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to: JONATHAN FINGAS
from: JASON LUMPKIN
date: 1998-02-10 18:42:00
subject: STATE OF THE N64

 -=> Quoting Jonathan Fingas to Jason Lumpkin <=-
 JF> Actually, I don't think the 64DD will fragment the market as much
 JF> as, say, the 32X or CD add-ons did for Sega.  The key is that, unlike
 JF> those other upgrades, this is a collection of upgrades: larger storage
 JF> medium, more RAM, a modem.  Of course, there will doubtlessly be some
 JF> people who don't (and/or won't) get the 64DD.  But for the people who
 JF> are seriously into the N64, it will certainly be tempting.
The 64DD will probably not fragment the user base as much as Sega's add-
ons because the N64 is still relatively early in it's life span.  I don't
think the N64 will come with a modem.  Nintendo is trying to reach a price
point of $99.99 and that is going to be hard to do with just the drive and
the memory upgrade, so I think the modem will get dumped.
 Jason Lumpkin
 jlumpkin@iso.net
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