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I have a worrying suspicion that the XBox will go the same way as the DC. Why is this?
Well, many people on here have said that they won't be buying one. If you scale that up to cover the entire console buying population, you get quite a few people who won't be buying Microsoft's box of tricks.
So what if they haven't released a console before? As has been mentioned many times before, the same was said of Sony before they launched the PSX and we all know how well that sold. MS have got all the ingredients of a great console in the making.
Firstly, the hardware, as this seems to be what most people quote when they talk about consoles. I'm not going to bore you with figures of polygons per second etc. What i will point out is that MS are using tried and trusted companies to make the components. The nVidia graphics chip should have no problems working with the processor, which was originally going to be an AMD chip but has now been changed to Intel. Along with it's RAM, which is the most a console has ever had the XBox hardware is spectacular.
As the hardware is so similar to a PC, developers should have no worries getting to grips with it. The "warming up" period, the time the developer have to spend getting the most out of the hardware, should be minimal. The likeness with a PC should mean that ports are going to be easy, and with the quality of PC games at the moment, B&W , Operation Flashpoint, Deus Ex etc, that can only be a good thing.
The XBox looks like it may have a strong launch as well. With Halo, Project Gotham (essentially M: SR with an extra city, tarted up graphics and AI and also destructible cars!) and another Abe's Odyssey game supposedly available at launch, along with a number of games that Sega have in development as well, the XBox will have a good line up.
But i still feel that the XBox will not do as well as it deserves, as did the DC. By the time it is released the PS2 will have established a large user base, and the 'Cube will have been out for a little while as well. I feel that a lack of established games like a Mario or a Sonic will also discourage people to buy the console. Although games like Halo and Project Gotham could well be classics, as not many people have heard of them, it may put them off slightly. Sony doesn't really have a mascot character, but they have the MGS and GT series which people recognize.
The DC didn't take off because of people remembered the Saturn and that put them off. Sony had also announced the PS2 and a large number of games were still being released for the PSX. The same sorts of things may put people off an XBox. Some people still relate Microsoft only with Windows and the problems they have experienced with that. The PS2 will probably be at it's peak of games releases and as i've mentioned before, the 'Cube will have only just been out.
I'm hoping people think of Microsoft as the company that made the first force feedback joystick and now the whole range of quality peripherals. The company that released classic games such as the Age Of Empires series.
But only time will tell whether Microsoft and the XBox can become a success.
Well, many people on here have said that they won't be buying one. If you scale that up to cover the entire console buying population, you get quite a few people who won't be buying Microsoft's box of tricks.
So what if they haven't released a console before? As has been mentioned many times before, the same was said of Sony before they launched the PSX and we all know how well that sold. MS have got all the ingredients of a great console in the making.
Firstly, the hardware, as this seems to be what most people quote when they talk about consoles. I'm not going to bore you with figures of polygons per second etc. What i will point out is that MS are using tried and trusted companies to make the components. The nVidia graphics chip should have no problems working with the processor, which was originally going to be an AMD chip but has now been changed to Intel. Along with it's RAM, which is the most a console has ever had the XBox hardware is spectacular.
As the hardware is so similar to a PC, developers should have no worries getting to grips with it. The "warming up" period, the time the developer have to spend getting the most out of the hardware, should be minimal. The likeness with a PC should mean that ports are going to be easy, and with the quality of PC games at the moment, B&W , Operation Flashpoint, Deus Ex etc, that can only be a good thing.
The XBox looks like it may have a strong launch as well. With Halo, Project Gotham (essentially M: SR with an extra city, tarted up graphics and AI and also destructible cars!) and another Abe's Odyssey game supposedly available at launch, along with a number of games that Sega have in development as well, the XBox will have a good line up.
But i still feel that the XBox will not do as well as it deserves, as did the DC. By the time it is released the PS2 will have established a large user base, and the 'Cube will have been out for a little while as well. I feel that a lack of established games like a Mario or a Sonic will also discourage people to buy the console. Although games like Halo and Project Gotham could well be classics, as not many people have heard of them, it may put them off slightly. Sony doesn't really have a mascot character, but they have the MGS and GT series which people recognize.
The DC didn't take off because of people remembered the Saturn and that put them off. Sony had also announced the PS2 and a large number of games were still being released for the PSX. The same sorts of things may put people off an XBox. Some people still relate Microsoft only with Windows and the problems they have experienced with that. The PS2 will probably be at it's peak of games releases and as i've mentioned before, the 'Cube will have only just been out.
I'm hoping people think of Microsoft as the company that made the first force feedback joystick and now the whole range of quality peripherals. The company that released classic games such as the Age Of Empires series.
