[quote name='KrAzY3']I'll toss my two cents out there...
I would guess 200 bucks for the Revolution because:
A: Nintendo has a long history of keeping their launch prices down. This includes the DS, GBA, GBA SP, Gamecube, etc...
B: Nintendo has already said that they are forgoing making the Revolution as powerfull as the other consoles because they are focusing on other priorities like game quality, and making it more affordable.
So, if they were anything past 250 they would be both going against their historical price points and going against their stated goal.
If it launches at a 200 dollar price point and plays Gamecube games I'll pick one up at launch.
I also have to jump in on the Dreamcast discussion. I to feel that the old Dreamcast games still hold up. It was a system that was doomed for a lot of reasons, a few bad choices (not supporting Saturn games, no support for dvd format) but primarily because lack of support. First and formost being Sega Japan pulling the plug. Its ironic because the Dreamcast was doing well in Europe, was the largest single day sales total of any entertainment phenominon (since then a Star Wars movie or something might have broken that mark), and to this day the Japanese market still releases games for it. So its really quite sad that they pulled the plug. I firmly believe that had they stuck with it, the Xbox and/or the Gamecube would have been a failure. Instead they fed games to those consoles, helping keep them afloat (Xbox in particular, hell they bundled the Xbox with the Sega GT/Jet Set Radio Future). But... Sega just didn't have deep enough pockets to hold their ground I suppose.
I'd really prefer to be discussing a mini Dreamcast coming out or a DC2 but alas that will never happen... /rant[/QUOTE]
The thing is Sega NEVER learned what Nintendo did straight out or near the beginning, after the NES or whatever. With consoles you HAVE to sell for a profit, at least if you're a gaming company. You can't afford to take the risk you won't get enough 3rd party games publishing and selling on your console to break even and beyond, Nintendo knows this and sells their consoles for a profit for the most part(Gamecube might have been breaking even or losing money at one point). If you WANT Nintendo to go bust and go software maker THEN have to buy their games on ALL these other consoles like Sega be my guest and advocate the Revolution match the guts of both the next gens closely and be sold at about the same price. Otherwise shut up and think about it for a moment(these comments are not directed at the person I quoted except for the Sega one at the top, rather more towards this ASSHOLES who don't get Nintendo's not going bust any time soon or will unless they start selling them at a loss to match MS and Sony).
Me? I'm quite pleased with what Nintendo's given me hardwarewise although this time I hope the Revo is more accommodating to porting games. Btw with all of what's being said about inflation Nintendo can still dumb down the system, make it to hit the $200 point comfortably and make a profit. Me I WOULD pay $250 without hesitation if they included a HDD I could save games on.
