View Full Version : Nintendo Sued In Europe.
Aswald
10-30-2002, 02:03 PM
Well, I guess it's not just here...
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=business&cat=antitrust_and_trade_regulation
Yes, that is excellent news.
I remember the time when I was walking around London town and in the gaming shops the NES was cheaper than a NES cartridge. (NES = £49.99....NES cart = £50.00 (around $80.00) and upwards).
Nintendo are always the worst rip-off gaming company in Europe, but as said in the book Game Over, Yamauchi was never interested in video games, only in making money as a company. The poduct is irrelevant.
MankeyMan
10-30-2002, 05:13 PM
Interestingly, it was the mainland European countries, like Germany and Scandinavia who were getting the worst deal. Paying up to £70 ($105)! for games.
Arrrhalomynn
10-30-2002, 05:29 PM
hmmmm. I remember some games costing about 100 bucks, but those were the 'special' ones, with extra stuff in it, like doom. If I remember correctly most mew nintendo games here cost around 60-70 dollars. Still an awful lot.
And nintendo didn't get sued, they got a fine from the EC. That's something different.
Aswald
10-31-2002, 02:32 PM
"Sued" sounds better than "fined." Which is not "fine" with Nintendo, which is-"sued" a statement about it...