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"PS2 Going Down"

with the GameCube and the X-box to contend with
i think the Ps2 is heading for the bottom, as both the new ones have tones of quality games heading for the shops although GTA vice city is gonna be a block buster, and send the GC and the Brick, i mean Xbox packing for a while, although they will rise with other titles in the future !

We are going to see a lot more "exclusive’s" to each of the 3 consoles, i think. Each want's its user base to grow. Each want's new users. Each wants to keep the users it already has. So each company needs darn good reasons for you to buy their console. So GTA series is PS2. Resi series is GC. Micorsoft are buying up everything in sight (to ultimately end up an XBox only title). This will make it very difficult to choose a console (unless you have loads of cash).

splint59 wrote:
> gta vice city is goona be out for the xbox im not sure about the gc.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Vice City is no longer coming for Xbox or any other console.

Sony have exclusive console rights to the entire GTA series until then end of 2004. The PC is the only other platform you'll be able to get the game for.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Belldandy wrote:
> Stuntman, Tekken 4, Hitman 2 and Onimusha 2 were all good games, but
> nowhere sold out did they ?
>
> I've no idea as I only went into one shop. Others may well have been
> sold out - I don't make a habit of asking them all. Still, most
> places in Northampton DID sell out of Extermination when that came
> out, and that wasn't even considered a major title.
>
> Besides, I'd be very surprised if a Mario game didn't sell out -
> especially being the first Mario game on a new console. Not *exactly*
> a fair comparison. But it also depends on the quantity available.
>
> Just because something sells out doesn't mean it's sold in massive
> numbers. It's not unheard of for companies to deliberately restrict
> supply so that they can claim "sellout success" - a charge I
> recall being levelled at Sony when PS2 was launched! Sometimes an
> item being 'sold out' can do more for sales than being freely
> available.
>
> Regardless - a console's success is still based on unit sales, and not
> games. And I bet Vice City is the Xmas Number 1 game! :-)

Well Sony has sold 40Million PS2 consoles worldwide - does that mean it's a sucsess then!

½pint wrote:
> did u here bowt mario sunshin? its on ps2 next thrusday.

You having a laugh?!

did u here bowt mario sunshin? its on ps2 next thrusday.

splint59 wrote:
> gta vice city is goona be out for the xbox im not sure about the gc.

(ha, ha, ha, ha, yea right)

gta vice city is goona be out for the xbox im not sure about the gc.

Well, on my PS2 right now, I have Need for speed and Burnout2. Still to get TimeSplitters2, after Christmas there is Tomb Raider - thats going to be big. B 4 that, we can have some great fun with GTA:ViceCity. Then get serious with the hyper realistic, Getaway. The kids can have Ratchet and Clank, and when I do run out of "action" games, I can relax with the SIMS on PS2 for a while.

SIX???

My god, I've not been paying attention.

What were 4 and 5 like?

Err... six, I think.