Panasonic Q would have been the best thing ever.

[Locknuts]

RolStoppable said:

Locknuts said:

RolStoppable said:
If the Panasonic Q had performed well in Japan, it would have been brought to the rest of the world.

"We have the same features, but have fewer games and are more expensive." isn't an enticing proposal.

If Nintendo released it, they could have done so for a competitive price (and a small profit) and made money primarily from software. I just found out Panasonic were charging US$500.00 for this thing at launch. I imagine that's because they wouldn't see a cent from the software and would need to profit on the hardware.

Panasonic certainly added a profit margin to the device because they didn't sell software for it, but a value like $200+ would be insane. So production costs of well over $300 are reasonable, also because Sony took heavy losses on the PS2 at $300. Since Sony dropped the price to $200 in May 2002 (still taking losses, obviously), the idea that Nintendo could be selling at a competitive price without taking big losses is simply not feasible.

Hmm I didn't realise the PS2 was so cheap back then. I never thought the upgraded GC could beat the PS2 though, only do substantially better than it did (40-50 mill). That would have been a big price difference though by 2002.