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The reason I wonder regarding this is that the Gamecube has multiple price drops in Japan (now £72) and USA. To be fair Nintendo's desperation to hold on during the christmas and new year was surprisingly successful, no AAA game and no price drop and yet they survived a killer season... they ran a small promotion leading to the release of Metroid Prime which continued till the release of Zelda. Whereas third party releases are keeping Gamecube sales strong perhaps, with no major release planned till christmas, it is time for our long overdue Gamecube price drop.
£100 console and a game anyone?
Thoughts?
The reason I wonder regarding this is that the Gamecube has multiple price drops in Japan (now £72) and USA. To be fair Nintendo's desperation to hold on during the christmas and new year was surprisingly successful, no AAA game and no price drop and yet they survived a killer season... they ran a small promotion leading to the release of Metroid Prime which continued till the release of Zelda. Whereas third party releases are keeping Gamecube sales strong perhaps, with no major release planned till christmas, it is time for our long overdue Gamecube price drop.
£100 console and a game anyone?
Thoughts?
I know Dixons and Argos, I think, dropped the price to £99 with a game, but if Nintendo were to permanently drop it, then I think it can only be for the good.
It would be cool though, three weeks before Christmas:
Gamecube + Mario Kart = £100
Gamecube + Final Fantasy = £100
Gamecube + Viewtiful Jow = £100
Gamecube + F-Zero = £100
Gamecube + 1080 = £100
And numerous bundles of around £160 for a Gamecube and three games.
> It's £130 with a game, currently.
Well, two games.
> Maverick42 wrote:
> It's £130 with a game, currently.
>
> Well, two games.
And by that I mean a choice of games from a range of Sunshine, Smash Bros, Pikmin, Eternal Darkness.
> A price drop would be risk because if no one bought any consoles
> Nintendo would be losing money.
Losing more money. The console is selling at a loss.