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[Azure Dream]

I just got the September issue in the mail today, and it's right there on page 32, in "The Goods," section.

A Small but Bright Star

Game Boy Micro » Nintendo shrunk its Game Boy down to the size of a pack of gum. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery nets about 10 hours of battery life for the backlit two-inch screen. Swappable faceplates.
$100 » nintendo.com

No new information other than the price, so maybe that's just an estimate (it sometimes is on the page), but I assume they usually go with the information given to them.

 

[Wario64]

interesting, especially with the DS price drop coming. $20 more for a DS...

 

[impirius]

That's unsurprising and disappointing if true, but I'm sure it won't stop Nintendo from selling a ton of them.

 

[Chittagong]

That price is

1. Rape
2. Licence to print money
3. Both

 

[Red Scarlet]

I'll stick with my SP.

 

[FiRez]

I'm just hoping that the GBA SP drops to 60$ at least

 

[123rl]

That price is

1. Rape
2. Licence to print money
3. Both

4 - about $45 too high

I wouldn't be surprised if it's £75 over in Britain tbh. The GBA SP still retails for £70 which is wallet rape

 

[AB 101]

interesting, especially with the DS price drop coming. $20 more for a DS...

Ninty is already feeling the need for a price drop?

 

[Ironclad]

I was expecting it to be at least $20 cheaper. If this is true, that price is far too high.

 

[Fuzzy]

I'm not doubting that Nintendo would make a lot of money on the GBM at that price but it's going to be at the expense of DS sales. Nintendo is fracturing the handheld market too much.

 

[Mac the KNife]

So they're shooting for the casual crowd with a $100 Gameboy? Burn!

 

[Chittagong]

Three Game Boy Micros is as valuable as an Xbox tree sitty

 

[Wario64]

Ninty is already feeling the need for a price drop?

http://ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=59012

 

[Mrbob]

I win.

 

[psycho_snake]

Its a crap gimmick and they are pricing it that high! This is the third GBA, Im sure evryone who has one doesnt need another.

 

[Ponn]

100 bucks for a smaller screen and the option to BUY MORE GBA accessories (faceplates)? I pass and will just stick with my GBA SP.

 

[Fuzzy]

Its a crap gimmick and they are pricing it that high! This is the third GBA, Im sure evryone who has one doesnt need another.

Not only is it the third GBA but the fifth way to play GBA games.

 

[Ronabo]

100 bucs is too much, unless there is a game packed in with it. It would have to be a good game too.

 

[Link316]

I would've been more than willing to pay $99 if it had a larger screen, GB/GBC compatibility & MP3 playback

 

[StRaNgE]

for 40-60 bucks i will buy one just because.

at 60-100 i could care less about it.

 

[wobedraggled]

Word had it at one time that it would have play-yan functionality built in. If that is the case $100 is well worth it, otherwise sell it for $50

 

[Vark]

It's meant to go after the people that will drop $99 bucks for a 512meg Ipod Shuffle. They'll sell.

 

[ManaByte]

It's meant to go after the people that will drop $99 bucks for a 512meg Ipod Shuffle. They'll sell.

Except this can't play their MP3s.

 

[IJoel]

Sadly this will most likely sell, and continue fueling Nintendo to keep selling obsolete garbage hardware.

 

[Ruzbeh]

Since when is 'Popular Science' a respected magazine for game related info? It's not going to be 100 dollars. That's only 30 dollars less than the DS.

 

[soul.less]

I posted this on another gaming forum but I don't think it'd hurt to post it here:

"Yeah... I mean, people have to consider what they're paying for: a stripped down Game Boy Advance. It has no backwards compatibility whatsoever, the screen is, amazingly, even smaller than before, and this thing might (MIGHT) be a bit too small for its own good. If Nintendo prices this thing over $50, they're crazy, plain and simple."

 

[Wario64]

popular science had a pretty good article on Forza in the past. i dont read the magazine much though

 

[Borys]

Except this can't play their MP3s.

