I think you underestimate how deep Nintendo's pockets are.
and how thin Sony's profits have been.
Haven't had a challenge in the handheld market since the game gear? I can name five off the top of my head, all from large well established companies.
My guess is that you're posting somewhere from Europe, where Nintendo doesn't have a strong presence. Crack open their financials, take a look at the world market. These guys are not hurting in any way, shape, or form.
I've taken a notebook around the world and across the US many times over with a bag from Spire.
Highly recommended, and it can be used as a regular back. And you don't look like a dork carrying it (if that were to bother you)
http://www.spireusa.com/
Senator Kerry, earlier this year you told Tim Russert that you would release all of your military records, yet you've failed to do so and you refuse to release your Vietnam journal. Why shouldn't the public infer that the contents of these documents would undermine your credibility or otherwise damage your candidacy?
I found the same to be truwe in the backwaters of Peru and Columbia.
When I was last there (4 years ago!), a kid in a dug out canoe paddled up to our boat. We could quite understand what he was saying, but he didn't have any trinkets with him so we knoew he wasn't trying to sell/trade anything.
Turns out he was sayign "hotmail!, hotmail!" He had a hotmail account and wanted to send email to English speaking people.
This from a kid who literally lives on the Amazon river in a hut. No electricity(at home), no sewer, no running water, nothing. But dammit, he had a Hotmail account.
Not only have I played a game gear, I have one new in its box along with a host of boxed games as well.
If the master system games were so great, then the system would have sold better. They weren't, and it didn't. Same for the gameboy/game gear. And the same will be true for the DS and PSP.
Software sells the hardware. If it were the other way around, consoles would cost $500 and games would be the loss leader.
I was "visiting the facilities" at the Montego Bay Casino in Vegas when my stomach let me know that I would be "in dispose" for a while.
So while I was doing my business, I whipped out my cell phone and pulled up Slashdot. Kinda annoying browsing on such a small screen, but at least I got my tech fix before I went back to the tables!
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While I can't deny *everything* you've said, the traits you mentioned above certainly are not unique to Amercians.
Try watching Japanese tourists sometime, or British kids somewhere on the continent to watch a soccer match.
Citizens of every country think they're superior. (and apparently you think so of yourself too)
All of the magazines listed so far seem pointless to even mention.
Maxim? Wired? gee, maybe I should check them out next time I pick up my new American Idol CD at the walmart.
NES cartridges started out in '85 at the $30 price range.
Looking in old video game magazines (that every good geek should own), it looks as if new Atari 2600 carts came out at $30. When the 5200 was released, those games were priced around $35.
However by 1990, new NES games were in the $45 dollar price range. I haven't actually sat down and tallied up prices across the years, but it must be that the new cartridge prices slowly rose during the NES' lifespan.
I do remember paying what I thought was a high price for Super Mario Bros 3, but of course we all know it was worth it.
1. In case you haven't noticed, MSFT *IS* making gameboy games - through Rare. As a matter of fact, I've heard (can't say for sure) that Rare has made/is making more titles for the GBA than for the x-box...
2. Gameboys are the single best selling video game system. You think they sold a lot of copies of GTA3? Mario laughs at that market share.
3. While there are FPS on the GBA, most 'ports' are just converstions of characters and themes, rather than the exact game. Think of it just as a regular GBA game with Halo slapped on the title
4. MSFT games division has to make money somehow:)
except that the average price for new games back between 1980 and 1985 was closer to $35.
Don't beleive me? I've got a room full of boxed 2600 carts and NES games, many still with their price tags.
"2600 MsPac Man - Hills Dept store - $29.99" "2600 Pitfall - Kay-Bee - $19.99" "NES Punch Out - Woolworths - $32.00"
Another great source is the ads in the back of video game magazines. The highest cartridge price that I can think of is Chrono Trigger for the SNES - $70 in 1995. (Neo Geo doesn't count)
and I won't even mention the price of games during the crash.
According to Democrate's classifications, by simply working in a two-income family, with each person earning just $10 an hour, you are among the wealthiest half of Americans -- based upon family income...And Kerry wants to repeal the tax breaks. Apparently he thinks that if you're earning 28K a year, you're making too much.
According to their classifications, by simply working in a two-income family, with each person earning just $10 an hour, you are among the wealthiest half of Americans -- based upon family income.
Uhh.. bad example there. Super Mario Brothers 3 is being sold as Super Mario Advance 4 right now. In fact, it is one of the top selling gameboy games right now.
So while it may not be on the same platform, they are still producing and selling the same game.
I'd like to second that motion. 9 out of 10 times when I come acroos articles that I would consider to be outdated or irrelevant, they are posted by Timothy
Not so fast there, bucko... the Atari 2600 wasn't first to market. It was superceded by another cartridge based system, the Fairchild Channel F, by about a year.
Further still, Sega's Saturn was released months before the Playstation.
If you asked me, its all about a combination of voodoo, karma, and luck when releaseing a new console.
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7 freakin hours!?!?!
I'd have a hard time sitting through a seven hour documentary on WWII. Who in the world is nerdy enough to want to watch all of this??
So, I'm expected to go out and spend $150 dollars on an x-box, $50 on x-box live and then another $10 dollars just so I can play bejewelled?
Why don't I just play solitare while I'm at work?
I think you underestimate how deep Nintendo's pockets are.
and how thin Sony's profits have been.
Haven't had a challenge in the handheld market since the game gear? I can name five off the top of my head, all from large well established companies.
My guess is that you're posting somewhere from Europe, where Nintendo doesn't have a strong presence. Crack open their financials, take a look at the world market. These guys are not hurting in any way, shape, or form.
I've taken a notebook around the world and across the US many times over with a bag from Spire.
