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Originally Posted by BreakABone
You got a thing against the DS don't you?
You always seem to put it down when you post in regards to it, but maybe it's just something I'm picking up, who knows.
How do you figure the DS is mediocore? I mean I'm sure you probably got tons of hands-on with it, correct?
Anyhow, on the subject at hand.
My best guess is that EB and GameStop wanted people to pre-order it, after all the positive buzz it got at e3. So they figured at most it would cost 200 bucks, this way if Nintendo announce it at 200 bucks, they are safe, if they lower it, they just drop the price, but if it was announced at 250 and they had it for 200, they would technically be forced to credit all the people who pre-ordered it at 200.
So I think the 200 is just a safety net, my guess is the DS will probably be around 130-150 bucks, as to not directly compete with the GBA or Cube as the case may be in price.
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I highly resent your comment about my feelings about the DS. I've been doing nothing but doing fair comparisons when it came to comparing the two systems. The two handhelds shouldn't even be compared, because obviously the DS is for gaming and the PSP is for entertainment.
But my argument in the matter is that DS is a handheld for gaming purposes, and if they price it at $200 at launch then go back to when the Playstation first came out at $200.... the DS is no Playstation.........So your probably right about the safety net, it'll go down, but I'm just saying.. $200 is way too much for a gaming handheld.
Whilst Sony goes a little higher in price for the other features such as Movies, Music etc.
And I think SONY WOULD be safe going for $200 because not only can they make up for it in game sales, but they can make up for it in UMD sales. People can't play DVD's on it, they'll buy the UMD's out for the PSP.......... SUCH as........ ADVENT CHILDREN.....own4g3!