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Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:40:30 GMT
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Kyle McDonald <KYLE.MCDONALD@SUN.COMihatespam>
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dan miller wrote:
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> I'm all for more powerful platforms, but at $250 there was no way they could
> have gone to megabytes.
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> One thing I think TLG should consider, given that (acc. to some article that
> was linked here) 50% or so of their market for RIS was adult hobbyists --
> they should come out with a high-end product at a considerably higher price.
> A $400 set with say NTX with 2 megs of ram, more pieces, maybe different
> motors, would sell pretty well I think.
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> If they don't, then hopefully aftermarket companies can pick up the slack.
I agree. When the RCX was found to have limitations in the enthusiast
community I can't say I blamed LEGO that much. With the RCX they didn't
know they were going to have a market with hobbyists anywhere near that
size.
Now we have the NXT. And we don't know for sure what expansion or
hacking possibilities or limitations it truly has. I think though that
given the RCX's past it should have been clear to LEGO that there would
be interest in a more expandable and even higher priced model in the
hobbyist market. It wouldn't have to be an upgraded unit even, just a
socket for a memory expansion card would be cool.
I know they have limits for the cost and the price for the kids/consumer
market. But they know now that the majority of the RCX's were bought by
adults with significantly more cash on hand than the average child. I'd
be very surprised if they didn't think of some way to capitalize on this.
I forget how many RCX's were sold so far, one figure was 40,000 but that
may have been per year. I remember this surprised LEGO. So even if
20,000 went to children, that means that 20,000 went to adults. Many of
whom bought more than one, and who also spent money on other LEGO sets,
sensors and other accessories. If there was a $400-$500 RCX available at
the time, I a large portion of those 20,000 adult sales would have been
the higher end model. Or if there was a $200 expansion pack for more I/O
and memory I bet a majority of the 20,000 would have gotten expanded.
Of course bakc then they had no idea the market even existed. Seems like
a shame to let an easy way to take advantage of a market slip away a
second time.
-Kyle
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| In lugnet.robotics, Kyle McDonald wrote: If there was a $400-$500 RCX available at (...) Just to play devils advocate for a minute, but you don't know how many adults need the upgraded version. Some of the truly hardcore users hang out here but they (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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