But only time will tell whether Microsoft and the XBox can become a success.
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RastaBillySkank wrote:
> ISSpro wrote:
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell
> s**t.
FACT.
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's where YOU'RE WRONG
> MY MAN! You can sell manure!!! Fertiliser!
Your a funny guy man, thats some funny s**t right there!
> ISSpro wrote:
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell
> s**t.
FACT.
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's where YOU'RE WRONG
> MY MAN! You can sell manure!!! Fertiliser!
Your a funny guy man, thats some funny s**t right there!
Listen sonic i base my opinion on what i have gathered together from various sources. i do not read magazines becasue they are waste of money and yes many of them are bias. But from what i can gather the x-box will not be a total success. i just cant see it beating the gamecube. with the close together release dates and the huge price difference the x-box will fail. So u think the x-box can be a success hey? well i think you will eat you words.
ISSpro wrote:
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell s**t.
FACT.
are u a complete idiot? or just a biased fool? MS have put loads more work into the Xbox than Sony did in any of their consoles, and they have a great machines with some great games. u saying that the xbox is s**t just demonstrates that u base your opinions on either biased console mags, or your hatred of MS!
Sonic
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell s**t.
FACT.
are u a complete idiot? or just a biased fool? MS have put loads more work into the Xbox than Sony did in any of their consoles, and they have a great machines with some great games. u saying that the xbox is s**t just demonstrates that u base your opinions on either biased console mags, or your hatred of MS!
Sonic
ISSpro wrote:
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell s**t.
FACT.
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's where YOU'RE WRONG MY MAN! You can sell manure!!! Fertiliser!
> no offense to anyone but you cant sell s**t.
FACT.
MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! That's where YOU'RE WRONG MY MAN! You can sell manure!!! Fertiliser!
Like i've said many times before, whatever console you get you'll be happy with it!
All consoles are god, nomatter what anyone says. Every cnosle has at least more than ten brilliant games. For example the Dreamcast. Even thoguh not many people bought many people got a lot of satifaction out og it from games like. Jet Set Radio, Sonic, Shenmue and MSR, not to name many more.
If your going to get a next generation console you'll get a good one whether it's the GCube, Xbox or PS2, they all have or wil have ace games!
:)
All consoles are god, nomatter what anyone says. Every cnosle has at least more than ten brilliant games. For example the Dreamcast. Even thoguh not many people bought many people got a lot of satifaction out og it from games like. Jet Set Radio, Sonic, Shenmue and MSR, not to name many more.
If your going to get a next generation console you'll get a good one whether it's the GCube, Xbox or PS2, they all have or wil have ace games!
:)
no offense to anyone but you cant sell.
FACT.
FACT.
LOOK!
with a $500,000,000 advertising package u can sell anything!
Sonic
with a $500,000,000 advertising package u can sell anything!
Sonic
I dont think the current batch of nintendo64 games should be rated in comparison with the likes of Zelda Perfect dark and Mario. Nintendo are very very busy at the moment and all efforts are being put into gamecube and the GB advance. Games for The GC have been in production since last year.
Work on Perfect dark 2 started last August and it should be complete by Late 2002. Quality games take alot of work. That is why nintendo have left the N64 with less games so the concentration can be focused on gamecube. Even games due to be released on the N64 have been moved onto the GC and vastly improved. Examples of this are the new starfox game,which looks amazing, and the exclusive Resident evil zero.
Work on Perfect dark 2 started last August and it should be complete by Late 2002. Quality games take alot of work. That is why nintendo have left the N64 with less games so the concentration can be focused on gamecube. Even games due to be released on the N64 have been moved onto the GC and vastly improved. Examples of this are the new starfox game,which looks amazing, and the exclusive Resident evil zero.
Yeah! Buts whos got that money I know I haven't!
Oh Yeah! I heard this rumour that with the Gamecube they have this chip which is really cheap to make and so the Gamecube is so cheap!
Oh Yeah! I heard this rumour that with the Gamecube they have this chip which is really cheap to make and so the Gamecube is so cheap!
ISSpro wrote:
> the news in NOM is usually a month old. I used to buy that mag but
> found out recently that all the info in magazines can be found on th
> web for FREE. quicker and in advance.
Fact is GC is coming out
> before the box in the US. Rumour is cube is coming out in FEB here
> and box i think has been confirmed for march.
But thats a RUMOUR!
> the news in NOM is usually a month old. I used to buy that mag but
> found out recently that all the info in magazines can be found on th
> web for FREE. quicker and in advance.
Fact is GC is coming out
> before the box in the US. Rumour is cube is coming out in FEB here
> and box i think has been confirmed for march.
But thats a RUMOUR!
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