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Three Games? Three Games? Is that all... the Playstation 2 had over twenty at launch in Japan.
Yeah, well isn't it better for the games to be excellent instead of average, there was nothing special about the launch games of the Playstation2, infact in Japan (which is where the Gamecube will launch first with only three games) the Playstation2 console sold very well indeed, and all credit to Sony they sold the console super fast and made a nice profit.
*cough*
Hmmm... what about the game side? They didn't do to well did they Playstation fans, the Japanese buyers didn't really buy many games for the console, and after three weeks of the consoles launch per machine sold the game sales for Playstation2 games was near the margin of three machines to one game.
Ok, so the games didn't sell that well, and the companies who launched the quickly finished games which weren't exactly anything special didn't make any kind of profit, and I although Sony had several cockups with the console (Regional problems and Memory card faulties for example), nobody can deny that the launch of the Playstation2 was a huge success from Sonys point of view.
Coming from a Nintendo fan that was hard to cough out.
*cough cough*
Moving on, we have the GameCube, which every Sony fan seems to be wetting themselves over because it is said to only have three launch games in Japan... ok, lets think about this shall we, how many games do you want the public of Japan to buy at launch of Nintendo's console? Twenty? No... right then, because the likelyhood is that without the DVD player the public of Japan will buy the console for the games, not for old games from the N64, not for later releases (cough MGS), but for GAMING reasons. Isn't that what a console is for?
How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two? or maybe three? Do you see. Nintendo are releasing three games only for a very valid reason. IT and THEY will sell, not just IT.
Nintendo may not have the quantity, but they most certainly have the quality.
Thanks
Joby
Yeah, well isn't it better for the games to be excellent instead of average, there was nothing special about the launch games of the Playstation2, infact in Japan (which is where the Gamecube will launch first with only three games) the Playstation2 console sold very well indeed, and all credit to Sony they sold the console super fast and made a nice profit.
*cough*
Hmmm... what about the game side? They didn't do to well did they Playstation fans, the Japanese buyers didn't really buy many games for the console, and after three weeks of the consoles launch per machine sold the game sales for Playstation2 games was near the margin of three machines to one game.
Ok, so the games didn't sell that well, and the companies who launched the quickly finished games which weren't exactly anything special didn't make any kind of profit, and I although Sony had several cockups with the console (Regional problems and Memory card faulties for example), nobody can deny that the launch of the Playstation2 was a huge success from Sonys point of view.
Coming from a Nintendo fan that was hard to cough out.
*cough cough*
Moving on, we have the GameCube, which every Sony fan seems to be wetting themselves over because it is said to only have three launch games in Japan... ok, lets think about this shall we, how many games do you want the public of Japan to buy at launch of Nintendo's console? Twenty? No... right then, because the likelyhood is that without the DVD player the public of Japan will buy the console for the games, not for old games from the N64, not for later releases (cough MGS), but for GAMING reasons. Isn't that what a console is for?
How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two? or maybe three? Do you see. Nintendo are releasing three games only for a very valid reason. IT and THEY will sell, not just IT.
Nintendo may not have the quantity, but they most certainly have the quality.
Thanks
Joby
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> I've read this before somewhere... :0)
Just saying, from
> Nintendo's viewpoint, if you have just three games at launch, all
> are guarenteed to sell, because there is no reason why you shouldn't
> have them all. After all, choice means that some sell more than
> others.
Of course you have read it before you banana head ( :P ) I just sent it to you before I posted it up!
:D
> I've read this before somewhere... :0)
Just saying, from
> Nintendo's viewpoint, if you have just three games at launch, all
> are guarenteed to sell, because there is no reason why you shouldn't
> have them all. After all, choice means that some sell more than
> others.
Of course you have read it before you banana head ( :P ) I just sent it to you before I posted it up!
:D
er-no wrote:
> How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two?
> or maybe three?
Four, actually. Would have been six, but I didn't have the money.
