Pandora Pricing - What Price Would You Pay?
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craigix
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And with that Mr.B vanished off the face of the forum and took his trolling & PSP with him. Never again did he return to say the same old things over and over again just like a certain Epicenter used to.
The End.
The End.
javaJake
Jacob Godserv
Epilogue: Mr. B continued to post the same thing over and over on the forums, but a certain Squidge took control of the situation.
Yuglooc
Go Go Igo!
I think I liked Craigs ending the better
Anyhow, 320 is a nice price, I could stretch it to 400, but that would be though on me budget
Anyhow, 320 is a nice price, I could stretch it to 400, but that would be though on me budget
javaJake
Jacob Godserv
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Odd. You checked yourself for a root kit? Seams you have an odd case of blurry vision. None of the PSP's i've seen had blurry imaging, unless there was motion blur in the game.
Now, in my opinion its trying hard to be a eeePC, a UMPC, or any other odd letter combination you can come up with, and falls short of it's heritage. B!
Hate to tell you but that "motion blurr in the game" was not a game feature, but an artifact of the screen The PSP screen is super sharp when images on it are not moving.
It is also NOT trying to be an EEE, if it was there would be no game controls :rolleyes:
I think the Pandora is cheap for what it does. And that is even considering how much of our US "Monopoly money" we will need to get one.
Odd. You checked yourself for a root kit? Seams you have an odd case of blurry vision. None of the PSP's i've seen had blurry imaging, unless there was motion blur in the game.
Now, in my opinion its trying hard to be a eeePC, a UMPC, or any other odd letter combination you can come up with, and falls short of it's heritage. B!
Hate to tell you but that "motion blurr in the game" was not a game feature, but an artifact of the screen
The PSP screen is super sharp when images on it are not moving.It is also NOT trying to be an EEE, if it was there would be no game controls :rolleyes:
I think the Pandora is cheap for what it does. And that is even considering how much of our US "Monopoly money" we will need to get one.
Prophet
God I'm old.
So Mr.B was banned?
Eh... I personally wouldn't have done that. He represents a segment of Pandora-curious people out there who will simply pass, and stick with their mainstream hardware. Mainly for economic reasons.
His post just demonstrates some of my earlier points.
There's so many choices in gadgets these days - you really can't release anything anymore without having some segment of the audience booing, and another segment cheering. In both cases, look at it as free marketing research.
Eh... I personally wouldn't have done that. He represents a segment of Pandora-curious people out there who will simply pass, and stick with their mainstream hardware. Mainly for economic reasons.
His post just demonstrates some of my earlier points.
There's so many choices in gadgets these days - you really can't release anything anymore without having some segment of the audience booing, and another segment cheering. In both cases, look at it as free marketing research.
Chip
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Prophet said:
I don't think so. I think that is just Craig's clever way of saying "If you don't like it, the door is over there."
B has been nothing but negative and argumentative about the Pandora's design, and he clearly doesn't get it, but that's hardly a ban-worthy offense. If you start banning people for not getting it, you're going to get lonely pretty quick.
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gruso
thunderbox
He's awfully long winded though. Not getting it is ok, not liking it is ok, but thousand-word diatribes arguing moot points are a waste of bandwidth.
J201605
Active Member
Surely with the power of the pandora there would be no performance barriers so i wonder if epicenter will end up making stargazer for the pandora, ive always wondered if the game actually existed or not and whether, after all his talk, epicenters game was any good.craigix said:And with that Mr.B vanished off the face of the forum and took his trolling & PSP with him. Never again did he return to say the same old things over and over again just like a certain Epicenter used to.
The End.
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trooper
Trooper`s watching you !!!
No!, He hasn`t been banned, I guess he has chosen to just sit over in a corner mumbling to himself. :rolleyes:Prophet said:
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C B Felterbush
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I think it is an unfair comparison to make, if your statement is. "I'll take a psp over a Pandora, it costs less." or
"why not get an eeePC instead?"
