5 Dec
2003
5 Dec
'03
4:52 a.m.
Its ridiculous price gouging, the cost to put such a unit together is under
$400. Midway has been doing this same thing for a while with its Ms Pac
Man/Galaga units, Atari has a Missile Command/Millipede/Centipede machine
out there and one thing that article doesn't mention is just like the Midway
machine, the Taito unit is also a dual machine with both Space Invaders and
Qix together...
These are already available in the US, Frontgate has them for $3495 each,
you can also find them through Amazon.com and Walmart.com as well... all
way overpriced.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope(a)wordstock.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Space Invaders returning to arcades...
Check this out:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/05/space.invaders.reut/index.html
10,000 Space Invaders units to be sold in the US for $2,772 apiece. But
because of inflation, the cost per game is now going to be 50 cents!
<rant>
Are these people on crack?! What development time went into this? What
costs are they recouping? Or do they just want to gouge the classic
gamers?
</rant>
Cheers,
Bryan Pope