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As a PS2 owner I can't help but chuckle at the problem Gamecube and Xbox owners face.
There systems software more often than not are just cheap ports of PS2 games and a way of making some easily money for developers without the effort. Need for Speed is an obvious example of this while the PS2 version runs at a really fast pace the Gamecube version is hysterically slow not much good having a smart looking racer that move like a lada. The Xbox version granted is better, but still not as good as the PS2 version why is this because the game has obviously been optimised for the PS2 first and then ported over.
People that say PS2 is dead need to get there head out of the sand from what I can see there would be no reason to buy a GC or Xbox on this evidence as you pay more for clone or inferior product. That is why the PS2 continues to sell as many as Xbox and GC put together.
There systems software more often than not are just cheap ports of PS2 games and a way of making some easily money for developers without the effort. Need for Speed is an obvious example of this while the PS2 version runs at a really fast pace the Gamecube version is hysterically slow not much good having a smart looking racer that move like a lada. The Xbox version granted is better, but still not as good as the PS2 version why is this because the game has obviously been optimised for the PS2 first and then ported over.
People that say PS2 is dead need to get there head out of the sand from what I can see there would be no reason to buy a GC or Xbox on this evidence as you pay more for clone or inferior product. That is why the PS2 continues to sell as many as Xbox and GC put together.
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Top score wrote:
> Dark Mark wrote:
> If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading
> Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
>
> I just like laughing at the so called competition
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You're quite sad, you know that?
> Dark Mark wrote:
> If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading
> Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
>
> I just like laughing at the so called competition
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You're quite sad, you know that?
Dave RJR wrote:
> Cheap shares?
> Nintendo shares fell almost 7% to close at 12,840 yen.
> "Shares in Nintendo may come under pressure in the short term,
> but that would provide a good buying opportunity," said Goldman
> Sachs analyst, Eri Sato.
When your shares go for £66.50, it hardly intimates a financial crisis.
> Cheap shares?
> Nintendo shares fell almost 7% to close at 12,840 yen.
> "Shares in Nintendo may come under pressure in the short term,
> but that would provide a good buying opportunity," said Goldman
> Sachs analyst, Eri Sato.
When your shares go for £66.50, it hardly intimates a financial crisis.
Dark Mark wrote:
> Top score wrote:
> The latest Nintendo magazine contradicts that then.
>
> *
>
> If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading
> Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
I just like laughing at the so called competition
> Top score wrote:
> The latest Nintendo magazine contradicts that then.
>
> *
>
> If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading
> Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
I just like laughing at the so called competition
Top score wrote:
> Nice one Dave RJR that will shut the Ninty fanboys up, might be a bit
> complicated for them to understand though.
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LMFAO!!!!!! Well if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black!!!
(or something like that)
> Nice one Dave RJR that will shut the Ninty fanboys up, might be a bit
> complicated for them to understand though.
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LMFAO!!!!!! Well if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black!!!
(or something like that)
Nice one Dave RJR that will shut the Ninty fanboys up, might be a bit complicated for them to understand though.
Funny how Sony is still struggling to cope with the demand for PS2's no decrease in sales expectations there.
Funny how Sony is still struggling to cope with the demand for PS2's no decrease in sales expectations there.
But remember Dave RJR, the new Pokemon game/s come out for the GBA soon, so profits will go ZZZOOOOOMMMMM.
(Unless the Pokemon bubble has burst...)
(Unless the Pokemon bubble has burst...)
Top score wrote:
> The latest Nintendo magazine contradicts that then.
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If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
> The latest Nintendo magazine contradicts that then.
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If you don't like Nintendo, then why pray tell are you reading Nintendo magazines. Is it just me, or are you slightly confused?
If you hate Nintendo, how come you read a Nintendo magazine??
The plot thickens...
The plot thickens...
But Ninty do have money problems.
Quote (BBC web site)...
Nintendo shares have suffered a sharp fall after the company warned that its profits over the summer would be 77% lower than a year before.
The maker of GameCube and GameBoy said it had been hit in the April to September period by a double whammy relating to the strengthening yen.
The currency's growing strength had cut the value - in yen terms - of Nintendo's foreign assets.
And it had made Nintendo products more expensive in export markets, so hitting sales.
Consequently, Nintendo has lowered its sales expectations for 2002/03.
It now expects to ship 17% fewer GameCubes and 21% fewer GameBoys.
Cheap shares?
Nintendo shares fell almost 7% to close at 12,840 yen.
"Shares in Nintendo may come under pressure in the short term, but that would provide a good buying opportunity," said Goldman Sachs analyst, Eri Sato.
So far this year, Nintendo's shares have lost 40% of their value.
Here is the link with the full report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2291391.stm*
(remove the star symbol from the end)
Quote (BBC web site)...
Nintendo shares have suffered a sharp fall after the company warned that its profits over the summer would be 77% lower than a year before.
The maker of GameCube and GameBoy said it had been hit in the April to September period by a double whammy relating to the strengthening yen.
The currency's growing strength had cut the value - in yen terms - of Nintendo's foreign assets.
And it had made Nintendo products more expensive in export markets, so hitting sales.
Consequently, Nintendo has lowered its sales expectations for 2002/03.
It now expects to ship 17% fewer GameCubes and 21% fewer GameBoys.
Cheap shares?
Nintendo shares fell almost 7% to close at 12,840 yen.
"Shares in Nintendo may come under pressure in the short term, but that would provide a good buying opportunity," said Goldman Sachs analyst, Eri Sato.
So far this year, Nintendo's shares have lost 40% of their value.
Here is the link with the full report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2291391.stm*
(remove the star symbol from the end)
Mendax Bartender wrote:
> Top Score is being corrected in stereo today.
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More like surround sound. :D
> Top Score is being corrected in stereo today.
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More like surround sound. :D
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