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    Chris

    Game store managers hate you.

    posted by Chris on September 18, 2005 12:07 PM in Rant

    Here's a thought I had regarding the Revolution (or the N5, which many people are calling it, since Revolution isn't going to be the final name).

    Depending on the price and availability of NES, SNES, and N64 games for download, Nintendo could seriously undercut the used games market.

    Could there be a backlash from major game store retailers such as GameStop? We all know that they make a fair chunk of money by ripping you off; buying your used games for a nickel and then selling them back to someone else for 40 bucks. If Nintendo's Virtual Console takes away from their bottom line, would they be motivated to "discourage" sales of the N5? I know that NES, SNES, and N64 games aren't the biggest part of their used game sales, but it's probably still a decent amount.

    --Geek

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    Joey Kava says:

    posted November 28, 2005 6:38 PM

    I think that it is fair to say that I personally will be getting an N5 no matter what they may think.

    I hope it does cut into the money grubbers pockets, it is about time that there is something for a real gamer and not for the retailers.

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