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XBox and 4 games for under £200
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=2249
I saw this news story today as well as on the front cover of my SR Magazine which arrived in the post. I'm tempted seeing as those are 4 great games, particularly Halo and Sega GT 2002.
Add a memory card, DVD playback and and extra controller and the total comes to £260.96
A similar PS2 package would set you back £283.95
(Firepack, memory card, 2 controllers, RedFaction2, MGS2, GTA3 and GT3)
Interestingly, a Gamecube bundle (2 controllers, 4Mb memory card, 4 games) comes in at mid point: £272.95; £11.99 more than the XBox, £11.00 cheaper than the PS2, but then it doesn't have a DVD player option, if you told anyone you could have your games console converted into a DVD player for £11.99 I think most people would snap your hand off.
The difference is £22.99 in favour of the XBox. So, overall, will XBox undercutting PS2 by about £23 and Gamecube by £12 boost Christmas sales for Microsoft? Is it enough? Does your average console buyer actually do as much research as this or are retailers just hoping for an impulse buy?
More interesting: Do Sony and Nintendo still have time for a quick £25 price cut before Christmas to try to knock Microsoft out of the market altogether or are they already as low as they dare to go in terms of retail price?
The way I see it, Microsoft have a real opportunity at this low price to corner the console market this Christmas. The only thing going against them is parent's perception of what their kids want. I've got a feeling many of them are going to think "Yeah, nice price, but isn't the XBox for older gamers? Does it have a decent range of games for the pre-teens?"
If I was marketing XBox in the UK, I'd have put adverts into production ages ago for Taz, Superman, Fifa, Crazy Taxi, Crash Bandicoot and so on all in readiness for airing on Children's Channels in December, and put the more mature games into later advertising slots hoping to corner both main demographic groups of gamers in one fell swoop.
But I'm not seeing enough games aimed at the younger market by Microsoft, and I think they're going to miss out big time around December time because of it.
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=2249
I saw this news story today as well as on the front cover of my SR Magazine which arrived in the post. I'm tempted seeing as those are 4 great games, particularly Halo and Sega GT 2002.
Add a memory card, DVD playback and and extra controller and the total comes to £260.96
A similar PS2 package would set you back £283.95
(Firepack, memory card, 2 controllers, RedFaction2, MGS2, GTA3 and GT3)
Interestingly, a Gamecube bundle (2 controllers, 4Mb memory card, 4 games) comes in at mid point: £272.95; £11.99 more than the XBox, £11.00 cheaper than the PS2, but then it doesn't have a DVD player option, if you told anyone you could have your games console converted into a DVD player for £11.99 I think most people would snap your hand off.
The difference is £22.99 in favour of the XBox. So, overall, will XBox undercutting PS2 by about £23 and Gamecube by £12 boost Christmas sales for Microsoft? Is it enough? Does your average console buyer actually do as much research as this or are retailers just hoping for an impulse buy?
More interesting: Do Sony and Nintendo still have time for a quick £25 price cut before Christmas to try to knock Microsoft out of the market altogether or are they already as low as they dare to go in terms of retail price?
The way I see it, Microsoft have a real opportunity at this low price to corner the console market this Christmas. The only thing going against them is parent's perception of what their kids want. I've got a feeling many of them are going to think "Yeah, nice price, but isn't the XBox for older gamers? Does it have a decent range of games for the pre-teens?"
If I was marketing XBox in the UK, I'd have put adverts into production ages ago for Taz, Superman, Fifa, Crazy Taxi, Crash Bandicoot and so on all in readiness for airing on Children's Channels in December, and put the more mature games into later advertising slots hoping to corner both main demographic groups of gamers in one fell swoop.
But I'm not seeing enough games aimed at the younger market by Microsoft, and I think they're going to miss out big time around December time because of it.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> FM - just my opinion, but if you have GT3, Sega GT 2002 isn't worth
> it.
Is Sega GT 2002 just a case of picking the right car and spending the rest of the game doing parade laps instead of racing like GT3 is?
The reason I question this is because I've got the original Sega GT on the Dreamcast and it absolutely kicks seven bells of stuff out of GT3 on the PS2, except for the fact that the PS2 has the nicer shiny graphics compared to the slighty grainy look of the DC game. The major difference being the actual gameplay, in Sega GT your opponent AI is much more advanced, if they'd used that opponent AI in GT3 it would have been perfect.
> FM - just my opinion, but if you have GT3, Sega GT 2002 isn't worth
> it.
Is Sega GT 2002 just a case of picking the right car and spending the rest of the game doing parade laps instead of racing like GT3 is?
