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Okay, okay, you've probably been warned by all retailers to pre-order your copies of Grand Theft Auto Vice City by now, to guarantee yourself a copy next Friday, and you'd be doing the right thing to do so, but be warned, there's a high chance you'll be seeing bills and credit card promotions falling through your letterbox instead.
Why?
Well lets just say that Sony can't cope with the high demand for the game, and so, there wont be enough copies for the amount of pre-orders. Supposedly, there will be roughly 500,000 copies that people will still be waiting for next Friday, whilst the other 1.2 million lucky gamers get to play this majorly hyped title.
That's humilating for Nintendo to say the least, who were happy with a sell out of 500,000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube last month!
Call me a heretic if you wish, but I think Sony, or Rockstar who deserve the credit, have done a very good job, even if the new GTA turns out to be crap! They'll be making a fortune in the UK, despite whatever happens to the worldwide sales! Nintendo haven't done this well for a good while now!
Why?
Well lets just say that Sony can't cope with the high demand for the game, and so, there wont be enough copies for the amount of pre-orders. Supposedly, there will be roughly 500,000 copies that people will still be waiting for next Friday, whilst the other 1.2 million lucky gamers get to play this majorly hyped title.
That's humilating for Nintendo to say the least, who were happy with a sell out of 500,000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube last month!
Call me a heretic if you wish, but I think Sony, or Rockstar who deserve the credit, have done a very good job, even if the new GTA turns out to be crap! They'll be making a fortune in the UK, despite whatever happens to the worldwide sales! Nintendo haven't done this well for a good while now!
ssxpro wrote:
> Yes, and of course this applies to X-Box in reverse, because nobody
> had heard of "Microsoft" or whoever they are, before the
> console was released. Similary, the Gamecube is Nintendo's first
> venture into the console world, so they were pretty unknown too...
>
> Or perhaps there is something else to it.
*
Yes, I can sense your (crappy) attempt at sarcasm, there... and may I just say that you're about as funny as having herpes.
Now that I've got that out of the way, I was saying that Sony aren't relying on the quality of their consoles and games to shift them, but on their reputation alone. Nintendo have been making great consoles and great games for practically 20 years, and anyone forking out money for a Nintendo console does so because they know that it's going to meet the highest quality and standards... whereas anyone buying the PlayStation when it was released only did so because of Sony's reputation as an electronics manufacturer, even if the console and games themselves were shoddy.
> Yes, and of course this applies to X-Box in reverse, because nobody
> had heard of "Microsoft" or whoever they are, before the
> console was released. Similary, the Gamecube is Nintendo's first
> venture into the console world, so they were pretty unknown too...
>
> Or perhaps there is something else to it.
*
Yes, I can sense your (crappy) attempt at sarcasm, there... and may I just say that you're about as funny as having herpes.
Now that I've got that out of the way, I was saying that Sony aren't relying on the quality of their consoles and games to shift them, but on their reputation alone. Nintendo have been making great consoles and great games for practically 20 years, and anyone forking out money for a Nintendo console does so because they know that it's going to meet the highest quality and standards... whereas anyone buying the PlayStation when it was released only did so because of Sony's reputation as an electronics manufacturer, even if the console and games themselves were shoddy.
Yes, and of course this applies to X-Box in reverse, because nobody had heard of "Microsoft" or whoever they are, before the console was released. Similary, the Gamecube is Nintendo's first venture into the console world, so they were pretty unknown too...
Or perhaps there is something else to it.
Or perhaps there is something else to it.
The main reason for PS2 and its' games selling so well isn't down to the console or games themselves, but rather down to the fact that Sony existed as a leading electronics manufacturer for many years before they released the original PlayStation. Everyone knew who Sony were, and this worked incredibly well for them. And it's this - nudged along by the popularity of the PSOne - that ensure that the PlayStation 2 and its' games carry on to sell by the boatload.
Semajal wrote:
> GTA3 and vice city are most likly one of the few reasons as to why the
> PS2 is currently so sucessful.
