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"PSP to be delayed in Europe till September..."

Would have quite an interesting effect on the battle. Giving Nintendo a 6 month headstart.

Will Sony let it happen? Is getting more systems out in the US really more important? Does the fact that there is not enough titles ready for launch matter?

Nintendo's launch of the DS went perfectly, and the PSPs seems to have been shrouded in misery. Ninja disks, dodgy buttons, pants battery life...
Do Sony deserve to fail? Part of me hopes so, but part of me understands the need for a bit of competition for Nintendo. I mean Nintendo didn't really do too well at supplying many decent games on the GBA! But of sodding re-releases. Then they moan at Sony going "All that's going to be on PSP are PS2 ports. {winge winge}" Part of me thinks Nintendo does need a slap, and some competition to make them pull their a***s into gear and give us a solid flow of games for a change, rather than moaning about everyone else.

But then on the other hand, there's a part of me which will always love Nintendo, and doesn't want to see them get a whooping again from Sony. Time will tell which'll turn out to be the most popular. My moneys on the DS, cos I'm gonna buy at least two. One for me, and one for the misses on her birthday. Hope that Doctor game comes out, cos she'd love it, but I don't hold much hope for it coming out anywhere other than Japan. :(

Anyways, delayed PSP! Oh yer. Let it be so!

:)

By chance did you get that from an American website who got the game late?

"November 3, 2000 - "He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea. A young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential is a power that can either destroy him, or realize his will. His courage shall determine his fate. The path he must traverse, fraught with adversity, I await whilst praying. For this destiny predetermined since ancient times... A pitch, black night unfolds with the morning star as its only light. And thus the saga, begins...""


"January 30, 2001 - Sega of Japan has issued a few statements regarding the discontinuance of the Dreamcast hardware platform. Yes, folks, it's happening even in Japan. Throughout the world, Sega has amassed a surplus stock of 2,000,000 units, and these must all go out the door."





Fair enough, I was off by 3 months.

Hedfix wrote:
> Wasn't Shenmue out in Europe after SEGA admitted they were throwing in
> the towel?
>
> ie 'too late' to save the console.

No Shenmue 2 was.

Wasn't Shenmue out in Europe after SEGA admitted they were throwing in the towel?

ie 'too late' to save the console.

Not too late.

Dreamcast was an excellent system.

Dringo wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> did I say 'all'?
>
> Why no I didn't, how very perceptive of you.
>
> No but you implied it was a problem, I say it wasn't a problem. The
> best games weren't coin op ones.
>
> And Dreamcast games and the system was well cheap. In the end anyway
> :)

In the end yes. Not exactly a developer's dream. At the beginning there were a lot of very shallow overpriced games, Shenmue came along later: too late if I recall.

Dringo wrote:
> Because you could get them for a tenner instead?

Not immediately, most went to that price once the console's fate was sealed.

Hedfix wrote:
> did I say 'all'?
>
> Why no I didn't, how very perceptive of you.

No but you implied it was a problem, I say it wasn't a problem. The best games weren't coin op ones.

And Dreamcast games and the system was well cheap. In the end anyway :)

did I say 'all'?

Why no I didn't, how very perceptive of you.

Because you could get them for a tenner instead?

Shenmue, skies, Phantasy Star, Jet Set Radio... all coin op's?