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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: For all N64 owners...
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 01:13:29 GMT
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>I hope not. 

I refer you to Next Generation, July issue, page 24. Your hopes will
only be allayed if they continue to fumble finding a company to design
their next chipset.

>> In fact, I believe that even Saturn
>> has a greater installed base than N64.
>
>I doubt that. 

   I can't find my source for this stat, I could be totally off-base.
I sometimes suffer from 'information-haze', the internet is a great
thing... I need a vacation! [LOL]

>>    It would appear that the 64DD will never be released in the U.S..
>
>What gave you that impression?

   O.k., hard fact number one: There have been endless delays in
releasing the drive. Hard fact number two, Nintendo made a press
release someodd 6 weeks ago that they are not sure if they will
release the drive in the U.S., they are going to release the 64DD in
Japan first, and then see how well it sells.
   Now, we get into the realm of my mad genius... [wink] No add-on has
ever achieved more than 10% market penetration. Add-ons have never
succeeded. Nintendo is already getting cold feet, as evidenced by
their press release. They are already chomping at the bit to get their
next system out in the year 2000. Nintendo likes to make money...
I don't think they will take the hardware loss to release a
questionable add-on that will only have a little over a year of
viability. Good evidence for this is that certain titles, i.e. Zelda,
that were announced as 64DD titles are now being done in cartridge
format.
   I am not the only one coming to this conclusion, but it is open to
analysis and different interpretations... we shall see. We'll bet a
beer on it! [LOL]   

>>    So, if your present N64 is replaced that soon, and the 64DD is
>> never released, will you resent Nintendo, or do you think you got fair
>> treatment for your gaming dollar?
>
>I'd be almost as pissed off as the people who bought the virtual boy
>when it first came out. :)

   Get ready.

>I have no regrets for being an N64 user.

   Not yet, young grasshopper. [BG]

>Then came their CD-less N64, which did good but could
>have done better.
 
   Depending on which stats you go with, N64 is being outsold
anywheres between 4-to-1 to 8-to-1 in Japan. If not for the American
market, the N64 would be a flop.

   On everything else, we agree... thanks for the input.

-Matt