sdstuff64 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 NOOOOOO!Damn you Nintendo!I just got PSO and have been looking for a BBA,and have even preordered one and now it looks like I will never find one. Go here! DAMN YOU ANTIONLINE NINTENDO ASSHOLES! Sorry,I really needed to get that out. If your a young one,you shouldn't have had to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Guess I won't be buying a Gamecube after all.... or paying for anymore GBA games... or doing anything other than trying to rip Nintendo off at every opportunity. IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT, NINTENDO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Try Walmart. They had 4 in my area. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 Try Walmart. They had 4 in my area. Tempest Yea,I read your post about that at DP and I called every Walmart,Best Buy,GameStop,EB,Target,Kmart,and Cir. City around me.Took over an hour and a half,and I got nothing. Well Nintendo,I'm gonna give it to ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Something tells me they will do another run. All you have to do is be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 basic economics friends. Cause a shortage when there is high demand, and they can charge whatever the hell they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I guess that explains why I couldn't find PSO or the BBA anywhere this weekend....Grrr..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylentwulf Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Damn, looks like I screwed up again. They had 4 of them at walmart the other day. Weren't even priced yet, just put on the shelves. Oh well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 I just hope I hear about more of them in a few days,I really don't wanna buy one on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikau Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 this is the exact thing that happened to sonys BBA. they simply didnt make as many as they people wanted. nintendo isnt anti-online, they were just cautious. if they had made a million BBAs, and they hadnt sold well, it would have sucked. so instead they aimed too low. it didnt work out, but remember that sony did the same thing. i wonder if microsoft will screw up like this... also, if you really wanted one, a pre-order would have worked (from a ebgames.com, not a store) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylentwulf Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 I STILL haven't seen any Sony ones yet. You would think once they DID see the demand, they could have pumped out a lot more very quickly. NO excuse for this much of a delay, looks like they just WANT console online play to fail REALLY REALLY bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted November 8, 2002 Author Share Posted November 8, 2002 Sony didn't have any for a week,and it has been almost two weeks and still no BBA.Also Sony didn't come out with a BBA mikau,a network adapter is what they have.And yes they are different.And Nintendo is antionline,they have no onlines games!PSO is online,but it's Sega. SCREW NINTENDO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikau Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Sony didn't have any for a week,and it has been almost three weeks and still no BBA.Also Sony didn't come out with a BBA mikau,a network adapter is what they have.And yes they are different.And Nintendo is antionline,they have no onlines games!PSO is online,but it's Sega. nintendo has no currently online games, but they are developing about 5. and i think they are pretty busy with everything else they are doing right now. and the GC BBA has only been out about a week and a half. it shipped on october 29. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 Microsoft is Broadband only! So there will most definetly be enough kits to go around. This is great that the other consoles are suffering with online play, because XBox live is fantastic and we're going to see a lot of people converting. Woo Hoo! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 What's the deal with the Sony broadband adapter? Way back when I thought they were going to let you plug any adapter into the USB. I guess any way to soak the consumer they can. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrybrit Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 They had 2 BBA and 4 MODEMs for the NGC. Phantasy Star Online was also on the shelf for the NGC. They had only 1 copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted November 10, 2002 Author Share Posted November 10, 2002 What's the deal with the Sony broadband adapter? Way back when I thought they were going to let you plug any adapter into the USB. I guess any way to soak the consumer they can. Eric You can use the Network Adapter to use Cable/DSL,56k and what not.Or you can plug your modem in through the USB port.Whatever floats your boat!Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 The lag between the maturation of PC online gaming and console online gaming is truly baffling to me. The console manufactures have repeatedly misplayed the rollout of online hardware and software has been too slow to catch up. Maybe part of this has to do with the link between online play and hard drives. MMORPGs and the like really cry out for a lot of save-game storage. I don't know what the excuse is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 As it says on that website, it's not that they quit making them, it's just that retailers can't get any. I think Nintendo is just doing what any buisnes would do, sell a few to see how much they can get for em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted November 11, 2002 Author Share Posted November 11, 2002 As it says on that website, it's not that they quit making them, it's just that retailers can't get any. I think Nintendo is just doing what any buisnes would do, sell a few to see how much they can get for em. Well I have had mine preordered and I am still waiting.I have called the store everyday hoping that they got the BBAs in,but no luck yet.Damnit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashbourn Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 damn that messed up it not like they were not selling well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Is availability still an issue? I was in Target on Long Island on Saturday and they had 4 GC Broadband adapters. They were $34.99 each. I seemed to remember something about this on the boards and found this older thread. Is anybody is still looking, check your local Target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 i wouldn't bother getting online with the GC until that controller/keyboard comes out (for anything less than $75 import!). Anyone who's played PSO on the Dreamcast without a keyboard will know how pointless it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 i found a bba at eb last week, so i guess theyre finally trickling into the sales channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 PSO is coming to XBox... and while it still suffers with keyboard issues, the voice communicator will help leaps and bounds over GCN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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