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I liked the look of x-box. But I am massively annoyed at how greedy and stupid Microsoft are....
If the x-box costs £299 in the UK, $299 in the US...
Then it will fail. Europeans have had enough of being screwed - especially be greedy American giants Microsoft. £45 a game - you must be joking. I won't pay more than £35. You could buy 5 second hand quality PS titles for each x-box one... And consumers (everyday people that walk into GAME) will know that by looking at the shelves infront of them.
2 x-box games, and you could BUY a PS1 with a game or 2!!! Imagine what you could do with £300! Buy a PS1 and every classic available!
The x-box is a console being sold at a PC price. It's doomed.
Yes, the Playstation 2 cost that amount at launch, I even bough my original PS for £300 many years ago. The difference is that when they were launched they were the only option in the market that could provide consumers with the games they needed/wanted. Now the PS2 and gamecube (both at £199) will be in the shops alongside it!
NO-ONE WILL BUY THE X-BOX!! They have no idea about the UK market. They are insulting us with this price. Whay does the x-box offer over the other consoles? A couple of exclusive titles and more polygons per second??
They can go shove Abe's Odessey up BG's behind!
If the x-box costs £299 in the UK, $299 in the US...
Then it will fail. Europeans have had enough of being screwed - especially be greedy American giants Microsoft. £45 a game - you must be joking. I won't pay more than £35. You could buy 5 second hand quality PS titles for each x-box one... And consumers (everyday people that walk into GAME) will know that by looking at the shelves infront of them.
2 x-box games, and you could BUY a PS1 with a game or 2!!! Imagine what you could do with £300! Buy a PS1 and every classic available!
The x-box is a console being sold at a PC price. It's doomed.
Yes, the Playstation 2 cost that amount at launch, I even bough my original PS for £300 many years ago. The difference is that when they were launched they were the only option in the market that could provide consumers with the games they needed/wanted. Now the PS2 and gamecube (both at £199) will be in the shops alongside it!
NO-ONE WILL BUY THE X-BOX!! They have no idea about the UK market. They are insulting us with this price. Whay does the x-box offer over the other consoles? A couple of exclusive titles and more polygons per second??
They can go shove Abe's Odessey up BG's behind!
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I will not be buying an Xbox, aminly because of the poor lineup of games, the developers developing for it and Microsoft's disgusting and totally unethical way of selling them.
Only taking advantage of demand when it is at its greatest... like all good businesses.
£45 is the RRP that doesnt mean shops will follow that price... except for hmv,virgin,whsmith,game,EB, and morei doubt spez rez will charge that
cos PS2 games RRP at £44.99
cos PS2 games RRP at £44.99
DIE Xbox
Ah well it is crappy.
Ok so it has more polygons but the GC is smaller and more inovitive.
Ok so the Xbox has an 8gd hard drive.
Well that means you can't exchange game saves.
ah well
Ah well it is crappy.
Ok so it has more polygons but the GC is smaller and more inovitive.
Ok so the Xbox has an 8gd hard drive.
Well that means you can't exchange game saves.
ah well
DEATH TO XBOX! DEATH TO MICROSOFT AND BILL 'SATAN' GATES!
I dont want to have the market bought out!
And i am not payin 299 AGAIN (ps2) for a console the size of a house
I might get a GC (cheap at 150)
I dont want to have the market bought out!
And i am not payin 299 AGAIN (ps2) for a console the size of a house
I might get a GC (cheap at 150)
Your Honour wrote:
> I know it's up to me, which is why I will never be biased towards one hardware
> manufacturer.
I already have a DC, GBA and PS2. And I may get either an XBox
> of GC as well.
I just wish I could afford both.....
You know, if had a good amount of money, you know, enough to buy both console, then I would - just for the sake of it! ;O)
I like the fact that you are unbiased, I can't say I'm biased totally, 'cause I have a PS2, N64, GBA, etc..., and I'm planning on gettin' a GameCube, too.
To Wookie:
I know you weren't saying that, I was just making a point. :OD
I suppose it is of some consolation to know that you won't be getting one either, I s'pose ;-D
SHOCKY
> I know it's up to me, which is why I will never be biased towards one hardware
> manufacturer.
I already have a DC, GBA and PS2. And I may get either an XBox
> of GC as well.
I just wish I could afford both.....
You know, if had a good amount of money, you know, enough to buy both console, then I would - just for the sake of it! ;O)
I like the fact that you are unbiased, I can't say I'm biased totally, 'cause I have a PS2, N64, GBA, etc..., and I'm planning on gettin' a GameCube, too.
To Wookie:
I know you weren't saying that, I was just making a point. :OD
I suppose it is of some consolation to know that you won't be getting one either, I s'pose ;-D
SHOCKY
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Sega can't *win* the *war* for them, you know people.
