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Ok, so what do you think I should do. I have been thinking about getting a PS2 but after looking at some previews for the Gamecube I am starting to think it will be the superior machine, and it is cheaper. Do you think the Gamecube will be a big hit or will it start out promising and fizzle out like the N64 did. Do you think there is any chance there will be a dramatic price cut in the PS2 once the Gamecube comes out. I am really stuck on this. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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I don't have the money.
I'm not planning on getting one until the prices drop (of both the GBA itself and the games).
It's only a matter of time though, especially as I love the Pokemon RPG's that appear on Gameboys.
I'm not planning on getting one until the prices drop (of both the GBA itself and the games).
It's only a matter of time though, especially as I love the Pokemon RPG's that appear on Gameboys.
Strafex wrote:
Nintendo will get away with
> it.
Even I will give in and buy a GBA.
Why?
Because the
> machine is still seriously addictive and there's no better handheld
> around.
does this mean you don't have one at the moment...
i want to sell mine along with 2 games....interested??
only had it since end of july....
Nintendo will get away with
> it.
Even I will give in and buy a GBA.
Why?
Because the
> machine is still seriously addictive and there's no better handheld
> around.
does this mean you don't have one at the moment...
i want to sell mine along with 2 games....interested??
only had it since end of july....
Bonus wrote:
> Sony tried to do this with the PS2???
The console is being sold
> at a loss, the RRP for games is £39.99, tell me how this is
> screwing gamers
They put their hardware together inefficiently making it expensive (expensive for them too), put in cheap DVD players which sometimes don't work properly, hyped it up and offered little innovations through it.
And forced gamers to buy £30 Memory cards and Multitaps.
Ofcourse they managed to get a fair few decent releases over the next 6 months (like both the N64 and Saturn did) and got away lightly.
Why?
Because there was no serious competition (except for the Dreamcast which was criminally ignored!!)
Had the Dreamcast sold as well as it had deserved to then the PS2 would've taken a serious blow.
I suppose that by the time the Gamecube and Xbox are released, the PS2 will have built up to be a fair competitor but with most of it's best games made by third party companies (Namco, Capcom, Square, Konami and Sega) then it's competitors are likely to have versions of those games too.
Like I said, it's like trying to predict the outcome of a chess game after just 5 moves.
We're all just putting through theories that in a years time, we will look at and either say "told you so" or be in complete denial of the result.
Looking at all the suggestions made a year ago in the arguments, Sony hasn't dominated the Market but it hasn't been completely rejected either.
We were all right a wrong.
> Sony tried to do this with the PS2???
The console is being sold
> at a loss, the RRP for games is £39.99, tell me how this is
> screwing gamers
They put their hardware together inefficiently making it expensive (expensive for them too), put in cheap DVD players which sometimes don't work properly, hyped it up and offered little innovations through it.
And forced gamers to buy £30 Memory cards and Multitaps.
Ofcourse they managed to get a fair few decent releases over the next 6 months (like both the N64 and Saturn did) and got away lightly.
Why?
Because there was no serious competition (except for the Dreamcast which was criminally ignored!!)
Had the Dreamcast sold as well as it had deserved to then the PS2 would've taken a serious blow.
I suppose that by the time the Gamecube and Xbox are released, the PS2 will have built up to be a fair competitor but with most of it's best games made by third party companies (Namco, Capcom, Square, Konami and Sega) then it's competitors are likely to have versions of those games too.
Like I said, it's like trying to predict the outcome of a chess game after just 5 moves.
We're all just putting through theories that in a years time, we will look at and either say "told you so" or be in complete denial of the result.
Looking at all the suggestions made a year ago in the arguments, Sony hasn't dominated the Market but it hasn't been completely rejected either.
We were all right a wrong.
Because if you have a collection of 30 or so PSX games, you are rather loathe to sell them all when you get a new console, which is what most people had to do in the past. Because the PS2 is backwards compatible, you only have to sell the naff PSX games in your collection and the PSX, and then you've got a state of the art console, great new games coming out on it, and if you feel like a bit of retro gaming you can still play your TOCA 2 or Metal Gear Solid without having to go out and pick up a second hand PSX again.
Personally, because I've got around 50 games for my DC now, I'm dreading getting an X-Box, but I don't have room for them both, my room is cluttered enough as it is. I might consider keeping both, but I'll need a bigger house.
Personally, because I've got around 50 games for my DC now, I'm dreading getting an X-Box, but I don't have room for them both, my room is cluttered enough as it is. I might consider keeping both, but I'll need a bigger house.
The Great Muta wrote:
> FantasyMeister wrote:
> What have you got at the moment then The
> Great Muta?
An N64?
At the moment I have got a Playstation.
