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- From: mingso@netcom.com (Ming Yau So)
- Subject: Re: Atari Jaguar for $99???
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.233655.23387@netcom.com>
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- References: <1gri0rINN3d4@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Dec21.154616.12632@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:36:55 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 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.
- ^^^^
-
- But is this kind of "selling below cost" strategy against some of the U.S.
- trade law ? If my memory severs correct, sometimes ago Nintendo was
- investigated because of some similar reasons. No flame please.
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