The reason I question this is because I've got the original Sega GT on the Dreamcast and it absolutely kicks seven bells of stuff out of GT3 on the PS2, except for the fact that the PS2 has the nicer shiny graphics compared to the slighty grainy look of the DC game. The major difference being the actual gameplay, in Sega GT your opponent AI is much more advanced, if they'd used that opponent AI in GT3 it would have been perfect.
the gamecube has enuff games for the mixed audience, adults, kids etc
Even party games!
Even party games!
FM - just my opinion, but if you have GT3, Sega GT 2002 isn't worth it.
Well the X-box had to be cut each and every month so it can compete with the PS2 and stop this petty fight with Nintendo...
Nintendo need a price cut, Sony just need to sit and watch and be wary and Microsoft need to stop doing new bundles or price cuts because this is good for me but a little too heavy.
Nintendo need a price cut, Sony just need to sit and watch and be wary and Microsoft need to stop doing new bundles or price cuts because this is good for me but a little too heavy.
It is indeed very tempting.
Hell, I OWN an xbox and am still tempted!
Hell, I OWN an xbox and am still tempted!
XBox and 4 games for under £200
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=2249
I saw this news story today as well as on the front cover of my SR Magazine which arrived in the post. I'm tempted seeing as those are 4 great games, particularly Halo and Sega GT 2002.
Add a memory card, DVD playback and and extra controller and the total comes to £260.96
A similar PS2 package would set you back £283.95
(Firepack, memory card, 2 controllers, RedFaction2, MGS2, GTA3 and GT3)
Interestingly, a Gamecube bundle (2 controllers, 4Mb memory card, 4 games) comes in at mid point: £272.95; £11.99 more than the XBox, £11.00 cheaper than the PS2, but then it doesn't have a DVD player option, if you told anyone you could have your games console converted into a DVD player for £11.99 I think most people would snap your hand off.
The difference is £22.99 in favour of the XBox. So, overall, will XBox undercutting PS2 by about £23 and Gamecube by £12 boost Christmas sales for Microsoft? Is it enough? Does your average console buyer actually do as much research as this or are retailers just hoping for an impulse buy?
More interesting: Do Sony and Nintendo still have time for a quick £25 price cut before Christmas to try to knock Microsoft out of the market altogether or are they already as low as they dare to go in terms of retail price?
The way I see it, Microsoft have a real opportunity at this low price to corner the console market this Christmas. The only thing going against them is parent's perception of what their kids want. I've got a feeling many of them are going to think "Yeah, nice price, but isn't the XBox for older gamers? Does it have a decent range of games for the pre-teens?"
If I was marketing XBox in the UK, I'd have put adverts into production ages ago for Taz, Superman, Fifa, Crazy Taxi, Crash Bandicoot and so on all in readiness for airing on Children's Channels in December, and put the more mature games into later advertising slots hoping to corner both main demographic groups of gamers in one fell swoop.
But I'm not seeing enough games aimed at the younger market by Microsoft, and I think they're going to miss out big time around December time because of it.
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=2249
I saw this news story today as well as on the front cover of my SR Magazine which arrived in the post. I'm tempted seeing as those are 4 great games, particularly Halo and Sega GT 2002.
Add a memory card, DVD playback and and extra controller and the total comes to £260.96
A similar PS2 package would set you back £283.95
(Firepack, memory card, 2 controllers, RedFaction2, MGS2, GTA3 and GT3)
Interestingly, a Gamecube bundle (2 controllers, 4Mb memory card, 4 games) comes in at mid point: £272.95; £11.99 more than the XBox, £11.00 cheaper than the PS2, but then it doesn't have a DVD player option, if you told anyone you could have your games console converted into a DVD player for £11.99 I think most people would snap your hand off.
The difference is £22.99 in favour of the XBox. So, overall, will XBox undercutting PS2 by about £23 and Gamecube by £12 boost Christmas sales for Microsoft? Is it enough? Does your average console buyer actually do as much research as this or are retailers just hoping for an impulse buy?
More interesting: Do Sony and Nintendo still have time for a quick £25 price cut before Christmas to try to knock Microsoft out of the market altogether or are they already as low as they dare to go in terms of retail price?
The way I see it, Microsoft have a real opportunity at this low price to corner the console market this Christmas. The only thing going against them is parent's perception of what their kids want. I've got a feeling many of them are going to think "Yeah, nice price, but isn't the XBox for older gamers? Does it have a decent range of games for the pre-teens?"
If I was marketing XBox in the UK, I'd have put adverts into production ages ago for Taz, Superman, Fifa, Crazy Taxi, Crash Bandicoot and so on all in readiness for airing on Children's Channels in December, and put the more mature games into later advertising slots hoping to corner both main demographic groups of gamers in one fell swoop.
But I'm not seeing enough games aimed at the younger market by Microsoft, and I think they're going to miss out big time around December time because of it.