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Well as most of you will know the Next Gen console war finally starts up tonight at 12am with the release of the X-box. With its release there will now be two next gen consoles available and the fight for global supremacy finally gets underway. Also with the release of the GC in the not too distant future of May 3rd things are soon going to start to heat up and really get interesting. All three consoles are going to do, and continue to do, all that they can in order to entice us and new consoles owners to go for there products over anyone else’s by trying to give us the lowest prices, best games and so on. With me being a loyal Sony fan, and I suppose a little bit biased toward them im just hoping that Sony don’t buckle, and show off any sort of weaknesses that they are going to loose thier, at the moment, dominance of the market.
At the moment however I really can’t see this happening at all, and in my opinion at the moment and for the foreseeable future, both the X-box and GC are going to be playing catch up. Obviously with the PS2 being out for more than a year already it has a very large user base already and its continuously always growing throughout the week. With the recent price cuts this has more than helped Sony in that respect, being the cheapest of the next gen consoles they always knew it was going to shift many consoles that way. Just here on the forums you could tell that, even the once loyal fans of the other consoles at times were changing there mind and going for the PS2, it was a very slick strategy by Sony. With it already being out a while there are already many games too, and many good games at that available for you to buy and it gets better when they announce that the likes of GT 3 are coming out at £19:99, its all good for them, and because of this I think that GC and X-box are going to be playing catch up.
At this moment in time Sony have the real advantage. At the start of the competition that really begins tonight they already have a huge user base and lots of games out to entice new gamers, and in real terms, they should not loose much ground to the other consoles because of this. But what I really hope is that they don’t show any signs of weaknesses and start to use their money and the number of there developers to their advantage. There were reports at one time when the GC and X-box were showcasing abroad that Sony had put much money into telling developers to go for graphics rather than game play, whether this was totally true im not sure, but the thing is I hope that they don’t have to start to resort to this in order to keep ahead of the pack. Usually the first thing a new gamer looks at when there after a new console is the graphics, so you can see the sense in having the games have lots of good graphics and not so good game play, all the customers are sure to go for this then. But the problem is then that with the dire game play that would come with it, is that they would not stay loyal to the console for long, and turn else where for there games.
Most importantly, I hope that Sony do not put pressure on the developers to put there games which have a good prospect to release them quickly to sell more games. This would have a bad effect on the games without a doubt, and could cause them to be severely damaged and different to how they could have been. Also then we could be bombarded with many low quality titles that are not so good at all and are just released to overwhelm us rather than entertain.
But as we know, Sony are bright people and have soon learnt how to handle the market, after all they have had so much success with the PS1 and its war with DC and N64, im sure they know what they are doing and will come out of the competition very well off. I have no doubt that the GC and the X-box are going to be very good consoles, they both have there own styles of games that many people like and enjoy, and I cant see that they are not going to do well for themselves either. All 3 will offer some good games which is what we want, but the fact is that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are in the business to make money, and to do that you have to be the dominant console in the market to make the most profit. Sony are a big company and I really hope that they can continue to keep the good games rolling onto the console and not use any bad and harmful tactics to keep there dominance in the market, and this is something that i am confident that they can do, if i wasnt, i would be sat here now telling you how excited i am about the X-box release.
At the moment however I really can’t see this happening at all, and in my opinion at the moment and for the foreseeable future, both the X-box and GC are going to be playing catch up. Obviously with the PS2 being out for more than a year already it has a very large user base already and its continuously always growing throughout the week. With the recent price cuts this has more than helped Sony in that respect, being the cheapest of the next gen consoles they always knew it was going to shift many consoles that way. Just here on the forums you could tell that, even the once loyal fans of the other consoles at times were changing there mind and going for the PS2, it was a very slick strategy by Sony. With it already being out a while there are already many games too, and many good games at that available for you to buy and it gets better when they announce that the likes of GT 3 are coming out at £19:99, its all good for them, and because of this I think that GC and X-box are going to be playing catch up.
At this moment in time Sony have the real advantage. At the start of the competition that really begins tonight they already have a huge user base and lots of games out to entice new gamers, and in real terms, they should not loose much ground to the other consoles because of this. But what I really hope is that they don’t show any signs of weaknesses and start to use their money and the number of there developers to their advantage. There were reports at one time when the GC and X-box were showcasing abroad that Sony had put much money into telling developers to go for graphics rather than game play, whether this was totally true im not sure, but the thing is I hope that they don’t have to start to resort to this in order to keep ahead of the pack. Usually the first thing a new gamer looks at when there after a new console is the graphics, so you can see the sense in having the games have lots of good graphics and not so good game play, all the customers are sure to go for this then. But the problem is then that with the dire game play that would come with it, is that they would not stay loyal to the console for long, and turn else where for there games.
