The Gamecube and GBA are both .................. DIRT ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHEAP !

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Tue 29/05/01 at 08:00

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Hi i know i have posted this topic in a different topic earlier this morning but i didn't really want to post it there so i am posting it here aswell :

I think you were a little bit out with your GBA and Gamecube prices , the GBA will cost :

UK : £79.99

USA : $113

Germany : 259 dm

France : 869 Francs

Italy : 256,588 Lira

Japan : 13,694 Yen

Gold : 0.410829 ounces

Silver : 24.7523 ounces

Platinum : 0.182459 ounces

Palladium : 0.174334 ounces

Ireland : 104 punts

Europe (on the continent) : 132 Euros

And the games are going to cost around £25-£30 depending on how great they are !

So again if you are going to any of these countries then make sure you take enough money to buy one , or if you want to pick one up now with a game case , look here at special reserve ! £75 something + vat !

The gamecube will cost in the (at the current exchange rate , exchanging $199.99 into pounds etc) :

UK : £140.71

Germany : DM455

France : 1,526.25 Francs

Italy: 450,525.81 Lira

Australia : 384 Australian dollars

Canada : 308 Canadian dollars

Europe (on the continent) 232 euros

Hong Kong dollars : 1,559 hkd

Ireland : 183 punts

New Zealand : 472 New Zealand dollars

$199.99 would = only 0.720944 ounces of gold !

Indian Rupees : 9,393.53 rupees

Russia : 5,817.71: Russia Rubles

Spain : 38,716.54 Pesetas

$199.99 would = only 43.9538 ounces of silver !

$199.99 would = only 0.307677 ounces of palladium !

$199.99 would = only 0.326781 ounces of platinum !

Venezuela : 143,392.83 Bolivares

East Caribbean : 539.97 Caribbean dollars

Turkey : 224,988,750.00 Turkish Lira

Sweden : 2,107.61 Swedish Kronor

Thailand : 9,119.54 Thailand Baht

Trinidad : 1,235.94 Tobago Dollars

Korea : 259,187.04 South Korea Won

Singapore : 362.38 Singapore Dollars

Saudi Arabia : 750.042 Riylas

Romania : 5,731,113.43 Romanian Lei

Portugal : 46,656.32 Portugal Escudos

Poland : 803.06 Zlotych

Greece : 79,296.29 Greece Drachmae

Finland : 1,383.64 Markkaa

Netherlands : 512.81 Netherlands Guilders

Czech Republic : 7,981.50 Czech Republic Koruny

Cyprus : 134.29 Cyprus Pounds

Brazil : 462.77 Brazil Reals

Bulgaria : 453.61 Bulgaria Leva

Austria : 3,201.60 Austria Schillings

Bahamas : 199.99 Bahamas Dollars

Barbados : 397.98 Barbados Dollars

Japan : 24,221.31 Yen

The games will cost about £ 35 , go to ebay.co.uk to work out the rest of those amounts !

So if you are ever going to any one of these countries be sure to take the right amount to pick up your Gamecube !!

I worked out those prices for the high street prices but you can probably pick them up cheaper at mail order or wholesale sites !

Hope i helped with the prices questions you all keep asking !

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Fri 01/06/01 at 21:06

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Well the games are looking good, and it's a promising machine. £200 out of my wallet will be fine for such a cool console.

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Wed 30/05/01 at 12:59

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You have to realise something now!!! It cost companies more to adapt and make consoles for europe than the rest of the world, as they must change the output specs. If they made a totally multi-purpose system then it would cost the same more expensive price all over the world. But American and Japanese companies want to give their own the best deal, as they see it its not their fault Europe uses a PAL television system and 240 volt power systems both running at their respective 50hz, we just have to Grin and bear it!!

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Wed 30/05/01 at 12:54

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im sorry to break this to you guys but the Gamecube will most likely be £200 here in the UK.
We ALWAYS get charged extra for electronics.
the PS2 was $300 in the USA. which translates to a nice sum but we get charged £300.
The Very lowest we can expect is £150 but thats very unlikely.
Still, whats an extra £50 when you think of all the great times we will get out of it.

The only other altenative is to buy one on Import but then you will have to buy import games, but you would get it this year.........

Im not 100% sure about our prices because Nintendo havent confirmed prices for Europe but dont get your hopes up for less than £200 (which is still £100 cheaper than the PS2 is now).

As for the reason for the higher prices, who knows?
i think ir has something to do with converting electronics to PAL.

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Tue 29/05/01 at 21:03

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I always stick to the PAL games anyways, I'm a patient man, but not in the hospital.

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Tue 29/05/01 at 19:46

Indian-DudeY2k1

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the ps2 in the usa would cost about $426 , sounds alot but when you converty that back into pounds you get £299.49 so if you go to the usa and want to buy a ps2 (eventhough it wouldn't work without a load of adaptors) , you could get it for 50p cheaper !!!! WOW ! but you would pay loads to get to the usa and you would fork out alot for the adaptors ! so it isn't really a good idea

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Tue 29/05/01 at 18:14

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Yeah, and they're both gonna be mine.

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Tue 29/05/01 at 14:18

Minlack

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If the exchange rate is like that, I wonder how much the PS2 costs in the USA.

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