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ID4 Asia News| editor |  Posted: May 28 2007, 03:15 PM |
IDW Expert Member  Group: Members Posts: 111 Member No.: 19,435 Joined: Aug 10th 2006 Location: Update Profile | Taiwan market: Astro to become sales agent for Sega Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Latest news Press release, May 28; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Monday 28 May 2007] Astro Corporation, a Taiwan-based producer of electronic gaming machines mainly for export, on May 25 signed a letter of intent with Sega Amusements Taiwan and Japan-based ALTA Company for the exclusive Taiwan sales agent rights for Initial D Arcade Stage 4, the latest version of the car-racing game series Initial D Arcade Stage produced by Japan-based Sega Rosso, according to the company. The signing paves the way for both sides to sign a one-year sales agent contract, Astro pointed out. Initial D Arcade Stage 4 machines were launched in Japan in March and have gained good market response, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). Astro expects popular arcade machines in the Japan market to cater to game players in Taiwan too and has therefore decided to introduce Initial D Arcade Stage 4, EDN indicated. Initial D Arcade Stage 3 sells at over NT$300,000 (US$9,010) in the Taiwan market and the fourth version will be more expensive, EDN cited Astro as saying. Initial D Arcade Stage 4 is expected to come to the Taiwan market in July 2007 at the earliest, EDN noted. Astro may purchase such machines first and then resell them to Taiwan-based sales agents or retail stores, according to EDN. This post has been edited by editor on May 28 2007, 03:19 PM |
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| zippo729 | Posted: May 28 2007, 06:29 PM |
IDW God Member Group: Members Posts: 188 Member No.: 22,645 Joined: Dec 31st 2006 Location: The Rolling Hills. | hmm....i wonder what v4 will go for when it hits the states. i've seen about $10000 for a pair of v3 cabs as recently as last week on some sites. i hope it's not too expensive that it'll drive arcades away from it just by its cost, but idk what brand new machines run for anyway. |
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| ChaosAngel | Posted: May 28 2007, 10:06 PM |
IDW Spartan #6 Group: Advanced Members Posts: 961 Member No.: 22,883 Joined: Jan 18th 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia | or the arcades can just jack up the price to make up for the money they lost =P |
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| Excel | Posted: May 29 2007, 07:07 AM |
Snake is Sony's lone hero Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,480 Member No.: 4,625 Joined: Dec 18th 2004 Location: Update Profile | Last I heard it was $16000 for one machine, but this was prerelease. Maybe Editor could give us the current price? |
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| BDDEE@ | Posted: May 29 2007, 02:10 PM |
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,749 Member No.: 21,568 Joined: Nov 6th 2006 Location: Update Profile | $5000 per machine now for v3...big price drop since v4 was released |
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