Despite what anyone may think/tell you, the GBA Video thingee will likely sell *VERY* well...
Let's look at a similar technology - the "Video Now" player and discs HASBRO. This player plays small discs - called "PVDs". They are *only* in black and white (or, as HASBRO says, "16 shades of greyscale") and hold about "30 mins" (one 30 min TV show, minus commericals) of video. They typically sell for around $8 or more (Some three packs sell for $15 and up) and have content similar to that of these GBA Videos (SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, etc..) The cheaper player (with a pretty small screen - 1.7 by 1.3 inches) runs about $50. These PVDs can *only* play on the Video Now player and the Video Now player can *only* play these PVDs...
And while I have no real numbers, working in retail, I can say we sold a *lot* of these at Christmas time - players and videos.
Now, compare the player to the GBA - the GBA can play these videos, a large selection of games, MP3s (with the MP3 player), all in color and on a screen that's more than twice the size of the Video Now player. The low end GBA does cost around $30 more, but I can't really see why *any* parent in their right mind would pick the Video Now player over the GBA (unless they really dislike video games - in which case, these parents probably wouldn't be buying this kind of stuff anyway.) Plus, when HASBRO stops supporting the Video Now, it'll be pretty useless, since there will be no more videos coming out for it. The GBA, however, will have plenty of use when Majesto stops making these GBA Videos. *PLUS* how many kiddies already have a GBA vs those who have a Video Now player?
Now compare the "PVDs" to the GBA Videos. PVDs currently hold a bit more content for the price (a 3-Disc pack of Sponge Bob has 6 episodes for about $15 or more) than the GBA Video (4 episodes for about $20), however the GBA video is in color (and later will hold more video). Also, the PVDs are discs and suffer the same fate as many discs do around small children - espically those on the go... where as GBA Carts can get ran over by a mag truck and probably still work.
Trust me... These will sell well.
Which is great for the Nintendo market - who cares where they get the money from as long as they get it.
I kinda want to see what these look like on the Game Boy Player though...
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