$99 GC by September?
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The GCN has been selling for $150 with a choice of a free GBA player or a free game for some time so the GCN alone was already $100. However this deal allows consumers to spend their saved $50 on anything they want. I don't think it will come with a free game though. If it does then I'll be getting myself a second GCN 
Tuttle said:
GC and XBox are neck and neck for world wide sold units. GC has a couple of million units sold in Japan, Xbox has like 400k. Subtract that couple mil of GCs and the 400k Xboxes from their worldwide total (to disclude Japan), and the Xbox has a 1 mil (or so) lead.
The argument for discounting Japan is that EU and NA experience larger growth than the shrinking JP market, thus they are of more importance.. and it also makes the Xbox look better
Ofcourse, this is what I'm assuming Goldni was referring to.
3 posts and you're already an expert on what should and should not be discussed here? :?
oh god.... again with a GC vs Xbox thread??? u guys are just unbelievable.... does it really matters if one of the 2 sold 1million units more than the other? that's not gonna change their situation by much is it?!?!
their situation would be MUCH different if they started selling like PS2 is selling. now that would be fun and it would raise the standard of the software sold by a decent bit, given the competition....
their situation would be MUCH different if they started selling like PS2 is selling. now that would be fun and it would raise the standard of the software sold by a decent bit, given the competition....
[maven said:]I think if BOTH (i.e. GC and XBox) were to start selling like the PS2 then the standard of software would drop considerably (on at least one of them
Sorry. Couldn't resist... ^_^
interesting... is this supposed to ba funny or do u really think that?
i always thought that competition raises the standard......
or maybe i'm missing the funny side of your post... i mean i get it, but i was talking seriously...
Well... the reasoning behind it was:
which I think holds a certain degree of truth; if suddenly a systems becomes popular people will want to take advantage of that popularity --- more often than not without adequate resources (I'd imagine it is quite hard to find good people with experience on a GC, XB should be less of a problem) which may well lead to an increase in subpar titles instead of more high-quality ones.
Imaginary Company said:
which I think holds a certain degree of truth; if suddenly a systems becomes popular people will want to take advantage of that popularity --- more often than not without adequate resources (I'd imagine it is quite hard to find good people with experience on a GC, XB should be less of a problem) which may well lead to an increase in subpar titles instead of more high-quality ones.
well of course the amount of shovelware on ps2 is pretty high, but thats because there are a whole lot of games for it. that doesnt mean that there arent good games. more games means more shitty games but also more good games....
I don't see Nintendo's reasoning n this one. Why wasn't thi s annouced during that last shareholder meeitng? Why halt production and then annouce a price cut? The price cut should help gamecube units move better, which would mean more units woul dbe needed.
The only reason I can think of would be so the retailers, that have a backlog could clear their stock easier. However I can't see retailers not wanting more at that price aftwards...
The only reason I can think of would be so the retailers, that have a backlog could clear their stock easier. However I can't see retailers not wanting more at that price aftwards...
