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"Anyone interested in console LAN gaming?"

I expect everyone kows what a LAN gaming centre is, well its predominantly for pc's but would anyone be interested in one for consoles, if you could play online against other people using fast braodband access, on all three major consoles!

can anyone here please register their interest, and whether they would be interested.

thanks

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Untitled wrote:
> what figures?
>
> Figures that support your theory on consoles being more popular than
> PC gaming.

Sorry to pee on your parade IB but I found these figures from 2001

"The boom in consoles inevitably fed through to software sales with a record 30.5 million units of console software sold (up 26% on last year) worth £711 million.

The market for home computer software also fared better than the previous year with the volume of units sold up by 10% to 16.7 million whilst the value of sales remained static at £346 million."

You lose this one you old inbred ;-)

Untitled wrote:
> Jive wrote:
> Just one flaw that I can see here, cost and charges.
>
> Setup costs of the centre would be incredible, how many consoles
> would
> you imagine having there? Your talking about having it setup in
> Uni,
> sheesh there's alot of slackers with time to burn there so that
> would
> be potentially huge.
>
> Plus you'd need all the different console, decent sized TV's, plus
> innumerable copies of the different games.
>
> How much would you envisage charging each person to play, you've
> already said that playing at LAN parties costs in excess of
> £30
> and thats for a weekend and thats with everyone turning up with
> their
> own equipment and copies of the games.
>
> I can't even think how setting up a centre like this would be
> financially viable although it sounds like a good idea. High Street
> wise, you it just wouldn't be viable either, the space you'd need
> would incur some huge rent fees as well.
>
>
> hopefully we could buy second hand consoles, and games. charges would
> be a few pounds an hour, we would mainly only have the online games,
> and the most popular titles, also, people would be free to bring their
> own games.
> it would be expensive to set up, but it wouldnt be on a highsteet
> probably somewhere out of town, but stilla cessible, thats got to
> sorted yet,
>
> i guess we could say people need to bring their won consoles but what
> would be the point?

Or maybe I'll just do this to show you how annoying it is.

Untitled wrote:
> Flanders wrote:
> Untitled wrote:
>
>
> im not, im just replying so that other people can see what post im
> replying to.
>
>
> You can do that without quoting complete posts you total retard.
>
> yeah, but what are u gonna do?

Nothing - apart from carrying on calling you names.

Untitled wrote:
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> No, it's not.
>
> says you, do u have the figures to say its not?

And have you got any sales figures to prove it is? Oh yeah I forgot "it's a fact", pah.

I can give you a few figures if you like.


PC version of Sims. Sales figures up to May 2002:

6.3million copies. Not including any of the expansion packs. Name me some console games with those sorts of sales figures.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> No, it's not.

says you, do u have the figures to say its not?

Flanders wrote:
> Untitled wrote:
>
>
> im not, im just replying so that other people can see what post im
> replying to.
>
>
> You can do that without quoting complete posts you total retard.

yeah, but what are u gonna do?

Untitled wrote:

>
> im not, im just replying so that other people can see what post im
> replying to.


You can do that without quoting complete posts you total retard.

No, it's not.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Untitled wrote:
> what figures?
>
> Figures that support your theory on consoles being more popular than
> PC gaming.

why do i need figures, its a fact