With the rumoured Play-Yan it can. Some of them at least.
Still this aims at the "luxury & unnecessary" sector. I'm pretty sure 50% of Micro sales will be from people who already own GBA not from first-comers.

 

[Amir0x]

I wasn't the audience for this and it'll sell either way, so I don't care.

 

[The Faceless Master]

what's sad is i konw it'll sell like the proverbial hotcakes this xmas...

i wouldn't be surprised to see parents buy a ds for the older kid and a micro for the younger...
"wow, settle both kids in for the price of a PSP!"

 

[Vandiger]

Why would it sell? I mean you can get a GBA SP cheaper or if you have some money left over a DS to play those nifty new DS titles. I don't understand their business sense here.

 

[Lindsay]

I'll stick with my SP.

Saber with glasses! Gimme!

Oh and ditto on the staying with SP (even though mine battery is dying).

 

[jamesinclair]

I think its a guess.

I think they sell for:

129 DS
89 GBA Micro
69 GBA SP
39 GBA / GB Player

 

[Vark]

Why would it sell? I mean you can get a GBA SP cheaper or if you have some money left over a DS to play those nifty new DS titles. I don't understand their business sense here.

Because people like tiny shiney things.

The GBA micro is 'cute' it's up there with ipod Mini's for size and the screen on it is really crisp. Plus you can fit it in any pocket, unlike the SP or the DS which require some form of commitment to carry around.

 

[Starfire]

Please let this mean a GBA SP price drop, the DS will look tempting at $120 too.

 

[Matlock]

With play yan: no.
Without play yan: no.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Now that's highway robbery.

"insert Shiggy with a bandana over his face pic here"

 

[olimario]

If it drops the SP price to $40 then I'm all for this.

 

[radioheadrule83]

If they did this and bundled a western v2 play yan with a decent SD card, it wouldnt be that bad a price...

if its just the micro, it needs to be lower.

 

[FortNinety]

When is this DS price drop going to happen exactly?

 

[Fuzzy]

When is this DS price drop going to happen exactly?

Beginning of next week IIRC.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Gameboy's are like Ipods (only about 20X more popular) now. Why is anyone suprised that they are releasing multiple styles and models, just like Apple does? They are just giving people multiple options. You dont want a Micro or think its too expensive? Get an SP or a DS.

 

[Mr_Furious]

$100 is a very insulting but telling sign about how Nintendo perceives the marketplace.

If true, that is.

 

[Bigfoot]

Except this can't play their MP3s.

An Ipod Shuffle can't play GBA games... what's your point?

 

[Timen]

if Nintendo prices this thing around $50 it will be the fastes selling thing ever

if they price it round $100 it will stay on the shelves forever

source: magic eight ball

 

[Jacobi]

Every price is too much for the Micro IMO. It's just such a redundant thing - who needs a handheld on which you can't even read the texts of the games properly ? They should've remade the GBA SP in a sleeker way, with a better display.

 

[Ruzbeh]

if Nintendo prices this thing around $50 it will be the fastes selling thing ever

if they price it round $100 it will stay on the shelves forever

source: magic eight ball

:lol I concur. I was told the same by my source: common sense.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

Originally posted by jamesinclair:

129 DS
89 GBA Micro
69 GBA SP
39 GBA / GB Player

I thought GB Player still at $50?..... Is Nintendo droping the price on the GB Player anytime soon???

 

[Jado]

I recall reading before that the Micro was to be the "price of a single game" or something along those lines. Was this just internet rumor or did it actually once come from the mouth of someone at Nintendo?

 

[Wario64]

I recall reading before that the Micro was to be the "price of a single game" or something along those lines. Was this just internet rumor or did it actually once come from the mouth of someone at Nintendo?

haha what

no new handheld will ever be a "price fo a single game" unless it's one of those football tiger electronicsgames