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As a Ninty I don't often say overly nice things about the competition. I'm adult enough to admit that the Playstation and Playstation 2 have some classy games that I'd love to be able to play, and I frown upon those that say stupid things like "Fony Greystation Poo is gay!" But I don't often go out of my way to serve helpings of praise upon them.
Until now.
Sony are smart.
Just look at the timing of the announcement of the Playstation 2. Just right to plant seeds of doubt into the minds of some of those that may have otherwise bought a Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast certainly suffered from this announcement. People were made to think which they'd prefer, a console from the makers of the Saturn, a bit of a flop, or the makers of the Playstation, an immense success?
Sony saw what Nintendo's greatest success was of last year. Pokemon. So what do Sony do about this? They made sure that a Digimon (Pokemon's big rival with the kids) game was coming out for the Playstation. You wanna collect monsters? Pokemon's not your only opportunity, buy Digimon on the Playstation!
With the Playstation 2 Sony are playing it very cleverly. at release they made sure that there would be titles around that people would want to play, because they loved the earlier version, like Tekken, or Ridge Racer. They made it quite apparent that other great franchises would be released too, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy.
At E3 this year when all of the focus was firmly of Nintendo and Microsoft, as they had all of the new consoles, what did Sony do? They made a surprise announcement that the Playstation 2 would be online much earlier than expected!
The release of one game that is going to be huge in Japan, Final Fantasy 10 was initially scheduled for release the weekend before the Japanese GAMECUBE launch. Again this will make so many people want a PS2, just at the time that Nintendo want the consumer to be looking at them.
You think that the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 2 being released in November in America is really anything to do with it being Thanksgiving over there? Of course it does have something to do with it, but more importantly both the GAMECUBE and the Xbox are being released in the USA in November!
With tactics like these it's no wonder that Sony have been so successful so far. The 'console wars' are being fought on more than what games are available. Nintendo are going to have to wise up to this, else they'll soon realise that the 'Nintendo are not our competitors' line was quite untrue, and it was just there to lure them into a false sense of security!
Until now.
Sony are smart.
Just look at the timing of the announcement of the Playstation 2. Just right to plant seeds of doubt into the minds of some of those that may have otherwise bought a Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast certainly suffered from this announcement. People were made to think which they'd prefer, a console from the makers of the Saturn, a bit of a flop, or the makers of the Playstation, an immense success?
Sony saw what Nintendo's greatest success was of last year. Pokemon. So what do Sony do about this? They made sure that a Digimon (Pokemon's big rival with the kids) game was coming out for the Playstation. You wanna collect monsters? Pokemon's not your only opportunity, buy Digimon on the Playstation!
With the Playstation 2 Sony are playing it very cleverly. at release they made sure that there would be titles around that people would want to play, because they loved the earlier version, like Tekken, or Ridge Racer. They made it quite apparent that other great franchises would be released too, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy.
At E3 this year when all of the focus was firmly of Nintendo and Microsoft, as they had all of the new consoles, what did Sony do? They made a surprise announcement that the Playstation 2 would be online much earlier than expected!
The release of one game that is going to be huge in Japan, Final Fantasy 10 was initially scheduled for release the weekend before the Japanese GAMECUBE launch. Again this will make so many people want a PS2, just at the time that Nintendo want the consumer to be looking at them.
You think that the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 2 being released in November in America is really anything to do with it being Thanksgiving over there? Of course it does have something to do with it, but more importantly both the GAMECUBE and the Xbox are being released in the USA in November!
With tactics like these it's no wonder that Sony have been so successful so far. The 'console wars' are being fought on more than what games are available. Nintendo are going to have to wise up to this, else they'll soon realise that the 'Nintendo are not our competitors' line was quite untrue, and it was just there to lure them into a false sense of security!
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Would you have said that if it was a Nintendo post?
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There are some very good points there Meka
As a Ninty I don't often say overly nice things about the competition. I'm adult enough to admit that the Playstation and Playstation 2 have some classy games that I'd love to be able to play, and I frown upon those that say stupid things like "Fony Greystation Poo is gay!" But I don't often go out of my way to serve helpings of praise upon them.
Until now.
Sony are smart.
Just look at the timing of the announcement of the Playstation 2. Just right to plant seeds of doubt into the minds of some of those that may have otherwise bought a Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast certainly suffered from this announcement. People were made to think which they'd prefer, a console from the makers of the Saturn, a bit of a flop, or the makers of the Playstation, an immense success?
Sony saw what Nintendo's greatest success was of last year. Pokemon. So what do Sony do about this? They made sure that a Digimon (Pokemon's big rival with the kids) game was coming out for the Playstation. You wanna collect monsters? Pokemon's not your only opportunity, buy Digimon on the Playstation!
With the Playstation 2 Sony are playing it very cleverly. at release they made sure that there would be titles around that people would want to play, because they loved the earlier version, like Tekken, or Ridge Racer. They made it quite apparent that other great franchises would be released too, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy.
At E3 this year when all of the focus was firmly of Nintendo and Microsoft, as they had all of the new consoles, what did Sony do? They made a surprise announcement that the Playstation 2 would be online much earlier than expected!
The release of one game that is going to be huge in Japan, Final Fantasy 10 was initially scheduled for release the weekend before the Japanese GAMECUBE launch. Again this will make so many people want a PS2, just at the time that Nintendo want the consumer to be looking at them.
You think that the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 2 being released in November in America is really anything to do with it being Thanksgiving over there? Of course it does have something to do with it, but more importantly both the GAMECUBE and the Xbox are being released in the USA in November!
With tactics like these it's no wonder that Sony have been so successful so far. The 'console wars' are being fought on more than what games are available. Nintendo are going to have to wise up to this, else they'll soon realise that the 'Nintendo are not our competitors' line was quite untrue, and it was just there to lure them into a false sense of security!
Until now.
Sony are smart.
Just look at the timing of the announcement of the Playstation 2. Just right to plant seeds of doubt into the minds of some of those that may have otherwise bought a Dreamcast.
The Dreamcast certainly suffered from this announcement. People were made to think which they'd prefer, a console from the makers of the Saturn, a bit of a flop, or the makers of the Playstation, an immense success?
Sony saw what Nintendo's greatest success was of last year. Pokemon. So what do Sony do about this? They made sure that a Digimon (Pokemon's big rival with the kids) game was coming out for the Playstation. You wanna collect monsters? Pokemon's not your only opportunity, buy Digimon on the Playstation!
With the Playstation 2 Sony are playing it very cleverly. at release they made sure that there would be titles around that people would want to play, because they loved the earlier version, like Tekken, or Ridge Racer. They made it quite apparent that other great franchises would be released too, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy.
At E3 this year when all of the focus was firmly of Nintendo and Microsoft, as they had all of the new consoles, what did Sony do? They made a surprise announcement that the Playstation 2 would be online much earlier than expected!
The release of one game that is going to be huge in Japan, Final Fantasy 10 was initially scheduled for release the weekend before the Japanese GAMECUBE launch. Again this will make so many people want a PS2, just at the time that Nintendo want the consumer to be looking at them.
You think that the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 2 being released in November in America is really anything to do with it being Thanksgiving over there? Of course it does have something to do with it, but more importantly both the GAMECUBE and the Xbox are being released in the USA in November!
With tactics like these it's no wonder that Sony have been so successful so far. The 'console wars' are being fought on more than what games are available. Nintendo are going to have to wise up to this, else they'll soon realise that the 'Nintendo are not our competitors' line was quite untrue, and it was just there to lure them into a false sense of security!
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