Hi everyone,
Some explanations on the European launch fiasco have been posted by Akumajo (who happens to be both *very* close to GamePark and a reliable source of info) over at GP32news.com.
Those of you who can read french should go http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?s=29675 for more info.
For those who don't here's a quick summary
Aku says that at first Mitsui was to order 60000 GPs to Gamepark for the official launch in November, and then 200000 more for 2004. It seems that Mitsui had carefully studied GamePark's financial situation before taking such a decision.
But then, for an undisclosed reason, Mitsui only ordered 5000 consoles which is not enough for GamePark to launch mass production (GP hasn't got a factory and has to pay to have GP32s assembled, so the more they order, the less it cost per unit. All the GP32s in stock seem to have been assembled in a single batch).
Moreover Akumajo says Mitsui may not be all that clean when they say they had to cancel the launch due to GP's financial situation. According to him GP is not in a good situation right now, but they're still far from closing their doors (edited by akumajo)
One thing is for sure though: Mitsui is expecting "something" (what it is remains unclear, as Akumajo is not allowed to reveal it) from Gamepark before November . They may not have given up on the European launch after all.
Wait & see. We'll surely have more info on that next week or so.
There is little hope that we'll see the GP32 officially coming to europe, but still, there is some.
Stay tuned.
Some explanations on the European launch fiasco have been posted by Akumajo (who happens to be both *very* close to GamePark and a reliable source of info) over at GP32news.com.
Those of you who can read french should go http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?s=29675 for more info.
For those who don't here's a quick summary
Aku says that at first Mitsui was to order 60000 GPs to Gamepark for the official launch in November, and then 200000 more for 2004. It seems that Mitsui had carefully studied GamePark's financial situation before taking such a decision.
But then, for an undisclosed reason, Mitsui only ordered 5000 consoles which is not enough for GamePark to launch mass production (GP hasn't got a factory and has to pay to have GP32s assembled, so the more they order, the less it cost per unit. All the GP32s in stock seem to have been assembled in a single batch).
Moreover Akumajo says Mitsui may not be all that clean when they say they had to cancel the launch due to GP's financial situation. According to him GP is not in a good situation right now, but they're still far from closing their doors (edited by akumajo)
One thing is for sure though: Mitsui is expecting "something" (what it is remains unclear, as Akumajo is not allowed to reveal it) from Gamepark before November . They may not have given up on the European launch after all.
Wait & see. We'll surely have more info on that next week or so.
There is little hope that we'll see the GP32 officially coming to europe, but still, there is some.
Stay tuned.