It will sell, they will sell - but the first day has been slow, even compared to the GBA.
Calm down, dude - and get something for that nasty cough!
> How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two?
> or maybe three?
Four, actually. Would have been six, but I didn't have the money.
It will sell, they will sell - but the first day has been slow, even compared to the GBA.
Calm down, dude - and get something for that nasty cough!
I've read this before somewhere... :0)
Just saying, from Nintendo's viewpoint, if you have just three games at launch, all are guarenteed to sell, because there is no reason why you shouldn't have them all. After all, choice means that some sell more than others.
Just saying, from Nintendo's viewpoint, if you have just three games at launch, all are guarenteed to sell, because there is no reason why you shouldn't have them all. After all, choice means that some sell more than others.
Three Games? Three Games? Is that all... the Playstation 2 had over twenty at launch in Japan.
Yeah, well isn't it better for the games to be excellent instead of average, there was nothing special about the launch games of the Playstation2, infact in Japan (which is where the Gamecube will launch first with only three games) the Playstation2 console sold very well indeed, and all credit to Sony they sold the console super fast and made a nice profit.
*cough*
Hmmm... what about the game side? They didn't do to well did they Playstation fans, the Japanese buyers didn't really buy many games for the console, and after three weeks of the consoles launch per machine sold the game sales for Playstation2 games was near the margin of three machines to one game.
Ok, so the games didn't sell that well, and the companies who launched the quickly finished games which weren't exactly anything special didn't make any kind of profit, and I although Sony had several cockups with the console (Regional problems and Memory card faulties for example), nobody can deny that the launch of the Playstation2 was a huge success from Sonys point of view.
Coming from a Nintendo fan that was hard to cough out.
*cough cough*
Moving on, we have the GameCube, which every Sony fan seems to be wetting themselves over because it is said to only have three launch games in Japan... ok, lets think about this shall we, how many games do you want the public of Japan to buy at launch of Nintendo's console? Twenty? No... right then, because the likelyhood is that without the DVD player the public of Japan will buy the console for the games, not for old games from the N64, not for later releases (cough MGS), but for GAMING reasons. Isn't that what a console is for?
How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two? or maybe three? Do you see. Nintendo are releasing three games only for a very valid reason. IT and THEY will sell, not just IT.
Nintendo may not have the quantity, but they most certainly have the quality.
Thanks
Joby
Yeah, well isn't it better for the games to be excellent instead of average, there was nothing special about the launch games of the Playstation2, infact in Japan (which is where the Gamecube will launch first with only three games) the Playstation2 console sold very well indeed, and all credit to Sony they sold the console super fast and made a nice profit.
*cough*
Hmmm... what about the game side? They didn't do to well did they Playstation fans, the Japanese buyers didn't really buy many games for the console, and after three weeks of the consoles launch per machine sold the game sales for Playstation2 games was near the margin of three machines to one game.
Ok, so the games didn't sell that well, and the companies who launched the quickly finished games which weren't exactly anything special didn't make any kind of profit, and I although Sony had several cockups with the console (Regional problems and Memory card faulties for example), nobody can deny that the launch of the Playstation2 was a huge success from Sonys point of view.
Coming from a Nintendo fan that was hard to cough out.
*cough cough*
Moving on, we have the GameCube, which every Sony fan seems to be wetting themselves over because it is said to only have three launch games in Japan... ok, lets think about this shall we, how many games do you want the public of Japan to buy at launch of Nintendo's console? Twenty? No... right then, because the likelyhood is that without the DVD player the public of Japan will buy the console for the games, not for old games from the N64, not for later releases (cough MGS), but for GAMING reasons. Isn't that what a console is for?
How many games did you buy at the Playstation2's launch over here? One? Two? or maybe three? Do you see. Nintendo are releasing three games only for a very valid reason. IT and THEY will sell, not just IT.
Nintendo may not have the quantity, but they most certainly have the quality.
Thanks
Joby
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