Store in England cuts gamecube price

"Forget about constant profit."  You likely won\'t be accepting any business offers from the big N any time soon...

-Eik

Canadians...

Oh wait...

Its been like that forever

LOL!!! even funnier is the intelligence of the average american.

Example: George W bush

[Bobs_Hardware]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip


What is wrong with the current Zelda comin\' out? And it is narrow-minded to believe that one game can save a system.

Halo has worked wonders for the XBox.

The big problem with the big N is that they wanted to be cheap and not make it dvd compatible and no real online plans. Yes they are making money because their not spending any money.

 It also seems their doing well to some people because their games are selling and that is because only your hardcore fans are buying these games and not your causual gamer.

 Just look at sony. They make so many games. Some for your casual gamers and some for their hardcore fans. It always something new and not the same old thing over and over again.

 Same with microsoft. Even though their losing money their willing to try new things. In the end the big N will have to change their ways if they want to continue in this business.

[Kurt Angle]

Well it seems other retailers in the UK are following suit. Argos, the UK\'s biggest catalogue shopping store is also discontinuing the console. They have reduced the console to £78.99 to clear. Nintendo is due to release a Metroid Prime pack this friday for £129.99, but at the discounted price it is cheaper to buy the console and game seperately.

Link here!

Same with microsoft. Even though their losing money their willing to try new things. In the end the big N will have to change their ways if they want to continue in this business.

You mention that it\'s a business, but clearly don\'t know what that means.

If Microsoft is losing money, they\'re the ones who need to adjust the strategy.  Nintendo has been turning over consistent profit for years and years.

For a company in a business, those dollar signs are what it\'s about.  Nintendo\'s strategy brings in the bucks, so for the business, they\'re doing just fine.

Could they do better?  Ahh, now that\'s where the strategizing comes in.  And if you follow Nintendo\'s business decisions in the last couple years, you know they\'re trying to do just that, and with recent announcements, they will continue to do so in the next hardware generation.

-Eik

You\'re right, Eik.

I let my frustration with Nintendo\'s public perception (among other things) cloud my judgment.. but I must say that I\'m also right. Nintendo might be pulling in constant profit (a good thing) but it\'s not likely long-term.

If Nintendo keeps on the pace that\'s putting them in 3rd place today (in US/Europe) ... their user-base will eventually get wittled down to just hardcore Nintendo fans. (and believe me, lots of people bought the system with very little knowledge of Nintendo\'s game lineup) While I don\'t think that they should blow a load of money.. they need to stay competitive.

Christmas: Xbox comes with 2 free games, GameCube comes with nothing; Xbox murders GCN sales-wise.

February: GCN gets its own free game deal; sales nearly equal Xbox\'s during this month.

No pain, no gain. Nintendo needs to loosen up.

Yea it definitely ain\'t perfect.  The potential is there to do so much better.  Move more systems, more software, and make more money.  Nintendo is still plugging away at it, but I think they\'ve resigned to waiting for a more competitive launch for the next go around.

I think that\'s a fine idea, but they\'re marketing department still needs a fire lit under them.  We\'ll see.

-Eik

Originally posted by Eiksirf


You mention that it\'s a business, but clearly don\'t know what that means.

If Microsoft is losing money, they\'re the ones who need to adjust the strategy.  Nintendo has been turning over consistent profit for years and years.
-Eik

Well it obvious you dont know business. In order for a new company to make it they have to lose money. What kind of business do you do win the lotto. Thats the only way to make money without losing it.

It sounds like GameCube received a major boost from price cuts. I don\'t have a link, but some site just posted that GCN = no.2 home console in Europe again. If so, it\'s sad that they had to cut the price to gain the lead.. but.. it may restore some of Nintendo\'s image, and bring more people off the fence to experience the GCN and newly released games like Metroid Prime.