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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (27227)	8/17/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Apropos of nothing.... When were those video game revenues supposed to start roaring in? ======================================================== tomshardware.com Gaming system price war heats up Nintendo has joined rival Sony by dropping the price of its current generation game system to less than $100. Nintendo 64 systems will be available in the U.S. for $99.95 starting next Monday, the same day that Sony plans to cut the price of its Playstation system to $99. The price cuts come as Sega plans to launch its new Dreamcast system in the U.S. Sept 9, more than a year ahead of the launch of Nintendo's and Sony's new systems. Already available in Japan, the Dreamcast system features a built-in 56K modem, which eventually will allow users to play games with other players over the Internet. Sony and Nintendo aren't expected to release their next generation systems until the 2000 holiday shopping season.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (27227)	8/17/1999 10:38:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Tench - RE: "That will make DRDRAM a much more viable alternative to PC100 SDRAM (which itself should go down to $40 by that time)." When Intel announces support for PC133 RAM at the IDF, which articles have practically assured, PC100 and PC133 prices will be sure to drop significantly over the coming months because of the potential PC133 volume. And if OEMs can use the cheaper PC133 RAM, they will be slower to move to RDRAM, especially if they want their top of the line PIII systems to be able to sell alongside Athlon systems. This will slow down the drop in RDRAM price, even if production goes up significantly. So depending on the time Timna comes out, a price gap may still be pretty large between PC133 and DRDRAM.