Panasonic Q Discontinued

[nildem]

Anyone know how many of these were made?

Regardless, it'd be a good idea to get one now before the eBay drones hear about this.

http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6085787.html

[MarioAllStar2600]

Not cool. I wanted to get one of these but they were way to expensive.

[omnedon]

I've repaired one of those, but i don't own one. What an unholy marriage of a GC and a DVD player onthe inside. Ive never seen so may ribbon cables in one machine (12+ !!!)

Cooo-oool machine though. Same procedure as a GC to region switch mod the GC playability. Much harder to get at the GC guts inside it though. If I had the money, I'd like to have one.

[Ze_ro]

How popular was this machine in Japan anyways? Like, how did it's sales compare to normal Gamecube sales?

--Zero

[Ed Oscuro]

Doh. I'll have to buy one as soon as I get the money around, and leave it in the box too I suppose :/

[Flack]

Total speculation here, but with the Gamecube loaders advancing at the rate they are, I'm sure a mod chip isn't too far down the road. I'm sure N doesn't need a unit out there that plays regular sized discs to help anyone out.

[wberdan]

man... ive wanted one of these from the moment i saw it..
this sucks, cause now im gonna end up paying more for it.
it looks really cool, even though id never actually use it

willie

[NoahsMyBro]

I've lusted after one of these since the first time I saw one, but as with everybody else, it was simply too expensive for me.

Now, as I don't yet have a Gamecube, and my only DVD player is an el-cheapo model (that I'm pefectly happy with, btw), I'd probably use it frequently.

Hell, I don't have any of the current systems yet, and the Gamecube is the one I want most. I really wish I could blow $500 on this thing while Lik-sang still has a few left.

Oh well. Life goes on, and my Dreamcasts still kick!

[Ed Oscuro]

Total speculation here, but with the Gamecube loaders advancing at the rate they are, I'm sure a mod chip isn't too far down the road. I'm sure N doesn't need a unit out there that plays regular sized discs to help anyone out.

Pressured to quit? That's an interesting possibility you bring up.

[Raedon]

Total speculation here, but with the Gamecube loaders advancing at the rate they are, I'm sure a mod chip isn't too far down the road. I'm sure N doesn't need a unit out there that plays regular sized discs to help anyone out.

the market is way way way to small for anyone to EVER mod out an Pan. Q or even a GC.. I mean, for what games? The logic is off.

[Flack]

Total speculation here, but with the Gamecube loaders advancing at the rate they are, I'm sure a mod chip isn't too far down the road. I'm sure N doesn't need a unit out there that plays regular sized discs to help anyone out.

the market is way way way to small for anyone to EVER mod out an Pan. Q or even a GC.. I mean, for what games? The logic is off.

You're saying the GC won't get modded because the market is too small? If so, you're way off there. I believe now that they know how to feed data into a Gamecube, it's only a matter of time before a chip comes out. Unfortunately, there's always a market when it comes to people wanting something for nothing.

I haven't seen a Panasonic Q in person so I don't really know, but I would assume that since it reads DVDs (and full sized ones at that) it would be a lot easier to mod.