I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I was wondering what everyone else thought.
Is there room in the market for a cheap, (sub $50), console? It seems to me that you could make something Genesis or SNES class (or maybe even higher), for next to nothing and sell it with 10 to 20 dollar games and have a nice niche for yourself. In some ways that category is already occupied by old used systems from NES to PS1. But people tend not to want to buy used systems, especially for Christmas gifts, if they can avoid it. I guess this is already being done somewhat with the PSOne, (as well as handhelds), and with a fair amount of success. But I kind of think there would be room for other players in that type of area, as development costs would likely be much lower, and you could afford to sell them at lower prices and still make a profit off the machine. It could be like a "My first videogame" type of deal. What do y'all think?
Is there room in the market for a cheap, (sub $50), console? It seems to me that you could make something Genesis or SNES class (or maybe even higher), for next to nothing and sell it with 10 to 20 dollar games and have a nice niche for yourself. In some ways that category is already occupied by old used systems from NES to PS1. But people tend not to want to buy used systems, especially for Christmas gifts, if they can avoid it. I guess this is already being done somewhat with the PSOne, (as well as handhelds), and with a fair amount of success. But I kind of think there would be room for other players in that type of area, as development costs would likely be much lower, and you could afford to sell them at lower prices and still make a profit off the machine. It could be like a "My first videogame" type of deal. What do y'all think?
