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Whatcha downloading?
I'm near enough dead anyways....
Just waiting for somthing to finish downloading.
Just waiting for somthing to finish downloading.
YeY.
Someone else is online.
Someone else is online.
"The struggling games maker says it needs to clear its warehouses of unsold machines"
They should move thier warehouse to Liverpool ;)
They should move thier warehouse to Liverpool ;)
Oh and Gamezfreak, Cube isn't currently in third place. There's many different figures going around, one week Microsoft are claiming to be in 3rd place, the next they say they're equal to Cube.
It's practically impossible to say who's in 3rd place at the moment because the consoles are so equally matched in sales figures.
It's practically impossible to say who's in 3rd place at the moment because the consoles are so equally matched in sales figures.
maddmun wrote:
> Final Fantasy is huge everywhere, and How the hell can you say it's a
> major disappointment?
>
> It's like saying that, seeing as Zelda didn't sell enough to make the
> Cube rival the PS2, that Zelda must be a crap game (kinda).
>
> So, be quiet...
You clearly haven't read up on the game at all.
It's main feature is the connectivity. TO get the most out of the game you'll need a GBA and 3 friends who also own GBA's. The game will be nearly as shallow as Phantasy Star Online is when you play it alone. Also as the game is designed to be controlled with a GBA, combat will use the A and B buttons and that's it. It's a major departure from the normal Final Fantasy games, there's no turn-based combat, it uses a very simple real-time combat system which sounds a bit cack.
Square and Nintendo really c0cked up on this.
> Final Fantasy is huge everywhere, and How the hell can you say it's a
> major disappointment?
>
> It's like saying that, seeing as Zelda didn't sell enough to make the
> Cube rival the PS2, that Zelda must be a crap game (kinda).
>
> So, be quiet...
You clearly haven't read up on the game at all.
It's main feature is the connectivity. TO get the most out of the game you'll need a GBA and 3 friends who also own GBA's. The game will be nearly as shallow as Phantasy Star Online is when you play it alone. Also as the game is designed to be controlled with a GBA, combat will use the A and B buttons and that's it. It's a major departure from the normal Final Fantasy games, there's no turn-based combat, it uses a very simple real-time combat system which sounds a bit cack.
Square and Nintendo really c0cked up on this.
Memorandum wrote:
> The fanboys will be out in force.
> The fanboys will be out in force.
gamezfreak wrote:
> - Nintendo stops production of Cube's
UNTIL AUTUMN. That's less than a month. Fool.
> - Gamecube not selling too good in Europe.
I corrected it for you. It sells enough everywhere else.
> - Nintendo closing down on import shops
They still get the sales.
> - High street stores dump the gamecube (Argos/Dixons etc)
But they're crap anyway.
> - Nintendo seem to think GC/GBA thing will sell the console, it
> won't
I agree with that, and they don't expect it to either, it's like thinking that a controller will sell it.
> - Nintendo think "less challenging" games will sell more,
> they won't
Yes they will, the majority of gamers suck. Fact.
> - Nintendo's advertising/marketing is awful
Except in Japan, where it rocks.
> - Nintendo currently sits in 3rd place.
But, the Gamecube sells more than the X-Box in America, and everything sells better than the X-Box in Japan.
Thre are a few hundred thousand more Gamecubes across the globe than there are X-Boxes.
And Nintendo still profit from every sale.
Something that didn't happpen with Sega.
> - Nintendo stops production of Cube's
UNTIL AUTUMN. That's less than a month. Fool.
> - Gamecube not selling too good in Europe.
I corrected it for you. It sells enough everywhere else.
> - Nintendo closing down on import shops
They still get the sales.
> - High street stores dump the gamecube (Argos/Dixons etc)
But they're crap anyway.
> - Nintendo seem to think GC/GBA thing will sell the console, it
> won't
I agree with that, and they don't expect it to either, it's like thinking that a controller will sell it.
> - Nintendo think "less challenging" games will sell more,
> they won't
Yes they will, the majority of gamers suck. Fact.
> - Nintendo's advertising/marketing is awful
Except in Japan, where it rocks.
> - Nintendo currently sits in 3rd place.
But, the Gamecube sells more than the X-Box in America, and everything sells better than the X-Box in Japan.
Thre are a few hundred thousand more Gamecubes across the globe than there are X-Boxes.
And Nintendo still profit from every sale.
Something that didn't happpen with Sega.
What a depressing topic :(
*sigh
*sigh
lol ;).
Well I still think Iwata is the "Comical Ali" of the gaming world.
Comical Iwata - "Gamers from Nintendo have e-mailed us regarding their opinion on how we are doing. I can assure you they re all happy with what we are doing"
Well I still think Iwata is the "Comical Ali" of the gaming world.
Comical Iwata - "Gamers from Nintendo have e-mailed us regarding their opinion on how we are doing. I can assure you they re all happy with what we are doing"
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