Post by: SLIVER on September 05, 2004, 08:27:31 PM
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Post by: Chongman on September 06, 2004, 05:58:00 AM
wishful...yeah...but a $100 DS would rock the world
Post by: Zach on September 06, 2004, 08:40:58 AM
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Post by: Stimutacs Addict on September 07, 2004, 06:58:11 AM
Post by: Perfect Cell on September 07, 2004, 02:56:39 PM
I personally hope the DS is 125-150... so i can afford the system and like 3 launch titles
I need to save some money for Prime 2 as well!
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on September 07, 2004, 03:32:40 PM
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Originally posted by: Perfect Cell
PSM supposidly said that the PSP would launch at $150....
if that's the case, I'm tempted to buy a PSP and no software just to make Sony lose money
hahaha i need to get a life
Post by: Zach on September 07, 2004, 04:55:40 PM
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on September 07, 2004, 05:09:23 PM
Post by: Guitar Smasher on September 07, 2004, 06:19:39 PM
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Originally posted by: Stimutacs AddictQuote
Originally posted by: Perfect Cell
PSM supposidly said that the PSP would launch at $150....
if that's the case, I'm tempted to buy a PSP and no software just to make Sony lose money
hahaha i need to get a life
How about you just don't buy it, and they get no return on the system?
And that price is impossibly low. Even if they sold it at just a $100 loss/system, if they were to sell 10 million PSPs, they will lose 1 billion dollars. And you can't come close to make that up in software sales.
Post by: couchmonkey on September 08, 2004, 10:25:01 AM
Post by: Spak-Spang on September 08, 2004, 11:49:20 AM
It is obviously going to be more then the SP, and much less than the Sony PSP. However at what price point are we looking at EXACTLY.
Here is my thoughts.
$99 is not impossible when you look at what technology Nintendo is using to create the system. I bet this is probably right around the cost of the actual units. However, sweet it would be to get a $99 dollar new system. If the DS is launching before the PSP then this aggressive pricing isn't needed until later when the PSP is actually released.
$200 is too high. Nintendo has been able to do alot of market research. They know at what prices certain type of systems sell. Nintendo aggressively marketed the Gamecube at a lower price point. And Nintendo will probably market its next system as aggressively. $200 is going to be too high to reach a mass market appeal for a system that has no name, and is going to be competing with the Gameboy SP and the Sony PSP for recongnition.
My thoughts will be the system will retail anywhere between $125-$175 dollars. Most likely right smack in the middle with a $150 price point. Why do I even include the other two possibilities for the price point? This is a guess but if it costs around $100-115 dollars to make the DS then the $125 dollar price point is perfect to make a few bucks per system, but come in at a price that is more than competitive its down right frightening for the competetion. Also since people are predicting that the DS games price points will be between the Gameboy and Gamecube games, and be cheaper to make Nintendo is going to be making the money up on the games sold. The 175 dollar market is if the cost is around or slightly over $150 per DS unit then they can sell it for the 175 and still be under the 200 dollar price point.
Nintendo's real advantage is going to be pricing games. Everyone has stated they are willing to pay more for the DS games than GBA games as long as they are cheaper than the Cube games. This gives DS games about a 10-15 dollars extra profit IF the format really is cheaper than cartridges. Some of this money will be eaten up in added development time, but most will go straight into Nintendo's pocket, and hopefully 3rd party developers pockets.
Post by: Spak-Spang on September 08, 2004, 12:04:02 PM
IF PSM is an official Magizine, then they have inside information, and that statement may be close to true.
(Unless it was in the rumors section.)
Pricing for RAM and computing in general is getting dirt cheap. Sony may have some agreements with manufactors to actually get a price where they are barely losing money on the system.
Sony also realizes that if they don't capture the market with a success with the first attempt the second attempt will be viewed through the eyes of the first failure.
Sony could lose $50 easy per system. So lets ask how likely is it that the Sony system could cost Sony around $200 per unit? Or slightly alittle more. I don't know pricing, but I bet it could be close to that.
What does that mean for Nintendo? It actually means that the DS could be costing Nintendo even LESS to make. Lets look at it this way. The Nintendo DS is going to cost Nintendo less than it costs them to make 2 GBA SPs, and Nintendo doesn't sell systems for a loss. So add the cost of 2GBA SPs with the new price point, and you are looking at $160 dollars a system, at the most. So Nintendo could sell it for $175 and make a profit. I bet the DS will cost Nintendo less than $150 to make. So Nintendo can easily charge $150 for the system.
Now if Nintendo wants to get aggressive they could sell it for a price that is less then what it costs per unit. $125 could be an awesome price point. And Nintendo may not lose anywhere near the same Sony would be losing.
Post by: MaleficentOgre on September 09, 2004, 08:34:44 PM
Post by: jarob on September 14, 2004, 01:08:30 PM
The new Game Boy for $200?
Post by: - NintendoFan - on September 14, 2004, 01:20:05 PM
Post by: jarob on September 14, 2004, 03:55:09 PM
Post by: Zach on September 15, 2004, 11:47:49 AM
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The DS is intended to be a more technologically advanced device than the current Game Boy Advance, with dual touch-sensitive screens
Dual Touch Screens?