Highly recommended, and it can be used as a regular back. And you don't look like a dork carrying it (if that were to bother you)
http://www.spireusa.com/
Senator Kerry,
earlier this year you told Tim Russert that you would release all of your military records, yet you've failed to do so and you refuse to release your Vietnam journal. Why shouldn't the public infer that the contents of these documents would undermine your credibility or otherwise damage your candidacy?
Better run to the store and make up for lost time
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someone, please MOD parent up.
It would help clear up a lot of confussion around here.
I found the same to be truwe in the backwaters of Peru and Columbia.
When I was last there (4 years ago!), a kid in a dug out canoe paddled up to our boat. We could quite understand what he was saying, but he didn't have any trinkets with him so we knoew he wasn't trying to sell/trade anything.
Turns out he was sayign "hotmail!, hotmail!" He had a hotmail account and wanted to send email to English speaking people.
This from a kid who literally lives on the Amazon river in a hut. No electricity(at home), no sewer, no running water, nothing. But dammit, he had a Hotmail account.
The game won't be out until 2005, but the first review is already up here
Not only have I played a game gear, I have one new in its box along with a host of boxed games as well.
If the master system games were so great, then the system would have sold better. They weren't, and it didn't. Same for the gameboy/game gear.
And the same will be true for the DS and PSP.
Software sells the hardware. If it were the other way around, consoles would cost $500 and games would be the loss leader.
You're right to a point, but you don't follow your argument to its conclusion.
What did people DO with their longer battery life?
Gameboy won becuase of its games. Tetris and Super Mario World blew away anything the Game Gear had to offer.
I was "visiting the facilities" at the Montego Bay Casino in Vegas when my stomach let me know that I would be "in dispose" for a while.
So while I was doing my business, I whipped out my cell phone and pulled up Slashdot. Kinda annoying browsing on such a small screen, but at least I got my tech fix before I went back to the tables!
While I can't deny *everything* you've said, the traits you mentioned above certainly are not unique to Amercians.
Try watching Japanese tourists sometime, or British kids somewhere on the continent to watch a soccer match.
Citizens of every country think they're superior. (and apparently you think so of yourself too)
Maxim? Wired? gee, maybe I should check them out next time I pick up my new American Idol CD at the walmart.
Here's what I like, when I can find them:
no, not the late 80's at all.
NES cartridges started out in '85 at the $30 price range.
Looking in old video game magazines (that every good geek should own), it looks as if new Atari 2600 carts came out at $30. When the 5200 was released, those games were priced around $35.
However by 1990, new NES games were in the $45 dollar price range. I haven't actually sat down and tallied up prices across the years, but it must be that the new cartridge prices slowly rose during the NES' lifespan.
I do remember paying what I thought was a high price for Super Mario Bros 3, but of course we all know it was worth it.
I recall games in the 80's as being around the $30 range. I *distincly* remember saving up 30 bucks to buy Mike Tysons Punch Out and Zelda.
Furthermore, a number of sealed atari games that I have (pre-crash) are priced around $30. (Post crash ones are often in the $5.00 -$7.00 range!)
I do remember some carts being high though. I think the $70 ones came around in the Super NES days.
1. In case you haven't noticed, MSFT *IS* making gameboy games - through Rare. As a matter of fact, I've heard (can't say for sure) that Rare has made/is making more titles for the GBA than for the x-box...
:)
2. Gameboys are the single best selling video game system. You think they sold a lot of copies of GTA3? Mario laughs at that market share.
3. While there are FPS on the GBA, most 'ports' are just converstions of characters and themes, rather than the exact game. Think of it just as a regular GBA game with Halo slapped on the title
4. MSFT games division has to make money somehow
Doomed to failure?
.. these games were developed 15 years ago. Its pure profit for Nintendo.
Have you not seen the sales of these titles in Japan? Go to www.amazon.co.jp -- they've been in the top 10 there for months.
And on top of that
except that the average price for new games back between 1980 and 1985 was closer to $35.
Don't beleive me? I've got a room full of boxed 2600 carts and NES games, many still with their price tags.
"2600 MsPac Man - Hills Dept store - $29.99"
"2600 Pitfall - Kay-Bee - $19.99"
"NES Punch Out - Woolworths - $32.00"
Another great source is the ads in the back of video game magazines. The highest cartridge price that I can think of is Chrono Trigger for the SNES - $70 in 1995. (Neo Geo doesn't count)
and I won't even mention the price of games during the crash.
"walk through hallway. Shoot door. Walk through door. Shoot enemy. Repeat."
and how is that different from every other Metroid title?
It is rich if you live in the United States.
..And Kerry wants to repeal the tax breaks. Apparently he thinks that if you're earning 28K a year, you're making too much.
According to Democrate's classifications, by simply working in a two-income family, with each person earning just $10 an hour, you are among the wealthiest half of Americans -- based upon family income.
(sorry for my double post below)
Ask the Democrates.
According to their classifications, by simply working in a two-income family, with each person earning just $10 an hour, you are among the wealthiest half of Americans -- based upon family income.
Uhh .. bad example there. Super Mario Brothers 3 is being sold as Super Mario Advance 4 right now. In fact, it is one of the top selling gameboy games right now.
So while it may not be on the same platform, they are still producing and selling the same game.
I'd like to second that motion. 9 out of 10 times when I come acroos articles that I would consider to be outdated or irrelevant, they are posted by Timothy
This bigfoot hoax thing old news.
Not so fast there, bucko... the Atari 2600 wasn't first to market. It was superceded by another cartridge based system, the Fairchild Channel F, by about a year.
Further still, Sega's Saturn was released months before the Playstation.
If you asked me, its all about a combination of voodoo, karma, and luck when releaseing a new console.