> That was another reason for me maybe getting a PS2, so I can play
> all of my games that I have got for my current PS.
can someone explain this to me. No offence to Muta... but surely everyone who has a load of PS1 games has a PS1 to play them on, and hence there is no reason to buy a PS" because it plays PS1 games! The only people who should be excited by this are people who DO NOT have PS1s, and hence have never had the joy of playing these games. Even then, a second hand PS1 is £30 or less!
NiGHTS!
> FantasyMeister wrote:
> What have you got at the moment then The
> Great Muta?
An N64?
At the moment I have got a Playstation.
> That was another reason for me maybe getting a PS2, so I can play
> all of my games that I have got for my current PS.
can someone explain this to me. No offence to Muta... but surely everyone who has a load of PS1 games has a PS1 to play them on, and hence there is no reason to buy a PS" because it plays PS1 games! The only people who should be excited by this are people who DO NOT have PS1s, and hence have never had the joy of playing these games. Even then, a second hand PS1 is £30 or less!
NiGHTS!
Sony tried to do this with the PS2???
The console is being sold at a loss, the RRP for games is £39.99, tell me how this is screwing gamers
The console is being sold at a loss, the RRP for games is £39.99, tell me how this is screwing gamers
Bonus wrote:
> I know, there are people aroung here expecting GCN games to be
> £35 to be cheaper than PS2 games, but there would be an
> international outcry if Nintendo charged the same price for a GCN
> game as a GBA game, silly fools.
Put it this way. Nintendo can afford to rip people off with the GBA because theirs no competition to stop them.
The Gamecube on the other hand has to fight off competitors like Microsoft and Sony so it's prices will be cheap.
Read the post below...
> I know, there are people aroung here expecting GCN games to be
> £35 to be cheaper than PS2 games, but there would be an
> international outcry if Nintendo charged the same price for a GCN
> game as a GBA game, silly fools.
Put it this way. Nintendo can afford to rip people off with the GBA because theirs no competition to stop them.
The Gamecube on the other hand has to fight off competitors like Microsoft and Sony so it's prices will be cheap.
Read the post below...
lol
Let that be a lesson to all of us.
We all go on about how one company should rule the games market.
Nintendo, the competitor who is seen as the least business like and the best for treating gamers.
They sieze a market and once in control, the screw the gamers out of every last penny!
Sony have tried to do this with the PS2.
Sega and Nintendo tried to do this with the Saturn and N64.
I'm now hoping that Gamecube and Xbox stay more or less neck and neck (like Snes and Mega Drive did) with neither getting the advantage...
Come think of it perhaps afterwards, Nintendo and Sega were in it together. They were planning to take it in turns.
Sega would rip everyone off with the Saturn and make a fortune and be replaced with the N64 2 years later which would then rip everyone off again without competition.
It was a cunning plan but Sony came in and kicked the both in the balls while they were picking money off the ground.
Sony took control and managed to steer off a hard aimed punch from Sega in the form of a Dreamcast.
Once Sega were down they hadn't managed to get back up.
Now Sony are starting to pick money off the floor.
Hopefully after Xbox and Gamecube dispose of Sony, they'll get into an unfinishable fight.
That way they'll keep being competitive and won't have time to start picking money off the floor instead of fighting!
Let that be a lesson to all of us.
We all go on about how one company should rule the games market.
Nintendo, the competitor who is seen as the least business like and the best for treating gamers.
They sieze a market and once in control, the screw the gamers out of every last penny!
Sony have tried to do this with the PS2.
Sega and Nintendo tried to do this with the Saturn and N64.
I'm now hoping that Gamecube and Xbox stay more or less neck and neck (like Snes and Mega Drive did) with neither getting the advantage...
Come think of it perhaps afterwards, Nintendo and Sega were in it together. They were planning to take it in turns.
Sega would rip everyone off with the Saturn and make a fortune and be replaced with the N64 2 years later which would then rip everyone off again without competition.
It was a cunning plan but Sony came in and kicked the both in the balls while they were picking money off the ground.
Sony took control and managed to steer off a hard aimed punch from Sega in the form of a Dreamcast.
Once Sega were down they hadn't managed to get back up.
Now Sony are starting to pick money off the floor.
Hopefully after Xbox and Gamecube dispose of Sony, they'll get into an unfinishable fight.
That way they'll keep being competitive and won't have time to start picking money off the floor instead of fighting!
I know, there are people aroung here expecting GCN games to be £35 to be cheaper than PS2 games, but there would be an international outcry if Nintendo charged the same price for a GCN game as a GBA game, silly fools. £50 it will be, so they can keep the cost of the console down.
*FM crosses out another day on his calender and eagerly awaits the launch of both consoles in the U.S. so he can get some urgently required feedback.*
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