Nintendo Players choice line announced.

[Cronic]

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2909524,00.html

Now my question is why do they feel theyre reduced line needs to be 29.99 as opposed to the industry standard 19.99?

[zfreak2004]

I really don't know. The most likely reason is that the format is theirs and thus costs more to make. Either that or Nintendo is selfish and doesn't care what we think. Take whichever your bias allows. ;)

[Cronic]

Actually if I understand correctly the medium is fully under control and thus more cost effective than others as was the case when they had Tengen's Tetris pulled from shelves because they opted to use their own more cost effective carts back in the day.

be honest... it most likely costs them less than 1$ for disk booklet and casing together...

[AlexMax]

Thats an awfully small selection of games.

Either way, any store worth its salt has preplayed games for even less. I got XG3 for around 14 dollars, and though I dont think it was worth a full retail price, I did get my moneys worth.

[Warlock]

I dunno.. maybe they are working their way down to $20.. how long does Sony usually wait until something becomes Player's Choice?

[Cronic]

It happened pretty soon after the PS2's release actually 6-9 months I believe, and they started at 20 bucks.

[Beldaran]

As a college student, I love both the "players choice" designation, as well as preplayed games. I can't usually afford to go out and buy a $50 game just for fun, so I can usually find a good game for $15 to $30 used.

[vegeta1215]

Cool. When I get a Gamecube, I might actually pick up copies of Smash Bros, Pikmin, and Luigi's Mansion now that they're cheaper.

[Zaggarum]

hmm i thought they would never do this agian. Good to see that they still have players choice titles.

[ShyGuy0824]

who knows? A price cut is a price cut, and Nintendo's just doing what it thinks will benefit the amount of consumers that buy the gamecube while not undermining a profit. Frankly getting a gamecube, Metroid Prime, and Super Smash Bros for 180 dollars as a quality system with two of the best titles in the last two years is a bargain.

However, truthfully, the list should extend to a few more titles in the future (cough ED, RE)


EDIT - (didn't spell profit correctly)

[Cloral]

Now I can go snag a copy of SSBM :)