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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E Taylor IV)
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- Subject: Re: Why not Wal-Mart or Sears!!!
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 21:58:54 GMT
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- In article <4e80tg$hkn@alterdial.UU.NET> chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall) writes:
- :Charles E Taylor IV (charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu) wrote:
- :
- :: Don't forget that the CD32 at this price is probably selling at a loss or
- :: it's used.
-
- :Sony and Sega seem to be able to make money when selling their new CD game
- :systems for $300 and they have development costs and custom chip costs to
- :cover. The CD32's construction is just as simple as their systems and AT
- :has little development costs tied into it so far. With a little more
- :development on it to add a faster processor, SIMM sockets, I/O ports and
- :hard drive controller, they could have a winning little machine. Even if
- :they had to leave the hard drive out, it would be a big seller.
-
- They make money on licensing out software for their systems. Observe the
- fact that new games for the new platforms are about $60 for a CD-ROM. Ever
- wonder why they're so high? :)
-
- :: Again, at a loss. Losing money isn't probably in AT'a plans. :)
-
- :Sony and Sega don't seem to be loosing money. Why do you think AT would.
-
- Sony and Sega make money from licensing fees for companies producing games
- and the games they make themselves.
-
- :When was the last time you went into the stores? I did some browsing
- :yesterday and you can't get a computer at most mass market outlets for
- :under about $1250. The $750 difference is a big chunk of change for most
- :people lower middle class families. I think that many of them would see
- :the logic in getting a $500 computer over a $300 game machine.
-
- But if there's no software for that $500 computer, who the heck's gonna buy
- it? Johnny's parents want something that will run the stuff Johnny runs at
- school. And the Amiga isn't there.
-
- :I don't know about that. C= did a good job of making a less than $500
- :computer years ago.
-
- With a hard drive? (A necessity in today's computer world - you can hardly
- run Amigados without one).
-
- :Before C= went under, the A1200 was falling to just
- :under $400.
-
- I bet those were sold at a loss too ... those prices sound like when C=
- liquidated. And did you price a 1200HD during the reign of C=? More like
- $750.
-
- :Something around 70%-80% of the people out there don't own a computer yet.
- :If AT can market a $500 computer soon, they will be able to take a good
- :chunk of that market.
-
- They need SOFTWARE.
-
- :Most of the people out there don't own computers and don't know Windows
- :from a hole in the wall.
-
- They've seen TV - they know about Windows.
-
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