Hmmm. I`ve got used to people saying that they are the only two games that are any good on the machine. A lot of PS2 haters often say that kind of stuff, and I suppose its down to opinion, so I shouldn`t complain, but to say that those two games are some of the "few" reasons for the success of PS2 is just idiotic. They are a factor in the UK, and partially in America, but they play a very small part in Sony's success. The things that make a console a success are sometimes different from the things you see as being good, besides, the PS2 was already selling extremely well before GTA3 arrived, and sells just as well in Japan where the game is a lot less popular.
> GTA3 and vice city are most likly one of the few reasons as to why the
> PS2 is currently so sucessful.
Hmmm. I`ve got used to people saying that they are the only two games that are any good on the machine. A lot of PS2 haters often say that kind of stuff, and I suppose its down to opinion, so I shouldn`t complain, but to say that those two games are some of the "few" reasons for the success of PS2 is just idiotic. They are a factor in the UK, and partially in America, but they play a very small part in Sony's success. The things that make a console a success are sometimes different from the things you see as being good, besides, the PS2 was already selling extremely well before GTA3 arrived, and sells just as well in Japan where the game is a lot less popular.
Should be a great game, based on what GTA3 was like. Still, there's always a chance. I remember Driver and Driver 2. Version 2 being worse than the original.
GTA3 and vice city are most likly one of the few reasons as to why the PS2 is currently so sucessful.
Anyway, judge the game when you have played it. Might be brilliant, might be crap. *shrug*
Anyway, judge the game when you have played it. Might be brilliant, might be crap. *shrug*
Vice City will keep me entertaining for hours, no, months.
GTA3 has lasted me this long, nicking a helicopter is bound to make for an excellent game.
GTA3 has lasted me this long, nicking a helicopter is bound to make for an excellent game.
Considering the amount of PS2's that have been sold in the UK and the amount of hype this game has been given it's not really suprising is it?
Quite worrying though, I'm sure it's a great game and all but you wouldn't expect the nature of this title to appeal to so many people in such a small area. I'm gonna make doubly sure that I lock all my windows tonight...
Quite worrying though, I'm sure it's a great game and all but you wouldn't expect the nature of this title to appeal to so many people in such a small area. I'm gonna make doubly sure that I lock all my windows tonight...
Yes, but the Gamecube user base is smaller than that of the PS2, so a big (or very big as in Vice City's case) PS2 game is bound to sell more copies than a big Gamecube game.
If the GC had the huge PS2 user base, I'm sure Mario Sunshine would have sold a shed load more copies.
If the GC had the huge PS2 user base, I'm sure Mario Sunshine would have sold a shed load more copies.
Okay, okay, you've probably been warned by all retailers to pre-order your copies of Grand Theft Auto Vice City by now, to guarantee yourself a copy next Friday, and you'd be doing the right thing to do so, but be warned, there's a high chance you'll be seeing bills and credit card promotions falling through your letterbox instead.
Why?
Well lets just say that Sony can't cope with the high demand for the game, and so, there wont be enough copies for the amount of pre-orders. Supposedly, there will be roughly 500,000 copies that people will still be waiting for next Friday, whilst the other 1.2 million lucky gamers get to play this majorly hyped title.
That's humilating for Nintendo to say the least, who were happy with a sell out of 500,000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube last month!
Call me a heretic if you wish, but I think Sony, or Rockstar who deserve the credit, have done a very good job, even if the new GTA turns out to be crap! They'll be making a fortune in the UK, despite whatever happens to the worldwide sales! Nintendo haven't done this well for a good while now!
Why?
Well lets just say that Sony can't cope with the high demand for the game, and so, there wont be enough copies for the amount of pre-orders. Supposedly, there will be roughly 500,000 copies that people will still be waiting for next Friday, whilst the other 1.2 million lucky gamers get to play this majorly hyped title.
That's humilating for Nintendo to say the least, who were happy with a sell out of 500,000 copies of Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube last month!
Call me a heretic if you wish, but I think Sony, or Rockstar who deserve the credit, have done a very good job, even if the new GTA turns out to be crap! They'll be making a fortune in the UK, despite whatever happens to the worldwide sales! Nintendo haven't done this well for a good while now!