So just because adolescent posted a like that says the gamecube was profitable through Sept 2003 and cost UNDER $109 to manufacture and I didn't, then I didn't prove it to you. He did. The fact that you insist on me doing it is what makes you a troll as you keep repeating your statements without and obvious comprehension of my replies or the facts presented to you.
You still haven't figured out that I never agreed or disagreed with Adolescent? I asked for some proof for your claim, not what you thought about everyone else's comments.
I've specifically outlined to you the differences in the Rev C board and given you an accurate timescale of when it was produced.
You did, but that's not what I asked.
You are just a troll as your last couple of posts are mirror images and I'm sure you will again state I've proven nothing to you. You take comments I make as an excuse to change the subject.
See above.
Yes, I do care how much I pay for ANY product, the less I pay the better and it better be worth the money.
Having lots of fun upgrading your Gamecube so you can run Linux? Didn't you say in your PPC thread that you have no interest in Linux?
Where are the hard facts that Nintendo loses money selling consoles? 2 link from established news sites have shown that Ninendo makes money selling consoles.
Congradulations. You've finally made a breakthrough.
In a previous post, I said, "Note that I never said you were right or wrong". Instead, I asked you to back up your argument with a source.
It took, what... several days, dozens of posts, a huge number of sub-topics, and plenty of name-calling for you to deliver?
Whether I like your sources is irrelevant. All I did was ask for some.
Koaftder: Nintendo probably cant make a gamecube for 57 bucks.
We still don't know the actual store cost, so that's a whole new can of worms.
When I was working in a camera store, we made most of our profit on film and accessories. Our markup on the actual cameras was less than 10%. I assume game stores operate on similar terms. They REALLY don't like it if you get the system in one place and buy your games elsewhere. I bought my memory card before I got the console, and the salesman was shocked that I didn't want a memory card to go with my Cube.
To make him feel better, I told him I bought everything at that store, just on different days. ;-)
Looks like a net loss on the device.
My personal belief is that Nintendo makes a gross profit on the hardware, but makes a net loss. There's a lot of ways to interpret profit, which is why I'm curious about the manufacturing cost and store cost. Of course, manufacturing cost is something only Nintendo knows.
Lou: Also an MSRP is not always ~ twice the actual costs. It varies across different industries.
Correct. I learned the hard way that selling cameras is a lousy business.
Our markup on film processing, however, was quite remarkable. I think it was 60%. Gotta pay for that $100,000 Kodak processor and $10,000-a-year service contract, somehow. (Hint: the machines don't come with warantees, they require "service contracts").
Yes, exactly why I started the "potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP" thread. To move the platform forward as a whole. Instead of support, my idea was picked about for trolling's sake.
That's because your behavior over there is much the same as over here. Getting you to post proof is like pulling teeth. Plus, your persistent use of all caps and name-calling gets on everyone's nerves, which is why so few people comment on that thread, even though so many people have read it.
Quite a read for anyone here who wonders where the hostility toward adolescent and Waccoon comes from.
From you, mostly. Seriously, who in this thread has made the most hostile comments, Mr. Calls Everyone an I.A.C.
Unlike you, I don't respond to everything I don't like with, "You're just a trolling idiot."
Koaftder: AROS seems to strive towards compatability with 3.1. I dont think this is a good direction.
That's my big problem with it, too. Of course, it crashes like crazy on all of my computers every time I try to read a CD-ROM. Obviously, there's a long way to go, and it's still not trying to be better than OS3.x at its core.
ive been thinking of forking aros, but am concerned that it might end up fragmenting things and generally causing problems.
I forked a project called Oekaki Poteto, and now I'm the official developer. Of course, I'm the only one working on it -- nobody else wanted to fix the bugs and critical security problems that were, like, a year old. :lol:
