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How the hell does Ms and Sony expect the online games industry to be a big player in years to come in the UK when only 7% of the country have taken up broadband and that only 30% of the country is covered anyway. This represents such a small amount of the gaming public problably 2%, is it worth the effort?
I for one have not even been upgraded to digital let alone Broadband and I would certainly not pay an extra £10 a month on top of the already over priced broadband access to get Xbox live.
I am sure they think the UK is like a mini America but it is just not the case 250,000 users is nothing like the figure in US, X-box hoping to have 1mil users by the end of 2003 and when X-box2 comes out in 2005 4mil they are living in dreamland. You would think companies like Sony and MS would be more in touch with the UK consumer.
I think it is a very big gamble and one that is to early for the technology in place in 5years time it might be different, but I wouldn't count on it.
A good judge of this is FF11 which was released in Countries like the US and Japan that have a lot of Broadband coverage and the sales of the game were pathetic compared to the numbers they sold as a stand alone game FF10.
I for one have not even been upgraded to digital let alone Broadband and I would certainly not pay an extra £10 a month on top of the already over priced broadband access to get Xbox live.
I am sure they think the UK is like a mini America but it is just not the case 250,000 users is nothing like the figure in US, X-box hoping to have 1mil users by the end of 2003 and when X-box2 comes out in 2005 4mil they are living in dreamland. You would think companies like Sony and MS would be more in touch with the UK consumer.
I think it is a very big gamble and one that is to early for the technology in place in 5years time it might be different, but I wouldn't count on it.
A good judge of this is FF11 which was released in Countries like the US and Japan that have a lot of Broadband coverage and the sales of the game were pathetic compared to the numbers they sold as a stand alone game FF10.
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If anyone gets phantasy star online for the GameCube you will be able to play with me online.:D
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I have broadband.
I have broadband.
i want XBox LIVE.
How the hell does Ms and Sony expect the online games industry to be a big player in years to come in the UK when only 7% of the country have taken up broadband and that only 30% of the country is covered anyway. This represents such a small amount of the gaming public problably 2%, is it worth the effort?
I for one have not even been upgraded to digital let alone Broadband and I would certainly not pay an extra £10 a month on top of the already over priced broadband access to get Xbox live.
I am sure they think the UK is like a mini America but it is just not the case 250,000 users is nothing like the figure in US, X-box hoping to have 1mil users by the end of 2003 and when X-box2 comes out in 2005 4mil they are living in dreamland. You would think companies like Sony and MS would be more in touch with the UK consumer.
I think it is a very big gamble and one that is to early for the technology in place in 5years time it might be different, but I wouldn't count on it.
A good judge of this is FF11 which was released in Countries like the US and Japan that have a lot of Broadband coverage and the sales of the game were pathetic compared to the numbers they sold as a stand alone game FF10.
I for one have not even been upgraded to digital let alone Broadband and I would certainly not pay an extra £10 a month on top of the already over priced broadband access to get Xbox live.
I am sure they think the UK is like a mini America but it is just not the case 250,000 users is nothing like the figure in US, X-box hoping to have 1mil users by the end of 2003 and when X-box2 comes out in 2005 4mil they are living in dreamland. You would think companies like Sony and MS would be more in touch with the UK consumer.
I think it is a very big gamble and one that is to early for the technology in place in 5years time it might be different, but I wouldn't count on it.
A good judge of this is FF11 which was released in Countries like the US and Japan that have a lot of Broadband coverage and the sales of the game were pathetic compared to the numbers they sold as a stand alone game FF10.
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