The truth is the Pandora can do so much more than both of those devices. It out classes any piece of portable gaming hardware by miles. And well for portable UMPC type functions you are going to have to compare a $800+ machine to get the functionality along with the small size that the Pandora offers.
I would have to say the Pandora is bot a gaming and UMPC luxury device. It would to me be a luxury to check my email and type a response on this forum from the coffee shop on my gaming device, as it would also be a luxury to play some very nice home-brew games and emulators on my palm sized computer.
Some time ago I made the decision to purchase a pair of KEF 207/2 Reference loudspeakers, Why? Because I am a fan of doing things right. I think that the guys here have put together a great machine, and as that is the case I will gladly pay their asking price. Technology is a luxury, your cell phone, your cd player, MP3 device, TV, computer, all of it. You might as well get the most for your money, and no matter what your argument there is no question that you get a great bang for your buck where the Pandora is concerned.
"why not get an eeePC instead?"
The truth is the Pandora can do so much more than both of those devices. It out classes any piece of portable gaming hardware by miles. And well for portable UMPC type functions you are going to have to compare a $800+ machine to get the functionality along with the small size that the Pandora offers.
I would have to say the Pandora is bot a gaming and UMPC luxury device. It would to me be a luxury to check my email and type a response on this forum from the coffee shop on my gaming device, as it would also be a luxury to play some very nice home-brew games and emulators on my palm sized computer.
Some time ago I made the decision to purchase a pair of KEF 207/2 Reference loudspeakers, Why? Because I am a fan of doing things right. I think that the guys here have put together a great machine, and as that is the case I will gladly pay their asking price. Technology is a luxury, your cell phone, your cd player, MP3 device, TV, computer, all of it. You might as well get the most for your money, and no matter what your argument there is no question that you get a great bang for your buck where the Pandora is concerned.
JakeK
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And a waste of my timeGruso said:
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quartercast
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And then Mr B. kicked the javaJake (the court jester) in the gonads after making him mysteriously come back to the forum after Count Craig banished him happily forever to PSPland.
cappuchok
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Shouldn't the "I'm in the UK..." option read "I'm in the EU..." instead? Just asking...
Anyway that's the option I chose (being in the EU and therefore paying UK prices). I do think it will be worth every penny and I'm making very sure I will be able to buy one of the first full production batch (that's one of the 3000 or more, not the first 100) even despite some current projects of mine incurring severe limits on my spendability over the next few months. I'm certainly willing to pay the full £200 plus shipping, and possibly a tad more (though no more than £10 on top of the predicted price before adding shipping costs).
The reason I'm sure it'll be worth it is because there is no similar device on the market, so for anyone looking for a device just like this, there really is no option. I have personally been looking for just such a device ever since first hearing of the GP2X, and even more so since actually buying a GP2X and being let down somewhat by the poor production quality of the cradle which negated it's usefulness for anything but casual gaming for me.
Perhaps the Pandora can rightfully be considered a luxury item (for the intended audience), but for me it's just as much a question of practicality - this is actually going to be replacing my laptop in many day-to-day situations including casual surfing, checking email, playing games (hopefully even netplay), doing field service tasks (including things requiring keyboard inputs), playing movies and photos (even on a TV), servicing my GP2X on the road (thanks to the double SD slots and keyboard), replacing my MP3 player and most other computing gadgets I carry with me every day, with the exception of my cellphone...
No other pocket-sized device on the market today would be able to do all of that, so there's truly no competition for the Pandora and therefore no real reason for me NOT to get one.
EDIT: Edited for readability.
Anyway that's the option I chose (being in the EU and therefore paying UK prices). I do think it will be worth every penny and I'm making very sure I will be able to buy one of the first full production batch (that's one of the 3000 or more, not the first 100) even despite some current projects of mine incurring severe limits on my spendability over the next few months. I'm certainly willing to pay the full £200 plus shipping, and possibly a tad more (though no more than £10 on top of the predicted price before adding shipping costs).
