Topic: Will GAmeCube Drop too 99 dollars?

[jayson]

i was thinking about getting a nintendo gamecube, and i was going too get a used one
for 100 bucks now or should i wait too the end of spet too get one?

[Infernal Monkey]

I read somewhere that it's going to drop to $99 US next month? I have no evidence, so take it as you will.

[rpglover]

"I read somewhere that it's going to drop to $99 US next month? I have no evidence, so take it as you will."

i remember reading that also- ign had it in their mailbag in one issue and i think some other web sites had the information too-- i think one was www.the-magicbox.com just check their old news (about a week ago i think) and you should see that the price drop is coming for september- i dont know if it is the end of the month or not though

[Aretak]

I've definetly read that the price will officially be $99 very soon, so you might want to hold off on buying one until then. I think it's a pretty good move for Nintendo actually. A price as low as that is bound to attract more people to the system.

[mjbd]

Yes, I have also read at IGN that the price is going to drop to $99.  But remember, nintendo is giving aways games with the system right now, so if you want one of those games, and with Zelda and Metroid on the list, you probably do, get it now.  Its gonna be the same total price either way, so why wait?

[Grey Ninja]

I read on The Magic Box that the price was dropping, so I am assuming it will.  The question that remains is if Nintendo will continue to offer the free games with it.  My niece wants to pick one up for her boyfriend, and wants the best deal on it.

[Berny]

*crosses fingers for GBA SP price drop*
EDIT: Sorry, meant to write that somewhere else.  

[Aretak]

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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
The question that remains is if Nintendo will continue to offer the free games with it.

I would very much doubt that you'll still get a free game with it for $99, but hey, stranger things have happened...

[Mingesium]

I don't think that Nintendo will continue the free game if they drop the price to $99. I do expect Nintendo to expand their Player's Choice line when the drop the price. I think the next wave of PC games will be Animal Crossing, Star Fox Adventures, Mario Party 4, Super Mario Sunshine, and maybe Zelda. So if you wait, you might save $20.  

[ruby_onix]

Just before the last E3 there were a lot of reports that said that all three current hardware makers were expecting a war of price-drops at E3, and that all three of them were ready to counter any competetor's price-drop announcements with their own price-drop announcements.

Sony (which had the PS2 at $200) kicked things off by announcing... that they were making a new version of the PS2. With like, a progressive scan DVD player, a quieter fan, and the network adaptor built-in. It would be $200. And so they dropped the price of the "old" PS2 by $50 just to clear them out.

Microsoft (with the $200 XBox) decided that the addition of extra features, and the clearout of some stock, wasn't really a $50 price drop, especially since the inclusion of the network adaptor was just a move to try and get more even with what the XBox normally offers. So they put out a simple $30 price drop (IIRC).

(I can't remember right now if either the PS2 or XBox are/were coming with free games at the standard MSRP.)

Nintendo had the GameCube at $150, coming with your choice of one of several great games, each with a MSRP of $50. But games always tend to get cheaper with time. So at E3, Nintendo expanded the selection you can choose from to include the $50 GameBoy Player. Since it's hardware, it quite unlikely to drop in price. So it's a more "real" $50 added value.


It basically comes down to almost nobody at E3 having had any "significant" price drops. But they were all ready for them. Which is why people are speculating that there are more looming on the horizon. And Nintendo offering to let people skip the $50 bonus item, and just take the $99 GameCube, is the most obvious idea.

It's like, people can say... that Sony should drop the price of the newer PS2 to match the XBox. But without deep knowledge of Sony's financial situation with the newer PS2, that opinion doesn't mean squat. Sure, a price cut is good for sales, but is it worth the tradeoff? How can you know unless you know exactly what the tradeoff is?

The $99 GameCube is a very simple idea right now. So everyone is expecting it.

[kennyb27]

Ruby_onix, I've yet to see or hear of a PS2 for $150 or Xbox for $170.  Both are set at $179 everywhere I've seen.

[ruby_onix]

You're right. I just checked some E3 news reports, and it was only a $20 drop from both Sony and Microsoft (with Sony's one only applying to the older stock).

That's even more boring than I had remembered.

[ruby_onix]

Or maybe I'm wrong and it's more than a rumor.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/game081503.htm

According to the Magic Box, Nintendo of America announced that it'll be $99 by the end of September.

[mattcube]

Is anyone else out there mad that video game companies continually drop the price of games and systems. I know it's business, but If I were to have waited on buying my Cube and games up untill right now, I could have saved several hundred dollars.

But here I am complaining, and buying F-Zero GX and Soul Calibur II now, when I know in six months I could probably buy them both for the price of one. But hey, buying a game the day it comes out makes me "cool", doesn't it?

[ruby_onix]

I asked PGC about the Magic Box's story, and they say no, NOA didn't announce a September price cut.

I kind of thought that everyone else would have heard about it already if it really was official.

So I guess the Magic Box was just fooled by someone, or something like that.

[Mario]

When someone was going to buy a Cube on some other thread on some other forum, a Nintendo rep said, "I would wait if i was you". Either a price drop or a bundle is coming.