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I've been pretty dam sick the last two days so i've been stranded in my bedroom watching terrestrial tele 24-7(Beleive me when i say i know everthing thats going on in Iraq at the moment!). Anyway I was watching Newsround on CBBC (I wouldnt normally watch it otherwise) and there was a small story on how badly the cube has been selling in Europe.
They said that the nintendo gamecube has slashed its prices all over europe as it is desperately struggling to sell. They also reckon that the GC has barely even sold 1.5 million all across europe! this is not what I have been hearing!
check out the link for yourself on their website
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2843000/2843869. stm
there are are a few spaces in the link above. just copy and paste it into the adress bar and then delete the spaces.
They said that the nintendo gamecube has slashed its prices all over europe as it is desperately struggling to sell. They also reckon that the GC has barely even sold 1.5 million all across europe! this is not what I have been hearing!
check out the link for yourself on their website
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2843000/2843869. stm
there are are a few spaces in the link above. just copy and paste it into the adress bar and then delete the spaces.
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Goatboy wrote:
> Examples please.
> Because, sorry, but the idea that the BBC have a grudge against
> Nintendo sounds like the pouty-lipped sulk of a fanatic.
I wouldn't say the BBC has any kind of grudge against Nintendo. Regardless of what a newsround report or BBC website says, I doubt the BBC have a grudge. But in my opinion most forms of press (except specialised game sites/mags) have booger all idea about gaming. Gaming mags don't try and review music, or bring us the latest on the war in Iraq, or try to rate the top 100 women, so why do music mags, newspapers and stuff like FHM try to review games...? Most of the time they come across as ill-informed retards. I'm not saying these people's opinions aren't valid, but they generally give a game a review in about 50 words, with one screenshot. Honestly, a review like that is helping no-one. Who will fork out £30-£40 for a game based on a review in a newspaper...? Any takers...? I rest my case.
> Examples please.
> Because, sorry, but the idea that the BBC have a grudge against
> Nintendo sounds like the pouty-lipped sulk of a fanatic.
I wouldn't say the BBC has any kind of grudge against Nintendo. Regardless of what a newsround report or BBC website says, I doubt the BBC have a grudge. But in my opinion most forms of press (except specialised game sites/mags) have booger all idea about gaming. Gaming mags don't try and review music, or bring us the latest on the war in Iraq, or try to rate the top 100 women, so why do music mags, newspapers and stuff like FHM try to review games...? Most of the time they come across as ill-informed retards. I'm not saying these people's opinions aren't valid, but they generally give a game a review in about 50 words, with one screenshot. Honestly, a review like that is helping no-one. Who will fork out £30-£40 for a game based on a review in a newspaper...? Any takers...? I rest my case.
1.) PS2? 19 42%
2.) Gamecube? 4 9%
3.) Xbox? 6 13%
4.) GBA? 1 2%
5.) Just use your PC? 12 27%
6.) None? 3 7%
Total Votes: 45
That was my poll I started yesterday on my site...
2.) Gamecube? 4 9%
3.) Xbox? 6 13%
4.) GBA? 1 2%
5.) Just use your PC? 12 27%
6.) None? 3 7%
Total Votes: 45
That was my poll I started yesterday on my site...
And with they're totle for a poll as "Who Will Win The Cosole Wars!?" you can pretty much see how damn stupid they are. And GC is beating Xbox in the poll, and the PS2 had clearly won the "Console War" if there ever was one, before the GC or Xbox had been released. Muppets.
cipro wrote:
> Newsround is funny, it seems to aimed at those kids who'd like to
> pretend they are mature enough to understand some of the more volotile
> situations in the world, when quite clearly they can't.
>
> This Gamecube story just shows how ignorant Newsround is to the gaming
> world, so christ knows how they report and more important real world
> news stories.
hahaha, right in every way. I agree totally.
> Newsround is funny, it seems to aimed at those kids who'd like to
> pretend they are mature enough to understand some of the more volotile
> situations in the world, when quite clearly they can't.
