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Ready for this? Sure, we've thrown more numbers at you in the last few days than a conference of mathematicians discussing the latest quantum giga-flux theory, but we've got another batch for you - perhaps the most visually shocking of the lot.
Australia is the setting - sun-kissed home of natural beauty and natural home of sun-kissed beauties - and the Christmas sales figures for the big three consoles are in.
No surprise at the top, with PS2 securing around 84,477 sales during the last three weeks of December. Microsoft came second, with the Xbox finding its way into a decent 45,939 tinsel-draped homes.
And then there's Nintendo. Ah, Nintendo! We love you, we really do. A fine machine with some of the most creative and downright playable games on the planet. Home of Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Starfox and, of course, Mario. How did the GameCube sell during the Christmas period in the land they call Oz?
5,846. Five thousand, eight hundred and forty six. Xbox sold over forty-five thousand. GameCube failed to break six. Barely 3% of the overall market share. Hum.
Reasons? Well, if we're to believe EA's Bob Katz, Nintendo's "disappointing reluctance to compete" was behind the shortfall. Katz's comment may also explain why EA started to reduce the price of its games towards the end of last year - simply not enough numbers to do good business.
Will 2003 prove any different? Regional analysts seem to think not, but we can only wait and see.
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Oh dear...
Ready for this? Sure, we've thrown more numbers at you in the last few days than a conference of mathematicians discussing the latest quantum giga-flux theory, but we've got another batch for you - perhaps the most visually shocking of the lot.
Australia is the setting - sun-kissed home of natural beauty and natural home of sun-kissed beauties - and the Christmas sales figures for the big three consoles are in.
No surprise at the top, with PS2 securing around 84,477 sales during the last three weeks of December. Microsoft came second, with the Xbox finding its way into a decent 45,939 tinsel-draped homes.
And then there's Nintendo. Ah, Nintendo! We love you, we really do. A fine machine with some of the most creative and downright playable games on the planet. Home of Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Starfox and, of course, Mario. How did the GameCube sell during the Christmas period in the land they call Oz?
5,846. Five thousand, eight hundred and forty six. Xbox sold over forty-five thousand. GameCube failed to break six. Barely 3% of the overall market share. Hum.
Reasons? Well, if we're to believe EA's Bob Katz, Nintendo's "disappointing reluctance to compete" was behind the shortfall. Katz's comment may also explain why EA started to reduce the price of its games towards the end of last year - simply not enough numbers to do good business.
Will 2003 prove any different? Regional analysts seem to think not, but we can only wait and see.
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No, there won't be a mouse released.
Not sure about Neverwinter, but Morrowind is a TOP game.
Not sure about Neverwinter, but Morrowind is a TOP game.
Your Honour wrote:
> It seems simple to me:
> Buy a PS2 if you like games like FF, GT, GTA etc.
> Buy a GC if you like games like Mario, Donkey Kong etc
> Buy an Xbox if you like PC style games without the hassle of owning a PC.
>
> Pretty straightforward, no?
Yeah, I'm getting an X-BOX in a couple of months anyway, because I want to play more PC based RPG's on it, like Morrowind etc. Is neverwinter coming out on X-BOX? And will there be a mouse released for it?
> It seems simple to me:
> Buy a PS2 if you like games like FF, GT, GTA etc.
> Buy a GC if you like games like Mario, Donkey Kong etc
> Buy an Xbox if you like PC style games without the hassle of owning a PC.
>
> Pretty straightforward, no?
Yeah, I'm getting an X-BOX in a couple of months anyway, because I want to play more PC based RPG's on it, like Morrowind etc. Is neverwinter coming out on X-BOX? And will there be a mouse released for it?
Top score wrote:
> Update2.01 wrote:
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format
> -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
>
> Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned
> anything from the N64 format disaster.
Not really. I love Vice City - my brother has it on his PS2. I'm a big fan of the DC as well. And the N64 had some revolutionary games on it - Goldeneye. Mario 64, Super Mario Kart. So it's not nice branding the N64 a "disaster" when it had some of the best games I've ever played on it. Oh, I also owned a PS1 but sold it because I was bored of it.
