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>Metal Gears up
>Sony has hit back at the forthcoming European Xbox release >in March by announcing a Metal Gear Solid 2/PlayStation2 >bundle.
>Available in the UK from March 22, lucky punters will be >able to buy a PS2 console and Konami's biggest game to >date together for £229. This will put it in competition >with the European Xbox launch on March 13.
Now is it just me or is MArch 22nd just a little too late :P ? lol Considering that Sony has so far said Xbox is no threat to them this seems a contradictory move - packaging a third party game with a console is rare, GT3 was SCEE/SCEA/SCEJ afterall.
>Metal Gears up
>Sony has hit back at the forthcoming European Xbox release >in March by announcing a Metal Gear Solid 2/PlayStation2 >bundle.
>Available in the UK from March 22, lucky punters will be >able to buy a PS2 console and Konami's biggest game to >date together for £229. This will put it in competition >with the European Xbox launch on March 13.
Now is it just me or is MArch 22nd just a little too late :P ? lol Considering that Sony has so far said Xbox is no threat to them this seems a contradictory move - packaging a third party game with a console is rare, GT3 was SCEE/SCEA/SCEJ afterall.
The Street Fighter 2 package was in direct competition to Sega's bundling of, I think, Sonic 2 with the Megadrive. My point is that no company does this kind of offer unless its position is threatened - after all they're mostly losing money on the hardware and the combined selling price is lower than if they were bought seperately.
In GT3's case that package basically helped revive the PS2 following a long line of good, but not amazing, games. Why aren't MS packaging Halo with every Xbox for 349.99 ? Because it's going to sell....and thats what the business is about :)
In GT3's case that package basically helped revive the PS2 following a long line of good, but not amazing, games. Why aren't MS packaging Halo with every Xbox for 349.99 ? Because it's going to sell....and thats what the business is about :)
Packaging with a Third party title isnt that rare. I remember Nintendo packaged Street fighter 2 Turbo with the SNES.
Pre-Christmas sales in the US were expected to provide a good test of sales and demand. PS2 out-sold Xbox and Gamecube combined.
Packaging third-party games isn't that unusual - GT3 was *published* by Sony, but developed by Polyphony Digital - an independent third-party company.
Far from being worried, Sony are actually looking forward to the competition. It's been lonely at the top for so very long, I'm sure! :-)
Packaging third-party games isn't that unusual - GT3 was *published* by Sony, but developed by Polyphony Digital - an independent third-party company.
Far from being worried, Sony are actually looking forward to the competition. It's been lonely at the top for so very long, I'm sure! :-)
This article was taken today from Game's website.
>Metal Gears up
>Sony has hit back at the forthcoming European Xbox release >in March by announcing a Metal Gear Solid 2/PlayStation2 >bundle.
>Available in the UK from March 22, lucky punters will be >able to buy a PS2 console and Konami's biggest game to >date together for £229. This will put it in competition >with the European Xbox launch on March 13.
Now is it just me or is MArch 22nd just a little too late :P ? lol Considering that Sony has so far said Xbox is no threat to them this seems a contradictory move - packaging a third party game with a console is rare, GT3 was SCEE/SCEA/SCEJ afterall.
>Metal Gears up
>Sony has hit back at the forthcoming European Xbox release >in March by announcing a Metal Gear Solid 2/PlayStation2 >bundle.
>Available in the UK from March 22, lucky punters will be >able to buy a PS2 console and Konami's biggest game to >date together for £229. This will put it in competition >with the European Xbox launch on March 13.
Now is it just me or is MArch 22nd just a little too late :P ? lol Considering that Sony has so far said Xbox is no threat to them this seems a contradictory move - packaging a third party game with a console is rare, GT3 was SCEE/SCEA/SCEJ afterall.