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"Price for Game Boy Adv.?"

Does any one know what price the GB ADV will be when released?
Will it be over the £150 tag?

It was very cold in the Olde days.

Are the prices of the games likely to change??

I think that it'll be about £100.

That's fine so long as the games cost no more than £25.

£30 is more or less acceptable but any higher than that and they can go to hell!

Why pay £40 for 16bit Snes games when you can get the likes of MGS2 or Gamecube games for cheaper!

I don't think comparing prices on the handheld to those of the consoles is really valid.

Nintendo should charge more for the GBA games, adding £10 and £15 there, because the games are 'portable', and that obviously costs a lot more...

Maybe for the console because the GBA is portable but it shouldn't make any difference on the games.

GBA games are much cheaper to make that huge cinematic 3D games so why should Nintendo charge more for them?

Although...

There is a certain shop pre-ordering GBA's for 79.99.. and pre-ordering titles for around 30 quid...

Nintendo will charge whatever they think will make the highest profit for them and still maintain sales. They always have done. Look at CBFD for example, they used two excuses, 1) It was an 'adult' game therefore only adults should be able to afford it. 2) It was a 'big' cartridge.
Nintendo have always been this way, which is why they have always thrived in the market. High profit is good turnover allowing them to have better games and consoles produced.

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> Although...

There is a certain shop pre-ordering GBA's for 79.99.. and pre-ordering titles for around 30 quid...

I don't know whether you are talking about a High Street retailer, but I think most people are waiting to see what the price will be.

Well... I dont really want to go into too much detail here (for obvious reasons)...

However...

Their pitch is that you can pre-order a GBA for 79.99..

If it ends up costing less then they'll refund the outstanding amount...

Which, pretty much shows that they are as much in the dark as the rest of us...

Although equally... it shows what sort of prices many people are expecting to finally be asked???

Grix Thraves wrote:
> Microsoft... yes... Microsoft, have said the Gamecube shall come out
> at £160.

I told everyone that the GC will be £160 quid! and the DVDGC will be £220, can people listen!