> Update2.01 wrote:
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format
> -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
>
> Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned
> anything from the N64 format disaster.
Not really. I love Vice City - my brother has it on his PS2. I'm a big fan of the DC as well. And the N64 had some revolutionary games on it - Goldeneye. Mario 64, Super Mario Kart. So it's not nice branding the N64 a "disaster" when it had some of the best games I've ever played on it. Oh, I also owned a PS1 but sold it because I was bored of it.
Unbeliever wrote:
> Heh heh! So you'd rather lug your MASSIVE X-BOX around?
Ummm, yeah.
Add to the fact that the majority of popular titles are multiformat anyway, the FIFA's, the Tony Hawks, Colin McRae's, Rocky, SSX etc.
It seems simple to me:
Buy a PS2 if you like games like FF, GT, GTA etc.
Buy a GC if you like games like Mario, Donkey Kong etc
Buy an Xbox if you like PC style games without the hassle of owning a PC.
Pretty straightforward, no?
> Heh heh! So you'd rather lug your MASSIVE X-BOX around?
Ummm, yeah.
Add to the fact that the majority of popular titles are multiformat anyway, the FIFA's, the Tony Hawks, Colin McRae's, Rocky, SSX etc.
It seems simple to me:
Buy a PS2 if you like games like FF, GT, GTA etc.
Buy a GC if you like games like Mario, Donkey Kong etc
Buy an Xbox if you like PC style games without the hassle of owning a PC.
Pretty straightforward, no?
Top score wrote:
> Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned
> anything from the N64 format disaster.
Did you ever actually own an N64?
> Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned
> anything from the N64 format disaster.
Did you ever actually own an N64?
Your Honour wrote:
> The "normal" people want value for money.
Which is why the GC is the lowest priced game machine with similarly low priced games.
> and I find it extremely useful to watch DVD's on that, rather than buy another piece of equipment, at around £100, and then have to lug it around the country as I move back and forth between uni and home every holiday.
Heh heh! So you'd rather lug your MASSIVE X-BOX around?
> The "normal" people want value for money.
Which is why the GC is the lowest priced game machine with similarly low priced games.
> and I find it extremely useful to watch DVD's on that, rather than buy another piece of equipment, at around £100, and then have to lug it around the country as I move back and forth between uni and home every holiday.
Heh heh! So you'd rather lug your MASSIVE X-BOX around?
Update2.01 wrote:
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned anything from the N64 format disaster.
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
Because these people are dump Ninty fanboys that have not learned anything from the N64 format disaster.
Update2.01 wrote:
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
To play exclusive games that will NEVER appear on any other format? Reason enough, methinks.
> Effectivly, you know that the market is moving on to one disc format -
> so why buy a machine which does not use it?
To play exclusive games that will NEVER appear on any other format? Reason enough, methinks.
Totoro wrote:
it should be the games themselves that help them
make their choice, not whether it can play movies too.
Shame that most of the top selling games of 2002 where produced on a format called dvd.
it should be the games themselves that help them
make their choice, not whether it can play movies too.
Shame that most of the top selling games of 2002 where produced on a format called dvd.
Totoro wrote:
but to "normal" people who know
> nothing about games, it should be the games themselves that help them
> make their choice, not whether it can play movies too.
Bollards.
The "normal" people want value for money. I originally bought a PS2 for 2 reasons. 1. GT3, 2. It's a DVD player.
I then sold it because GT3 was crap, and the DVD player wasn't much better either, but now I have an Xbox, and I find it extremely useful to watch DVD's on that, rather than buy another piece of equipment, at around £100, and then have to lug it around the country as I move back and forth between uni and home every holiday.
but to "normal" people who know
> nothing about games, it should be the games themselves that help them
> make their choice, not whether it can play movies too.
Bollards.
The "normal" people want value for money. I originally bought a PS2 for 2 reasons. 1. GT3, 2. It's a DVD player.
I then sold it because GT3 was crap, and the DVD player wasn't much better either, but now I have an Xbox, and I find it extremely useful to watch DVD's on that, rather than buy another piece of equipment, at around £100, and then have to lug it around the country as I move back and forth between uni and home every holiday.
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