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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2001, 04:05:56 AM »
I must admit, that logic sounds a lot better. ;]

And since I\'m posting, I\'d just like to say that the term fanboys is kind of mean... I prefer fanmen.

Seriously, I don\'t doubt you could be right.  Of course, I don\'t doubt you\'re wrong, either.  Maybe they\'ll announce a price at E3 and then we won\'t be dealing with rumors anymore...

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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2001, 02:17:07 PM »
For what it\'s worth, this was published yesterday in Barron\'s:

Norton, Leslie P.  "Toy soldiers - can microsoft beat sony and nintendo at their own game?" Barrons v.81, no. 20.  May 14, 2001

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"Nintendo\'s GameCube, which won\'t have a built-in DVD player, will retail for $199 or so.  Thus industry insiders are starting to speculate that Sony will drop it\'s price by $50 this fall as a preemptive strike - something Hirai denies."


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"For GameCube, broadband access is optional, and there\'s no DVD player.  Still, Nintendo\'s [George] Harrison maintains that this more-is-less strategy will triumph.  \'We\'re the only dedicated game-playing machine.  People are looking for entertainment at good value.  Consumers already have satellite dishes, sophisticated pay-per-view, digital cable and other places to go for additional entertainment needs. [...] In fact, including Game Boy Advance, he contends that Nintendo will get 40%-45% of the gaming market."


Harrison\'s statement seems to indicate that Nintendo is seeking to introduce GC at a low price.  ("at good value.")
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« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2001, 02:55:21 PM »
If everyone had been saving up already, price wouldn\'t matter. Save your money!
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« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2001, 03:14:41 PM »
As long as its affordable then GameCube will be mine

maybe not o launch but it will be mine
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« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2001, 03:41:45 PM »
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ahhh, good ole fanboys.

PS2 WILL be 200 dollars? Where have you heard this exactly?

X-Box WILL be 300 dollars? Where have you heard this exactly?

GC WILL be 200 dollars? Where have you heard this exactly?

In fact on GC, I have heard striking reports that it will be more than 200.

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ok.. have you been listining to the news???
ALOT OF recent news sources have said that sony will drop the price of ps2 100$ at Q3, NOT a 50$ DROP AT e3 as earlier rumored. this price drop move would put a TON of pressure on microsoft.
this thread is all about the gamecube possibly being more than 200$ or at 200$.. the trend of nintendo consoles has been 250$ so at the max i think it would be 200$
x box may push their price down.... although i highly doubt it..with all of their "new" hardware... it must be expensive.
oh yeah bill gates isnt the richest man in the world.

nintendo and ps2 will own e3. ( from what i have been hearing.)
and if you dont believe me, we will see at Q3 when sony drops their price of the ps2 100$ US.
has anyone else here heard about this? i cant find the site i saw it at..

dont call me a fanboy. i look at all consoles equally, im just stating the facts.(and information)
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« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2001, 03:54:21 PM »
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dont call me a fanboy. i look at all consoles equally, im just stating the facts.(and information)



Sorry, but the price of XB and GC and the amount of Sonys PS2 price drop are not confirmed, so you aren\'t stating facts, your stating rumors. And the simple fact that you think 2 consoles will \'own\' E3 over the 3rd, proves you don\'t look at all consoles equally.
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« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2001, 04:04:33 PM »
hopefully they can be confirmed at e3, so i can tell you they are confirmed... i had seen an article form ign on the confirmed price drop... but i couldnt find it. so ill just have to wait.for 1 day:D

oh yeah just cuz i think 2 consoles will own e3 dosnt mean i look at consoles differently, i just think that they will have much more to show than x box will considering they have just barely gotten final kits.
i think GC and PS2 will do much better than x box will at e3 for that reason.
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« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2001, 04:09:54 PM »
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i just think that they will have much more to show than x box will considering they have just barely gotten final kits.
i think GC and PS2 will do much better than x box will at e3 for that reason.


Ummm, that\'s not a good reason.  Launch games wouldnt ever take advantage of the final kits, so the kits they use are irrelevant. I prefer they use old kits at E3 and make sure there are enough launch systems. Although I\'m pretty sure that Oddworld is the only one who said they were using incomplete kits at E3.

And nothings been confirmed. If you can\'t link it, don\'t state it as fact.
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« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2001, 04:12:57 PM »
thats exactly what i said.. i said i would have to wait for e3 to tell you they are confirmed because i dodnt have i link!!!! (jeez man read my post before hittin on me):D

no hard feelins man.
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« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2001, 04:18:25 PM »
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thats exactly what i said.. i said i would have to wait for e3 to tell you they are confirmed because i dodnt have i link!!!! (jeez man read my post before hittin on me):D

no hard feelins man.


I read what you said. You say \'confirm\' it as if you know they will announce exactly what you said. I doubt they will.


I agree with that last part.
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« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2001, 05:08:05 PM »
To TheMistaWhoKnow:

Your arguments are based on logical reasoning (not cold facts with sources though) and does a good job of fabricating the GC\'s real price. And for that, you have me at a loss for the moment, and I\'m not going to argue with you. However, E3 should tell us whether your expert opinions are more dependable than those of industry professionals whose job is to know and report this kind of information.

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« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2001, 06:48:16 PM »
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If everyone had been saving up already, price wouldn\'t matter. Save your money!


yeah we have been saving up but i would like some of that money going to games instead of to the system

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« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2001, 10:01:43 PM »
Sigh... to all those of you who wanted a link talking about the price drop (and you don\'t really need it, because there were plenty of links in the original discussions of such), read this, and ... :) DA BOMB DIGGITY :).
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« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2001, 07:25:35 AM »
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Sigh... to all those of you who wanted a link talking about the price drop (and you don\'t really need it, because there were plenty of links in the original discussions of such), read this, and ... :) DA BOMB DIGGITY :).


Uhhhh, that\'s not a announcement, it\'s guesses and opinions.
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« Reply #29 on: May 16, 2001, 09:00:51 AM »
Here is my prediction pulled fresh from my ass this morning:

PS2 $12 (because it\'s made out of old scrap metal)
X-BOX$Your Soul (Bill Gates needs it to give to the devil to fullfill his 8-yr old deal)
GAMECUBE $40 gazillion (B/c Nintendo charges more for EVERYTHING.  From games to systems to controllers to special Nintendo toilet paper $5 a roll)

AND IT\'S TRUE, IT\'S TRUE.

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