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The C64 Not-so-mini
Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: JDFan on December 15, 2019, 07:52:06 am ---
Seems for some companies that is the new business model -- release it a ridiculous price get the initial sales to those that have to have it - a few months later mark them down to half the MSRP to get those that have been able to pass on the purchase due to the high MSRP and have them think they got a great deal even though it was probably still higher than the MSRP should have been - then sell off the remaining units a bit above cost or even at a small loss because you made plenty off those that bought in the initial wave - Rinse and repeat with the next product.
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Agreed, apart from the 'new' part. That business model is actually as old as time. And to be fair to businesses, new products always incur huge fixed up-front costs. Once those fixed costs have been recovered, they can afford to start selling units more cheaply.
Howard_Casto:
Yeah but that's not even how these deals are going. For the NES/SNES classic... sure they were churning those out as fast as they could and still selling them, but for some of the lesser plug n play units it's most likely a single order and unless it's a success, when they are gone they are gone. The psx classic started at a staggeringly stupid $99. It eventually went down to $20, which is probably at cost for the retailers, but what does Sony care as they unloaded them all at their asking price. It's going to eventually kill this trend for everyone but those who will put in the effort to make a good product (aka Nintendo) or those that will be so shady that they can still churn out crap nobody wants (aka at games).
bigster:
The Genesis Mini is already 20 dollars lower than MSRP. Hope that gets to 19.99 soon.
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nitrogen_widget:
if this thing hooked up to a CRT TV i'd probably buy it.
Howard_Casto:
The price on this thing is ridiculous imho, but that being said all the reviews are very flattering. People have been doing all sorts of tests to see how well the system is emulated and all the quirks, bugs, ect. of a real c64 are in tact. Basically it behaves more or less exactly like a c64 (or vic 20 in vic mode). If they have a sale on these or I have some amazon credit burning a hole in my pocket I'm going to get this one.
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