Most importantly, I hope that Sony do not put pressure on the developers to put there games which have a good prospect to release them quickly to sell more games. This would have a bad effect on the games without a doubt, and could cause them to be severely damaged and different to how they could have been. Also then we could be bombarded with many low quality titles that are not so good at all and are just released to overwhelm us rather than entertain.
But as we know, Sony are bright people and have soon learnt how to handle the market, after all they have had so much success with the PS1 and its war with DC and N64, im sure they know what they are doing and will come out of the competition very well off. I have no doubt that the GC and the X-box are going to be very good consoles, they both have there own styles of games that many people like and enjoy, and I cant see that they are not going to do well for themselves either. All 3 will offer some good games which is what we want, but the fact is that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are in the business to make money, and to do that you have to be the dominant console in the market to make the most profit. Sony are a big company and I really hope that they can continue to keep the good games rolling onto the console and not use any bad and harmful tactics to keep there dominance in the market, and this is something that i am confident that they can do, if i wasnt, i would be sat here now telling you how excited i am about the X-box release.
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I agree with with you PE the thing is although your topic was well written it is still one that has been discussed loads of times over the last few weeks and thats probably why alot of people didnt respond. Also most of them cant understand any more than "PS2 rules X box sucks" type arguments.
The only thing that will keep Sony at the top of the pile is the games and as long as games like FF10, Toca Race Driver, Colin Mcrae 3, Soul Calibur2 etc meet their promise then we wont need to start going out and buying any other consoles.
I really think that the main battle will be between PS2 and Gamecube rather than the X-Box because the type of games are what is important to most people and if you look at the X-Box line up it is so similar to the type of games that we play on PS2 - There is nothing in the original release schedule that does not fit in with genres available on PS2.
Look at Gamecube however and there is for a start Mario and then things like Pikimin and Super Monkey Ball which will appeal because they are different and original.
Only time will tell ........
I agree with with you PE the thing is although your topic was well written it is still one that has been discussed loads of times over the last few weeks and thats probably why alot of people didnt respond. Also most of them cant understand any more than "PS2 rules X box sucks" type arguments.
The only thing that will keep Sony at the top of the pile is the games and as long as games like FF10, Toca Race Driver, Colin Mcrae 3, Soul Calibur2 etc meet their promise then we wont need to start going out and buying any other consoles.
I really think that the main battle will be between PS2 and Gamecube rather than the X-Box because the type of games are what is important to most people and if you look at the X-Box line up it is so similar to the type of games that we play on PS2 - There is nothing in the original release schedule that does not fit in with genres available on PS2.
Look at Gamecube however and there is for a start Mario and then things like Pikimin and Super Monkey Ball which will appeal because they are different and original.
Only time will tell ........
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Look at the situation in the US. PS2 has sold 8 Million Units, while Gamecube and and X-box have only sold about 1.5 Million each.
The gap should be smaller by the end of they year, but are Nintendo or Microsoft ever gonna catch up really? Its been a No contest really. PS2 has had a huge head start. Hopefully in the next generation of conosoles the launches will be closer.
The gap should be smaller by the end of they year, but are Nintendo or Microsoft ever gonna catch up really? Its been a No contest really. PS2 has had a huge head start. Hopefully in the next generation of conosoles the launches will be closer.
Yep, very true. The next year will be very interesting with all 3 consoles battleing it out, and no doubt the next year on these forums will be interesting too, seeing how everyone rates there consoles as they evolve or die off.
Only time shall tell.
Only time shall tell.
I too have complete faith in my PS2, as like you said, if i hadnt i would be waiting for my new console right about now probably. I think Sony know what they are doing and can handle the market just as well as anyone in what is there 2nd console war of there console life.
Its going to make for a very interesting year which can only be good for us customers, with 3 great consoles out there are going to be some very good games available and if either the X-box or GC bring some really good ones out then i sure will get one to go along side my black machine.
But for now, the PS2 is enough for me.
It was an interesting post too.
Its going to make for a very interesting year which can only be good for us customers, with 3 great consoles out there are going to be some very good games available and if either the X-box or GC bring some really good ones out then i sure will get one to go along side my black machine.
But for now, the PS2 is enough for me.
It was an interesting post too.
It's like the Mega-Drive and SNES war there were awesome games because they were constantly trying to be better than one another.
Well...badger....i agree with you there. :D
Good post, the reason why you haven't had many replies, is that most people here have the attention span of a dead goldfish and can barely manage to read a sentence :D
no i agree
Guess its just me then.
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