Flay

Here is the story:

Link

I'm not suprised. This seems to fall in line with the same structure of the U.S. prices.

In Europe; PS2 and XBox:

299.00 EUR = 265.54 USD
199.00 GBP = 287.94 USD

Gamecube:

199.00 EUR = 176.73 USD
129.00 GBP = 186.65 USD

jeffdsmith

Also now in Austraila.

http://planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=2908

Josh H

That's great. I'm glad they're going all out to compete in all territories. I imagine they'll cut the U.S. price as well, if the PS2 drops in price. My guess is if the PS2 goes to $249, the GCN will go to $179 and if the PS2 drops to $199 the GCN will fall to $149. Nintendo has been working on cutting production costs for a while to facilitate price drops. It also makes great sense with all the A+ games scheduled to come out this year. They just might reach their worldwide sale projection of 12 million that they announced in a recent release stating that they have shipped four million GCNs worldwide.

Flay

I would prefer the latter and hopefully at E3. It would save me $50.

Josh H

Me too as I might consider picking up a PS2 at $199.

gcribbs

I am beginning to think that the PS2 might just hold firm on its price. Not sure why I am getting that feeling. maybe because it is outselling all the other consoles combined.

if they do drop the price i think it will be the smaller 249 or maybe a bit higher. i am hoping my feelings are wrong. however we are getting close to E3 and I keep hearing how well the PS2 is selling.

so why drop the price?

i hope i am wrong. since i really want to buy a GC this year and cheaper would be real nice

Josh H

It would allow Sony to increase their lead over MS and Nintendo. Plus their is an outside chance of MS or Nintendo making a price drop first, and Sony counteracting that, but that's a pretty big long shot, at least in the U.S.