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- From: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.video,alt.games.lynx
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- Subject: Re: Atari Jaguar for $99???
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- Reply-To: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:18:52 MET
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- >>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 very 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 basically 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 what Atari are now doing with the Lynx. The Lynx costs ~$80 (US $ that
- is) to produce, and it's being sold to dealers at a far lower price!
- This IS a fact!!
-
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- JFM (jornmoe@atari.no)
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- / Joern F. Moe / All above is my own personal opinion! \
- / Oslo, Norway / Any lack of opinion above is also mine! \
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