NOW What Does Nintendo Do?

Mike_AA · 05-15-02, 01:21 AM

PS2 and XBOX are $199. Does Nintendo announce the Gamecube at $149 or $99? Tomorrow or at E3?

I think we hear from Nintendo within 24 hours. But they are pretty stuborn when it comes to stuff like this.

POWERBOMB · 05-15-02, 01:36 AM

They will prolly stay put. Their system is awesome and they have quite a slew of new games on the horizon. Plus they can now try to market themselves as a top line system that the competition had to lower their price to compete.

Gallant Pig · 05-15-02, 02:18 AM

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Originally posted by Mike_AA
PS2 and XBOX are $199. Does Nintendo announce the Gamecube at $149 or $99? Tomorrow or at E3?

I think we hear from Nintendo within 24 hours. But they are pretty stuborn when it comes to stuff like this.

E3.

diacritic · 05-15-02, 05:53 AM

To make their console more competitive I think they need to drop their price to somewhere between 100-125. If they decide to go down to 149 it will not be competitive enough (only $50 bucks more for an X-Box is too good for many consumers to pass up). If it is going to go at 149 I think they should bundle it up with a game (Super Monkey Ball?) or an extra controller...

viscera · 05-15-02, 07:45 AM

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Originally posted by diacritic
To make their console more competitive I think they need to drop their price to somewhere between 100-125. If they decide to go down to 149 it will not be competitive enough (only $50 bucks more for an X-Box is too good for many consumers to pass up). If it is going to go at 149 I think they should bundle it up with a game (Super Monkey Ball?) or an extra controller...

Good point. I think $149 with a game, maybe a memory card, would be a smart way to go!

Groucho · 05-15-02, 08:00 AM

Actually, I think a $99 price point would hurt Nintendo more than the $149 price point, simply because that would create the perception that the console is "cheap." You can underprice yourself in the marketplace just as easily as overprice yourself.

If they bundle the Cube with a game, perhaps it should be a special edition of Luigi's Mansion that also contains playable demos of some of their other games.

I think Nintendo will probably play "wait and see" at least until E3. They are already in second place but that could change as interest in the Xbox grows.

joshd2012 · 05-15-02, 08:08 AM

Whatever they drop the price to, its prolly gonna force me to buy one.

sexy_overlord · 05-15-02, 08:44 AM

I don't think Nintendo needs to worry about dropping the Gamecube price too much. They need to worry about getting games like Zelda out as soon as possible so the system is worth paying $200 for.

Drexl · 05-15-02, 09:42 AM

I think they'll drop it to $149.

mljones99 · 05-15-02, 11:17 AM

i think they will wait till september-ish when they will be having all their big titles coming out. but who knows...

Outlaw · 05-15-02, 01:07 PM

Thats what I was thinking, at first I thought they'd immediately follow suit to sony and microsoft. But after reading their announcement about online games I got a better I idea on how they operate. I don't think they'd drop the price significantly low soon because it would start cutting into their profits, which they seem to be careful about. I don't think they're trying to dethrone Sony as the current number one, they're content with where they are right now and they're making money.

But then again anythings' possible, might happen at E3

Mike_AA · 05-15-02, 01:10 PM

If Nintendo doesn't do something quick, XBOX is gonna pull ahead. I know a LOT of people who are gonna buy one now for $199. Everyone's already got a PS2 (well most people) so this move is bigger for the XBOX. Hell, I might even pick one up.

05-15-02, 01:21 AM	#1
Mike_AA Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: So Cal Posts: 868	NOW What Does Nintendo Do? PS2 and XBOX are $199. Does Nintendo announce the Gamecube at $149 or $99? Tomorrow or at E3? I think we hear from Nintendo within 24 hours. But they are pretty stuborn when it comes to stuff like this.

05-15-02, 01:36 AM	#2
POWERBOMB DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 6,252	They will prolly stay put. Their system is awesome and they have quite a slew of new games on the horizon. Plus they can now try to market themselves as a top line system that the competition had to lower their price to compete. __________________ I don't mean to offend anyone and yet it happens anyway.

05-15-02, 05:53 AM	#4
diacritic DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,044	To make their console more competitive I think they need to drop their price to somewhere between 100-125. If they decide to go down to 149 it will not be competitive enough (only $50 bucks more for an X-Box is too good for many consumers to pass up). If it is going to go at 149 I think they should bundle it up with a game (Super Monkey Ball?) or an extra controller... __________________ Discs [DVDs] offer the seductiveness of immortality, however illusory, and invite our complicity in the cheating of death. --Charles Tashiro, The Contradictions of Video Collecting How to Cheat Death (my DVD Collection)

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Groucho DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 62,117	Actually, I think a $99 price point would hurt Nintendo more than the $149 price point, simply because that would create the perception that the console is "cheap." You can underprice yourself in the marketplace just as easily as overprice yourself. If they bundle the Cube with a game, perhaps it should be a special edition of Luigi's Mansion that also contains playable demos of some of their other games. I think Nintendo will probably play "wait and see" at least until E3. They are already in second place but that could change as interest in the Xbox grows. __________________ Xbox Live: Runner Groucho PSN: RunnerGroucho "The Borg is a species" -- Tracer Bullet (Citation)

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sexy_overlord DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The house that boredom built. Posts: 4,459	I don't think Nintendo needs to worry about dropping the Gamecube price too much. They need to worry about getting games like Zelda out as soon as possible so the system is worth paying $200 for. __________________ Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you? zOOmz went bye bye. And I was in her sig.

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joshd2012 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Blu-Ray: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Petition Posts: 6,677	Whatever they drop the price to, its prolly gonna force me to buy one.

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Drexl DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 14,540	I think they'll drop it to $149.

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mljones99 DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,354	i think they will wait till september-ish when they will be having all their big titles coming out. but who knows... __________________ Mark Jones

05-15-02, 01:07 PM	#11
Outlaw DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: MD Posts: 3,137	Thats what I was thinking, at first I thought they'd immediately follow suit to sony and microsoft. But after reading their announcement about online games I got a better I idea on how they operate. I don't think they'd drop the price significantly low soon because it would start cutting into their profits, which they seem to be careful about. I don't think they're trying to dethrone Sony as the current number one, they're content with where they are right now and they're making money. But then again anythings' possible, might happen at E3

05-15-02, 01:10 PM	#12
Mike_AA Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: So Cal Posts: 868	If Nintendo doesn't do something quick, XBOX is gonna pull ahead. I know a LOT of people who are gonna buy one now for $199. Everyone's already got a PS2 (well most people) so this move is bigger for the XBOX. Hell, I might even pick one up.