Just look at theese two jpg's that esotericaly means what pandora is going to end likeGruso said:
IIRC all official price announcements have been qualified with "about" or "around". That seems to imply they want a little wriggle room and that not all costs are known yet - as far as I can tell, the casing hasn't been finalised, nor has the battery. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time a project's come in a bit over budget.Exophase said:
I'm assuming he's saying that he knows the profit craig is going to make. How, I don't know, unless he's in the insider circle of course...Gruso said:
Yup, and this is confirmed by the posts such as "Would you prefer a longer runtime or a cheaper battery?" and such like. The original estimation was exactly that, an estimation of the price at that time. We should expect it to cost more now.fishybawb said:
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Yeah it is very strong, 94 cents to be exact which makes getting American products not that much more costly. I just hope I can trust Play-Asia (which will probably be the supplier for Asia-Pacific) to ship it to me correctly.Gruso said:Our dollar is strong against the US at the moment so I'm expecting a price of $350 AUD. Add anything from $20 to $50 for postage from overseas, and you're still in value country.
Josheh said:How much more is it going to be? "In Aus $ or USA i'll convert? How sure are they of a release in the next month or two like stated?? Are they even going to have a place for us Australian's to buy???
Another Australian? Wow. I think there's enough Aussies here to hold a miniature online riot if we can't get our hands on a Pandora.
I have a GP2X f-100 and I've been watching the Pandora forums here a month or so now. The pandora is looking like it will be many times better, it's really just a miniature laptop with beefed up gaming hardware. Even has a powered usb port. The only issue is it's not x86 compatible so programs will need to be ported, but many linux programs will likely port with little trouble. If you don't like tinkering and trying (buggy) beta software then you're probably in for a few extra months wait for the pandora after it's released.
The Gp2x is frankly quite limited. The only advantage is it's been around ages and has a bucketload of games for it. It's not particularly usefull for things other than games thoguh and they're primarily 2d games(or emulators) too. Not much 3d support. Although the touch screen was only added a year or two back, so it's still got some life left in it I guess.
This is considering that you don't have batteries which you might. Consider this though. If you want to use Pandora as a console that hooks up to your TV and acts as a portable emulation machine that supports 2 or more players, the GP2X is going to cost you some serious loot because you'll have to buy a cradle and a power adapter also and you still wont get SNES (not supported ATM and might never be). If this is important then you are probably better off waiting.Gruso said:I won't rehash what everyone else said - there are good reasons to buy a GP2X now but there's a strong case for waiting, too. Especially if your budget only allows for one or the other.
Here's what I've laid out so far on my GP2X F200. I'm in Australia.
GP2X $229
Carry case $29
AC Adaptor $29
2x 2GB SD Card $50 (25ea)
4 batteries & charger $70
Total $407 AUD. (I could have done it cheaper but I went for quality, especially with the batteries).
There will be no silly battery & charger purchase necessary for Pandora. Unconfirmed chatter seems to be that it will come with a TV out cable, something that would cost me further $18 for the GP2X. With all its power and potential, Pandora is looking like mighty good value.
Our dollar is strong against the US at the moment so I'm expecting a price of $350 AUD. Add anything from $20 to $50 for postage from overseas, and you're still in value country.
Was thinking of that mate, but it's like $30 - $40 more expensive from them than it is from Play-Asia.JakeK said:
The thing with comparing it with the Pandora is that you have to compare it with the plusses of the PSP as well instead of only focusing on the Pandora (to be expected because it is this forum, and same to be expected if asked on a PSP forum, but still...). PSP is $170 on Amazon.com, so, factoring a probable (hopefully not) price increase of Pandora, PSP is about half the cost of the Pandora. Now look at it from the point of view of others not already sold on the device (a.k.a. people not on these forums). What does/will the Pandora do that the PSP cannot? Emulation is a big selling point, and the Pandora's big emulator seems like it will be PSX (which is OLD news on the PSP and is already perfect). So, for something that costs about twice as much as a PSP, as far as emulation is concerned, people will expect it to emulate at the least N64, along with maybe Sega Saturn and Dreamcast (I know this will not happen and am not expecting Pandora to do it; I'm just saying this is what people will likely expect). For other emulated systems, the extra stuff the Pandora will do over the PSP that will be worthwhile will be polished SNES (SNES works on the PSP), and maybe a little better MAME? In addition, with PSP you get commercial games. This is as far as emulation/commercial games are concerned. It'd be great if we could get a list of specifics that each system can do (I'm interested in the non-emulation stuff that the Pandora can do).javaJake said:Well, let me help you get an idea. Think about how much more power and functionality the Pandora has vs. the PSP or any other so-called "advanced" handheld currently out. Now compare the prices. The PSP costs $200, 2/3 of the Pandora's price, and can barely do what the Pandora will do. The GP2X simply does not stack up at all in any function. The Pandora has much more value over anything out there. You just can't get a more advanced handheld, in my opinion.
Is that worth the wait? The measly $320? I think so.
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