The new Game Boy for $200?
Posted by malebolgia on 15 September 2004 - 14:38 · 33 comments & 1080 views
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#1 Posted by petrolxl on 15 Sep 2004 - 14:58
- Good Price.
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#2 Posted by Veiva on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:17
- The said it was going to be MSRP ~170, and now 200.
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#3 Posted by icexswipe on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:18
- yep, especially considering they priced the psp at like $500 or something
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#3.1 Posted by Mojo on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:32
- Since you work for Sony right? Please enlighten us on the 2 hour battery life as well.
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#3.2 Posted by JMA_PN on 15 Sep 2004 - 20:18
- I always thought that the 2 hours (10h with music) was a number told by Sony's people...
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#3.3 Posted by deiong15 on 16 Sep 2004 - 04:06
QUOTE yep, especially considering they priced the psp at like $500 or something
emmm nope they hinted at a 250 price for the psp. nowhere near 500. id be well moer willing to pay the 250 for a psp then 200 for the ninteno's toy, since psp also will have umd dvd movies as well available.-
#3.4 Posted by Danrarbc641 on 16 Sep 2004 - 06:12
QUOTE emmm nope they hinted at a 250 price for the psp. nowhere near 500. id be well moer willing to pay the 250 for a psp then 200 for the ninteno's toy, since psp also will have umd dvd movies as well available.
So you're willing to pay $15 a pop to watch movies on a 4 inch screen? Not to mention video playback is also possible on DS (look at the GBA Video series, and DS carts would easily hold 2 hours + of video)
How is DS any more of a toy, they both play GAMES. Also the DS marketing will be targeting the 18-25 year old bracket, the same one Sony pledges to target - bringing your toy argument into perspective here...
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#4 Posted by Danrarbc641 on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:18
- First of all they called it a Game Boy in the title of the article...
They also base their entire story on Wal-Mart's preorder page. EB Games and Gamestop also have preorder pages for it, and they also have the $200 price. However both clearly state it's a temporary price, websites always use a high worst-case price for these things so that if they're wrong they never have to ask you to pay more money than you thought you would.
QUOTE The ship date and retail price have not been confirmed and therefore are subject to change. If the retail price is decreased you will receive the lower price.
QUOTE The retail price and release date are estimates and are subject to change. If the release price is lower than the above price, you will not be charged the higher price.
Common sense would say Nintendo didn't drop the price on the GBA SP just so that they could release DS for $120 more. Mark my words, DS will be $150 or less.
Conclusion: CNET jumped the jumped the gun and posted a story about a whole lot of nothing.
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#5 Posted by bangbang023 on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:17
- Um, the DS is not the next Gameboy. They are different product lines.
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#5.1 Posted by Manksgloob on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:26
- I was waiting for someone to mention that.
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#5.2 Posted by denzilla on 15 Sep 2004 - 23:11
- Dude, wake up! Despite what Nintendo is saying about the GBA and DS being separate lines, its BullSh*t. How is Nintendo going to support two portable gaming platforms and keep the market happy at the same time? They can't, period. If the DS takes off, say bye bye to GBA.
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#6 Posted by Xtreme $niper on 15 Sep 2004 - 17:22
- The Nintendo DS is NOT a gameboy. How clear can Nintendo make it.
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#7 Posted by Jimmerz28 on 15 Sep 2004 - 18:16
- I've got my GBA I'm not wasting 200 on another handheld.
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#8 Posted by FrAxElAnK on 15 Sep 2004 - 20:08
- i thought it was gonna be more like $150. hmmm, is it really worth $200 to me. hmm.......
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#9 Posted by divertom15 on 15 Sep 2004 - 20:15
so thats the final
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#9.1 Posted by Xtreme $niper on 15 Sep 2004 - 20:46
- a lot better than the e3 model. they might be changing one or two more things before the official release.
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#10 Posted by sodapop on 15 Sep 2004 - 22:31
- Damn that's expensive...
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#11 Posted by xXTOKERXx on 15 Sep 2004 - 22:59
- i had to go through 3 pages to get a good look at it?? damn
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#12 Posted by Sage_Override on 16 Sep 2004 - 02:44
- 200$ for another gameboy-type? Just because it's double screens? Why in the good f*ck would you use or need 2 screens anyway?? ARGH! This is so stupid!
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#12.1 Posted by Xtreme $niper on 16 Sep 2004 - 19:26
- its sad when blind people try making a point, when clearly they've been living under a rock for the past year. Read up before you rant pointlessly. Its not just "two screens", my god you people are so dense.
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#12.2 Posted by paulhaskew on 17 Sep 2004 - 03:35
- agreed
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#12.3 Posted by Sage_Override on 17 Sep 2004 - 04:31
- Dense? Tell me, Sir Reginald, what makes this handheld so great? Before you insult someone, please fill in details about why I am so "dense." Friggin' Techno-weenie.
By the way, anyone agreeing with this half-wit is truly sad. Besides the fact that this guy insults someone "blindly," he has passively insulted everyone by saying "You people are so dense." If we are so dense, then why post or bother to read? For that matter, why respond to my "dense" post in a very insulting manner? To prove how much of a jack ass you are? You'll probably say not everyone on these boards is dense, well, then don't set yourself up for a trap. Twit.
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#13 Posted by spiegel on 16 Sep 2004 - 03:22
- doesnt matter if its 200 if you have the money congratulations im just gonna wait till they drop the price because THEY WILL
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#13.1 Posted by deiong15 on 16 Sep 2004 - 04:08
- yea they will once teh psp outsells theres by a huge margin theyll do anythign to stay alive
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#13.2 Posted by Juguard on 16 Sep 2004 - 05:06
- I don't think nothing out there is/was as successful as Nintendo Gameboy. I don't think the PSP will just outsell, and be more successful just overnight. It takes time to compete with someone who has been doing it for over a decade.
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#13.3 Posted by macrosslover on 16 Sep 2004 - 06:10
- it took Sony 2 years with the playstation. as long as Nintendo doesn't make idiotic business decisions during the course of the war, they should be alright, if they make stupid decisions, plain and simple Sony is going to pull an upset.
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#14 Posted by ^_^ Silly Willy on 16 Sep 2004 - 05:58
- no thanks
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#15 Posted by Danrarbc641 on 16 Sep 2004 - 06:13
- I still find it sad I did more research than CNet...
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#16 Posted by Rocket Knight on 16 Sep 2004 - 14:35
- A very good price considering that's mostly due to the weak state of the American dollar right now. As I understand it, Japanese and and American prices don't differ that much (when you convert them to English pounds, anyway), and right now both equate to around the same price. A sub-£100 pricepoint. If I were American I wouldn't worry, a price cut is bound to happen once the dollar picks up again. My estimate is 150.
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#17 Posted by ABC½ on 19 Sep 2004 - 19:58
- I will sell my GBA SP and buy that for sure. Someone where I work want to buy it from me for 70$ so I will accept, then I will go buy the somewhere where they don't charge taxes (Quebec "marché aux puces"
and they do still offers the warranty so...
ABC and a half!
Walmart.com recently posted a preorder page for the Nintendo DS, the advanced handheld game player the Japanese game giant announced earlier this year. Though Nintendo has yet to reveal pricing or an on-sale date for the device, Wal-Mart says it will cost $199.82 and be in the hot little hands of gamers around Nov. 30.
Thanks to xxpor for the heads-up on this bit