NeoGeo not a money making venture overall

I'm interested to read all the commotion about Shawn selling his brand new AES systems for a tidy profit. The truth is that he still has a very substantial outlay tied up with his many unsold copies of MS3 and Sengoku 3 (339 and 418 copies respectively)...well over $150,000 which will take a long time to re-coup , if ever. Add to this (certainly to a lesser extent)the much less popular items such as most Neo Cds and certain pocket games which are notoriously hard to move and you have a very substantial investment with the unlikely prospect of a profit (at least in the short term). So it's hard to begrudge a quick profit on the AES systems when you look at the total scenario.

In fact the video game market is the last place you'd enter if you were starting up a business at the moment. Traditionally it has always been a volatile market and it has been made worse by the recent worldwide economic downturn.

excuses, excuses, excuses.. If whatshisface had $20000something to get screwed out of in a freaking video game purchase, then I'm not gonna be shedding any tears of him not recouping his 1 cent each for those HK neo-cds, LOL..

Cracking old ladies in the skull and taking their wallets is a good way to get money, but ethical it isn't. (See? It's the 'straw man' gambit! Propose a scenario as an equivilent that has nothing to do with the subject at hand! Woohoo! In your face, debate club!!!)

Hey, have you guys seen the "black CDs" at best buy? Hmmmm.. I wonder what you'd use those for!?!?!?! hehehe

Originally posted by Surly Bob:
<STRONG>excuses, excuses, excuses.. If whatshisface had $20000something to get screwed out of in a freaking video game purchase, then I'm not gonna be shedding any tears of him not recouping his 1 cent each for those HK neo-cds, LOL..

Cracking old ladies in the skull and taking their wallets is a good way to get money, but ethical it isn't. (See? It's the 'straw man' gambit! Propose a scenario as an equivilent that has nothing to do with the subject at hand! Woohoo! In your face, debate club!!!)

Hey, have you guys seen the "black CDs" at best buy? Hmmmm.. I wonder what you'd use those for!?!?!?! hehehe</STRONG>

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Okay... Is it just me, or can anyone tell what this kid is babbling about?

Okay... Is it just me, or can anyone tell what this kid is babbling about?

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He's a troll from ON.com, I believe. He had it out with some of our own trolls in the "encryption" thread that now rests beneath a rotting pile of SPAM in the War Room.

I would've thought Shawn wants to MAKE money, just like the rest of us.

Or maybe that's just me <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

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Okay... Is it just me, or can anyone tell what this kid is babbling about?</STRONG>

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Obviously another moron . . . like we don't have enough of those already. LOL . . . <IMG SRC="smilies/eek2.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek2.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek2.gif" border="0">

No money to be made huh? Its funny how you say that. I have been in the business for 21 years and it has always been really good to me.


I think the key to making money and continueing to make it is keeping your name good and not overcharging your customers. Dont burn bridges so to speak....

GA,

What is your homepage URL. Didn't show up on your last post.

-Pichai

This is just a collection of some of the stuff I have around my house but if you need anything or have trades in mind just shoot me an email. http://members.tripod.com/~gamersabyss/main.html

Don't worry about it....Shawn will do alright....you don't sell all your games in one day or else you won't have a shop for anyone to come to...

It's business...some people make money..some people don't....don't worry about it <IMG SRC="smilies/smirk.gif" border="0">