>
> This Gamecube story just shows how ignorant Newsround is to the gaming
> world, so christ knows how they report and more important real world
> news stories.
hahaha, right in every way. I agree totally.
well, according to their article, gamecube has only sold 1.5 million in europe(load of crap) but the PS2 has sold 50 million over the world.
first of all, its totally stupid to even try to compare sales for consoles that were released about 1 and a half years apart(yes?), and comparing gamecube sales in EUROPE and PS2 in THE WHOLE WORLD, (YES, THATS RIGHT, NOT JUST 1 CONTINENT, BUT 7!!)is also totally stupid.
plus, go onto their vote for yer fave console thing, and u'll see that gamecube is beating X-box..... so Newsround, it cant be that unpopular can it!----"It's had big competition from Microsoft's Xbox which sells for £159."...like hell it has!
first of all, its totally stupid to even try to compare sales for consoles that were released about 1 and a half years apart(yes?), and comparing gamecube sales in EUROPE and PS2 in THE WHOLE WORLD, (YES, THATS RIGHT, NOT JUST 1 CONTINENT, BUT 7!!)is also totally stupid.
plus, go onto their vote for yer fave console thing, and u'll see that gamecube is beating X-box..... so Newsround, it cant be that unpopular can it!----"It's had big competition from Microsoft's Xbox which sells for £159."...like hell it has!
Solskjær wrote:
> The BBC don't usually like Nintendo, or the GameCube, and will usually
> do all they can to try and make things look worse for it than they
> really are.
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Examples please.
Because, sorry, but the idea that the BBC have a grudge against Nintendo sounds like the pouty-lipped sulk of a fanatic.
> The BBC don't usually like Nintendo, or the GameCube, and will usually
> do all they can to try and make things look worse for it than they
> really are.
---
Examples please.
Because, sorry, but the idea that the BBC have a grudge against Nintendo sounds like the pouty-lipped sulk of a fanatic.
Newsround is funny, it seems to aimed at those kids who'd like to pretend they are mature enough to understand some of the more volotile situations in the world, when quite clearly they can't.
This Gamecube story just shows how ignorant Newsround is to the gaming world, so christ knows how they report and more important real world news stories.
This Gamecube story just shows how ignorant Newsround is to the gaming world, so christ knows how they report and more important real world news stories.
It's true that some places (like Argos and the Dixons stores) have been dropping prices to help shift-stock, but that hasn't happened across all-of-Europe, as many well-known retailers (like SR and... GAME) still charge the full £130 for a GameCube console.
And we all know it's easily sailed-past the 1.5-million mark since launch on May 3rd last-year!! :P
The BBC don't usually like Nintendo, or the GameCube, and will usually do all they can to try and make things look worse for it than they really are.
However, in saying that, I was very surprised to read over the weekend that SONY-fanboy Dave Gibbon (the guy who writes for Ceefax's GameStation bit) seemed to LOVE Metorid Prime, and didn't have a single-bad-thing to say about it!!
Either he's recieved a lot of insulting e-mails lately that've made him cry and realise he's doing a bad-job; or he just loves games that are surrounded by bucket-loads of hype...
And we all know it's easily sailed-past the 1.5-million mark since launch on May 3rd last-year!! :P
The BBC don't usually like Nintendo, or the GameCube, and will usually do all they can to try and make things look worse for it than they really are.
However, in saying that, I was very surprised to read over the weekend that SONY-fanboy Dave Gibbon (the guy who writes for Ceefax's GameStation bit) seemed to LOVE Metorid Prime, and didn't have a single-bad-thing to say about it!!
Either he's recieved a lot of insulting e-mails lately that've made him cry and realise he's doing a bad-job; or he just loves games that are surrounded by bucket-loads of hype...
I've been pretty dam sick the last two days so i've been stranded in my bedroom watching terrestrial tele 24-7(Beleive me when i say i know everthing thats going on in Iraq at the moment!). Anyway I was watching Newsround on CBBC (I wouldnt normally watch it otherwise) and there was a small story on how badly the cube has been selling in Europe.
They said that the nintendo gamecube has slashed its prices all over europe as it is desperately struggling to sell. They also reckon that the GC has barely even sold 1.5 million all across europe! this is not what I have been hearing!
check out the link for yourself on their website
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2843000/2843869. stm
there are are a few spaces in the link above. just copy and paste it into the adress bar and then delete the spaces.
They said that the nintendo gamecube has slashed its prices all over europe as it is desperately struggling to sell. They also reckon that the GC has barely even sold 1.5 million all across europe! this is not what I have been hearing!
check out the link for yourself on their website
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2843000/2843869. stm
there are are a few spaces in the link above. just copy and paste it into the adress bar and then delete the spaces.
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