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- From: woodcock@crchh427.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Gregg Woodcock)
- Subject: Re: Atari Jaguar for $99???
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180735.12613@bnr.ca>
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- Reply-To: Gregg Woodcock <woodcock@bnr.ca>
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Texas
- References: <1gri0rINN3d4@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Dec21.154616.12632@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:07:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.154616.12632@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Jonke <jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
- |> In article <1grtsdINN1lp@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Len Stys,
- |> aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
- |> >I don't think we will be seeing a RISC 64-bit with 640x480 resolution
- |> >for $99.
- |> >
- |> >C'mon Atari, put some stuff in it and charge $199.
- |>
- |> Not neccessarily. I forsee the day when the SNES and Genesis (and Jaguar)
- |> systems are given away free with the purchase of a cartridge -- Giving the
- |> system away for free (or close to free) ensures a huge base of owners. A
- |> large user base attracts 3rd party developers (Atari would get royalties from
- |> 3rd party cartridges and that money would require no work on Atari's
- |> part) and the cartridges are where the money is really made. Atari may be
- |> taking a first step in this direction by selling their system at way below
- |> cost.
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- This is *very* smart marketing and I am quite surprised that neither
- of the 2 Japanese companies has taken this long-term market strategy
- yet. This has been going on in the cellular telephone market for
- years now and is onw of the main reasons (combined with free
- off-traffic period calls) that the user base is so large.
- --
- THANX...Gregg woodcock@bnr.ca day 214.684.7380 night 214.530.2495
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