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| Dreamcast
Pricing |
New
DC pricing will take effect next week when new shipments arrive. Supplies will be readily
available and NCS will maintain stock at all times. Our warranty for the Dreamcast lasts
90 days where we will repair or exchange a console within that time frame. Beyond the 90
day period, NCS can offer very reasonable bench rates for servicing.
| Dreamcast Console
Asian |
US$305 |
| No
modem, fully tested, 90 day warranty / exchange |
| Dreamcast Console
Japan |
US$355 |
| 33.6K
modem, fully tested, 90 day warranty / exchange |
| Dreamcast Software |
US$58 |
| Sega
Rally 2, Sonic Adventure, Virtua Fighter 3tb |
| Dreamcast VMS unit |
US$29 |
| Standard
Sega brand memory card |
| Dreamcast Joypad |
US$32 |
| Standard
Sega brand joypad |
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| Final
Fantasy VIII Tomorrow |
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Tomorrow is only a day away. NCS dislikes shipping delays, moreso than our customers since
it impedes progress and hampers efficiency. |
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| Dreamcast
Magazine March 19 |
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We've been deluged with requests for the March 19th issue of DC Magazine. This issue will
contain a special Dreamcast preview disc of games such as Blue Stinger and Buggy Hear. At
the beginning of each quarter, our periodicals vendor asks us to pre-order our quantities
for each magazine. These numbers were submitted a month ago but since this appears to be a
special situation, we will try to increase our quantity for this particular issue. We can
make no assurances at this point however but we'll keep our customers updated. |
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| Playstation
April Import Schedule |
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counts three horse racing games
due on April 01. The biggest seller for April should undoubtedly be Bust a Move 2, Enix's
revolutionary dancing game that spawned a new genre of rhythm based games. Pre-order are
welcome. |
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| Yen
Equilibrium |
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Equilibrium rules the day. The dollar/yen level wants to stay complacent at Y114.
Arbitrageurs can lock and load whenever the level strays. |
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| Final
Fantasy VIII Gallery |
| NCS
will post a sampling of interesting products that have shipped with the release of the
game in tomorrow's update. The product mix ranges from a FFVIII watch that matches the
high price of the Metal Gear Chrono Watch, a pair of Zippo lighters, and a silver
necklace. The usual assortment of t-shirts are also available in the market. All in all,
we have about 15 items that we'll post up in our FFVIII gallery that have been taken from
Square's product sheets. NCS is not accepting orders for these items at this time. We
offer the gallery for informational purposes only. |
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| Capital
Markets |
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Nasty sell-off in the last session. Levels were broken and discipline kicked in to our
detriment. Selling accelerated for the first time in a while and our bias was to flip
completely short but we are expecting a bounce today. We will open new long positions on
strength but we will flip short if weakness sets in. The downside pain point was SPX 1228
for the first break in the last session. When the S&P hit that level and bounced back
to 1230, we got rid of the 4 SPH 1248s at a loss. We quadrupled our RUT short position at
that level to hedge the remaining 2 SPH that were opened at SPX 1238. We have also opened
up a short position in the BKX. Targets are now as follows: SPX has broken support at 1228
and can trend down to 1188 from it's current level of 1216. The banking index has broken
support at 760 and looks to gap down to 732 from the current level of 754. The Deutsche
Bank / Banker's Trust deal has the potential of weakening or strengthening the index for
the short term, depending on the outcome of the acquisition. NCS will watch the action in
the Dow and the Transports for cues on further breaks in the indexes. This market can
crash down like a tidal wave one of these days but sentiment is too bearish right now. The
volume in OEX / SPX puts was humongous yesterday. OEX / SPX call volume was nil. Options
expiry is rushing up next week and we look for all those index puts to expire worthless.
Translation: Improbable bull run. |
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NCS Weekly |
Tel
(718) 523-5774 |
Fax
(718) 523-7069 |
| Monday |
Street Fighter
Zero 2 figures, Dreamcast keychain in stock, Final Fantasy VIII shipped |
| Tuesday |
Final Fantasy VIII
conflicting information, Dreamcast Magazine Vol. 06, PS April 1999 |
| Wednesday |
New Dreamcast
pricing, Final Fantasy VIII delayed until tomorrow, PS April 1999 Schedule |
| Thursday |
Final Fantasy VIII
delayed yet again, Final Fantasy VIII Products Gallery |
| Friday |
Final Fantasy VIII
in stock, Final Fantasy VIII Gallery 2, NGP Color April Schedule |
| Saturday |
Valentine's Day
well wishes from NCS, DC Magazine 03/19 numbers, Sakura on PC |
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