0.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 22, 2003, 05:31:10 AM: This is why I'm waiting to buy a GBA SP...I want it cheaper, and I want it in black. Besides, I already have a GBA so I'm not dying for it.

silks
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Ian Sane on May 22, 2003, 07:06:58 AM: I don't really feel "snubbed" because I didn't get a free GB Player with my Gamecube. Hell I modded my Cube and imported a GB Player because I wanted to have one sooner and felt it was worth the extra money to get it two months before everyone else. If I could do it all again the only thing I would change is that I would have held out for the price cut. The Gamecube launch was largely lackluster and in retrospect and I don't think it was really worth it to pay extra money when all of the REALLY great games came out after the price drop. Super Smash Bros Melee and Pikmin are both awesome games but were not really worth paying significant extra money to play earlier.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Nephilim on May 22, 2003, 08:01:44 AM: back in the 64 days here, they use to give away t-shirts and stuff with games.
I asked Nintendo in a letter of they ever plan to do this again, they said no :\
my "bigger then ben hur" top is like medium, and it would rip if i tryed to put it on these days

Nintendo needs to start giving away free stuff, and not just with pokemon games
but with gc stuff, even with the wavebird....would proberly make it sell better
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: The Omen on May 22, 2003, 08:14:49 AM: Quote
back in the 64 days here, they use to give away t-shirts and stuff with games.
I asked Nintendo in a letter of they ever plan to do this again, they said no :\
my "bigger then ben hur" top is like medium, and it would rip if i tryed to put it on these days

I got that super mario shirt when i preordered the N64. it would not even fit over one arm now...
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: joshnickerson on May 22, 2003, 11:04:09 AM: The only thing that I feel Nintendo is snubbing loyal fans with is the current demo disc delemia (sp?), which they will only make available to new Cube purchasers. However, if enough people bitch about it (and that's what Nintendo fans do best ) they might make it available to normal retail.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: kennyb27 on May 22, 2003, 02:28:25 PM: Yeah, I'm with josh here, we need that demo disc, it's not just a want anymore.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Ymeegod on May 22, 2003, 02:32:52 PM: Some retailers are selling them, target is one. It's $9.99 though.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: ThePerm on May 22, 2003, 02:46:50 PM: i got one...wario ware!!!!
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Grey Ninja on May 22, 2003, 03:53:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: joshnickerson
The only thing that I feel Nintendo is snubbing loyal fans with is the current demo disc delemia (sp?), which they will only make available to new Cube purchasers. However, if enough people bitch about it (and that's what Nintendo fans do best ) they might make it available to normal retail.

Yeah, I actually agree with that. We NEED that demo disc.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: mouse_clicker on May 22, 2003, 04:04:48 PM: We paid the price to have the console 2 years earlier, I say. We all could've waited till now and gotten a $150 Gamecube with a GB Player, but we HAD to have it at launch.

Anyway, you wanna talk about getting snubbed, I bought my PS2 one week before the price drop.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: NintendoKiD on May 22, 2003, 04:06:28 PM: Hehe I hate when that happeneds. I remember when I got my Blac GC the VERY NEXT DAY Platinum was announced. I was like aww man that looks way cooler...but oh well who cares. When the next gen system comes out I am waiting for the price drop...unless some super game comes out.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: SatansNemesis on May 22, 2003, 08:37:58 PM: Actualy, most stores are defying the 'not for resale' rule. My problem is that most stores in my area haven't recieved shipments yet.
Title: RE: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: PIAC on May 22, 2003, 10:59:10 PM: ill get the new console on launch, i have alot of disposable income, so hey may as well
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Mario on May 23, 2003, 01:59:35 AM: Quote
Really? I could care less. I'm getting what I want and loving it. But if you want something like that, you should contact Nintendo of America (or wherever you live) and mention it.

ARGH!!! It's couldn't! COULDNT!! "I could care less" makes no fricken sense! HULK SMASH! Saying you could care less means you care.... sorry but its true....

Anywho, i dont think were getting snubbed, we've been playing the Gamecube for over a year now, and honestly the last year has been the best gaming year of my life. If the next system is backwards compatible with the gamecube, then ill get it at launch.
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Hemmorrhoid on May 23, 2003, 08:13:03 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: PIAC
ill get the new console on launch, i have alot of disposable income, so hey may as well

Ill get the new PS3 and GCN 2 at launch even though im poor, its just worth having so fast IMO.
Its always like that, almost anything that gets older looses value (except Wine, Art etc) and thats the way life goes.
Ofcourse I could wait another 2 years to buy a PC thats now at High-End standard, but what good would that do me?
Title: are loyal fans getting snubbed
Post by: Nintendo on May 23, 2003, 01:36:30 PM: I got Luigi & Sonic at launch.
Was later given Mario & Fox.
Now I have Samus & Link.
Future brings Wario & DK.
I feel glad with my Nintendo.