Topic: Next Gen gaming gets more expensive?

[Bill Aurion]

I don't know, but I've thought that BluRay was particularly expensive to produce...

[ThePerm]

I think Nintewndo should do 4  things....drop the price of the cube at e3..lower a ton of games prices to 9.99(like psx in the final days), and lower licensing fees for gcn(because if they dont create some sort of legs for gcn they wont be making ANY money on it in 2 years)to stimulate devlopment. Release more colors of gamecube.

[vudu]

Perm - Since the Revolution has confirmed backwards compatability, won't dropping the price of the Cube potentially hurt Revolution sales?

Most launch lineups sucks.  For those who don't already own a Cube, one of the main selling points for the Revolution will be backwards compatability.  It will give them the chance to play RE4, Zelda, Metroid Prime and all the other great Cube games they missed.  If they can buy a GameCube for super cheap, they might just do that instead and then skip over the Revolution.  

[Ian Sane]

"Most launch lineups sucks. For those who don't already own a Cube, one of the main selling points for the Revolution will be backwards compatability. It will give them the chance to play RE4, Zelda, Metroid Prime and all the other great Cube games they missed."

Perhaps the plan then should be to lower the game prices.  Any major Cube title that isn't $20 yet should be by the Revolution launch.  Or include a free Player's Choice Cube game with a Rev purchase.

[ruby_onix]

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Just as well, consoles are expected to start out at $500.

AKA: Xbox2 = $499.99

LOL!

I had previously laid out in my head that with the Xbox2 launching 1 year early, it would obviously be less powerful than the PS3/Rev. But that it would be launching a year early, makng the Xbox2 akin to the Dreamcast of the next generation, if Sega had posessed the fortitude to stick with it longer than they did.

My preconceived notions have now officially been shattered.

I'm now guessing Xbox2/PS3 = "if you have to ask, you can't afford it". One's a year early. One's more powerful. But at those prices, who the heck cares?

I'm braced for the Rev exceeding $200. The DS was higher than $99, but not by a lot. It'll have whatever that Revolutionary something-or-the-other about it is. It'll be less powerful than a PS3, but at those prices, who the heck cares? I kind of wonder how it'll stack up against the Xbox2?


Oh and, Activision wishes to return to the "good old days" of the N64. Good for them. I don't.


(Hey y'know, maybe the Revolution's revolutionary new thing that will "attract new gamers" is that it'll just be an ordinary, normal-priced console. Not "beating gamers away with a stick" like the rest of the industry wants to start doing. It's not technically a "positive" gamer flow, but a lack of negative can sometimes be seen as a positive. It's all about your point of view.)

[Avinash_Tyagi]

The Rev needs to start under $250 to be able to undercut the opposition.

What they should do is release a demo disc with the REV at $250 while letting the PS3 and Xbox 2 fight it out at around $400.

[nickmitch]

Sony knows what they're doing and Microsoft does not.
Based on that logic my price predictions are as follows:
Xenon/Xbox(2/360)/NexTbox: $400
Playstation 3: $300-350 (350 more likely)
Revolution: $250
I think that Sony will blow off Microsoft and go head-to-head with Nintendo in prices, which will be the beginning of Microsoft's formal ousting.  

[BlkPaladin]

I don't know both Sony and Microsoft (Microsoft's Home Entertainment Division.) are kind of floating on thin ice financially. Both are going to want to have their consoles as cheep as they can make them. But both can't go all out like Microsoft did this genration. So its going to be interesting.

[Talon]

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don't know both Sony and Microsoft (Microsoft's Home Entertainment Division.) are kind of floating on thin ice financially.

Well arent you glad Nintendo is still profitable.  If Sony and Microsoft were the only companies developing video game consoles then it would be a pretty bleak future for video games.

[slingshot]

Although I'd prefer a release closer to $200, I would still pay as much as $300 for the nintendo, but I can see that
hurting sales- I would not buy anything for $400+

[ThePerm]

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/library/pdf/nintendo.pdf