The reason I'm sure it'll be worth it is because there is no similar device on the market, so for anyone looking for a device just like this, there really is no option. I have personally been looking for just such a device ever since first hearing of the GP2X, and even more so since actually buying a GP2X and being let down somewhat by the poor production quality of the cradle which negated it's usefulness for anything but casual gaming for me.
Perhaps the Pandora can rightfully be considered a luxury item (for the intended audience), but for me it's just as much a question of practicality - this is actually going to be replacing my laptop in many day-to-day situations including casual surfing, checking email, playing games (hopefully even netplay), doing field service tasks (including things requiring keyboard inputs), playing movies and photos (even on a TV), servicing my GP2X on the road (thanks to the double SD slots and keyboard), replacing my MP3 player and most other computing gadgets I carry with me every day, with the exception of my cellphone...
No other pocket-sized device on the market today would be able to do all of that, so there's truly no competition for the Pandora and therefore no real reason for me NOT to get one.
EDIT: Edited for readability.
Prophet
God I'm old.
Actually Tobriand added that option with my blessing.cappuchok said:
But yeah, just consider it as EU.
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Cervante
PS3 ID: Cervante1
SIMPLE ANSWER SAVE YOUR MONIEZ!
From here to december is 10 months, save $50 a month & by christmas youll have $500, enoughto buy the pandora, SDHC cards , express shipping & even a few extra goodies. I mean really , thats what I did with the GP2X making 2006-07 best handheld gaming of my life, until my unit broke down by excessive wear & tear. The psp at this moment is a temp to hold me down for the pandora.
From here to december is 10 months, save $50 a month & by christmas youll have $500, enoughto buy the pandora, SDHC cards , express shipping & even a few extra goodies. I mean really , thats what I did with the GP2X making 2006-07 best handheld gaming of my life, until my unit broke down by excessive wear & tear. The psp at this moment is a temp to hold me down for the pandora.
Jarska333
What do you want?
Eh, ~250€ seems a bit pricey to me. I know it propably is worth the money, if one uses it to it's full potential. Me, I'd just play 8-16 bit games with it, and I'm not sure it's worth the dough, in that case. A 2X with a proper pad would suffice quite nicely.
Of course, could well be, that once I have one, I'd do other things with it, also.
Of course, could well be, that once I have one, I'd do other things with it, also.
Actually, i could have sworn everyone had the option just not to read the posts they didn't like...
And, i think I've said it over and over. I have nothing against the Pandora, just the packaging, and presenting it as "a GP2X replacement."
Either it's a dedicated gaming unit, in which case its design sucks, or its a general purpose UMPC, in which case there are other alternatives that are better designed, but might lack some of the benefits of this device, or its even a eeePC, in which case a whole different can of worms are opened, and the content set free.
Oh.. And no. Not banned, and not going away. Your hero remains. I'll probably be banned if sales are kinda so so, and they actually go with a second design, following my wishes, and it outsells the current design by far. (Well, most likely due to getting tired of hearing me chant "i told ya so")
B!
And, i think I've said it over and over. I have nothing against the Pandora, just the packaging, and presenting it as "a GP2X replacement."
Either it's a dedicated gaming unit, in which case its design sucks, or its a general purpose UMPC, in which case there are other alternatives that are better designed, but might lack some of the benefits of this device, or its even a eeePC, in which case a whole different can of worms are opened, and the content set free.
Oh.. And no. Not banned, and not going away. Your hero remains. I'll probably be banned if sales are kinda so so, and they actually go with a second design, following my wishes, and it outsells the current design by far. (Well, most likely due to getting tired of hearing me chant "i told ya so")
B!
Exophase
Nothing good will ever come of Exophase.
How can you know you don't like a post if you haven't read it? Kind of a catch 22 don't you think :BMr B said:
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