Wasn't saying they could... just pointing out that article because you commented on the Sega games available on Xbox.
For what it's worth, I've no (current) intention of buying an Xbox either, because I don't feel it has anything to offer that my other platforms don't.
> Sega can't *win* the *war* for them, you know people.
Wasn't saying they could... just pointing out that article because you commented on the Sega games available on Xbox.
For what it's worth, I've no (current) intention of buying an Xbox either, because I don't feel it has anything to offer that my other platforms don't.
I know it's up to me, which is why I will never be biased towards one hardware manufacturer.
I already have a DC, GBA and PS2. And I may get either an XBox of GC as well.
I just wish I could afford both.....
I already have a DC, GBA and PS2. And I may get either an XBox of GC as well.
I just wish I could afford both.....
Your Honour wrote:
> Cheers Wookiee.
Let's put it lok this Shocky:
The last DC game is due out
> next March.
The XBox launches next March, coincedance, no?
Some people
> don't like the PS2 out of principal, and don't like the style of game on the GC,
> so they'll buy an XBox.
As I've said about 4 times now, if you expect the
> XBox to sell as many units as the PS2, it won't happen simple as
> that.
However, that doesn't mean the XBox is a failure. The XBox won't fail,
> it just won't sell as many units as the PS2. It can still be a success by *only*
> selling 25 million units or so.
Nothing is a failure, really. Unless they set themselves a target and they fail to achieve it.
I agree, YH, the X-box will sell, I know. It won't be a failure, I know...:D
I just want to express my hatred towards it...
This hatred is usually started at school, where immature freaks start calling the GameCube a babie's console and the X-box rules, etc...
I suppose the reason I'm totally against X-box is because of what happens at school too and, it really annoys me to see people taking the side of these chimps on GAD.
Nothing against you, YH, get whatever you want, it's up to you.
:-D
> Cheers Wookiee.
Let's put it lok this Shocky:
The last DC game is due out
> next March.
The XBox launches next March, coincedance, no?
Some people
> don't like the PS2 out of principal, and don't like the style of game on the GC,
> so they'll buy an XBox.
As I've said about 4 times now, if you expect the
> XBox to sell as many units as the PS2, it won't happen simple as
> that.
However, that doesn't mean the XBox is a failure. The XBox won't fail,
> it just won't sell as many units as the PS2. It can still be a success by *only*
> selling 25 million units or so.
Nothing is a failure, really. Unless they set themselves a target and they fail to achieve it.
I agree, YH, the X-box will sell, I know. It won't be a failure, I know...:D
I just want to express my hatred towards it...
This hatred is usually started at school, where immature freaks start calling the GameCube a babie's console and the X-box rules, etc...
I suppose the reason I'm totally against X-box is because of what happens at school too and, it really annoys me to see people taking the side of these chimps on GAD.
Nothing against you, YH, get whatever you want, it's up to you.
:-D
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online, eh?
I couldn't give a *beep* about Shenmue
> and Phantasy Star Online is coming out for the GC.
Fair enough, but lots of people do give a *beep* about Shenmue, so just becuase you don't like it, so what?
*Dusts hands and looks
> smugly at the ever decreasing popularity of the X-box*
That's just a bunch of *beep*, it's popularity isn't decreasing at all.
Sega can't *win* the
> *war* for them, you know people.
Really? Two games seem to have *won* the *war* for Sony, namely MGS2 and GT3. If two games can do it for Sony, why can't 1 company do it for MS?
I really don't understand this animosity towards the XBox. If you like your PS2, or are happily waiting for the GC, fine. Do you hear me going around shouting "The PS2 is crap" The GC is a load of cats vomit"?
No.
So why are you doing it to the XBox?
Do you really feel that insecure in your own decisions that you have to support it by slating every other peice of hardware out there?
Can't you just be confident in your decision?
> Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online, eh?
I couldn't give a *beep* about Shenmue
> and Phantasy Star Online is coming out for the GC.
Fair enough, but lots of people do give a *beep* about Shenmue, so just becuase you don't like it, so what?
*Dusts hands and looks
> smugly at the ever decreasing popularity of the X-box*
That's just a bunch of *beep*, it's popularity isn't decreasing at all.
Sega can't *win* the
> *war* for them, you know people.
Really? Two games seem to have *won* the *war* for Sony, namely MGS2 and GT3. If two games can do it for Sony, why can't 1 company do it for MS?
I really don't understand this animosity towards the XBox. If you like your PS2, or are happily waiting for the GC, fine. Do you hear me going around shouting "The PS2 is crap" The GC is a load of cats vomit"?
No.
So why are you doing it to the XBox?
Do you really feel that insecure in your own decisions that you have to support it by slating every other peice of hardware out there?
Can't you just be confident in your decision?
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