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Just spotted on Amazon that Sega are offering a Dreamcast, plus a region free DVD player for £289.99. It's not going to stop me buying a PS2, but's it seems a pretty good offer, and already seems to have won over a few of my colleagues. They've seem to be of the opinion that they'll take up this offer, then wait for the X-box.
This offer, it appears will sway more than a few currently thinking about getting a PS2.
I'm sure all of us that have pre-ordered will not be swayed by this (I won't be), but it does seem a good move by Sega.
Opinions?
This offer, it appears will sway more than a few currently thinking about getting a PS2.
I'm sure all of us that have pre-ordered will not be swayed by this (I won't be), but it does seem a good move by Sega.
Opinions?
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Please, vai, no slagging of the other machines. Remember that others think just as highly of their chosen machine as we do of ours.
The only thing that makes a machine worthwhile to anyone is if it has enough of the games they want to play. As such there can really be no 'good' or 'bad' console.
The only thing that makes a machine worthwhile to anyone is if it has enough of the games they want to play. As such there can really be no 'good' or 'bad' console.
Babylonian,
Theoretically GAME should take your PS2 back without a problem as they have a no grumble 10 day returns policy. This means that you CAN take it back even if it is just because you think it is rubbish.
I have done this a few times with games and I never lied, I just came straight out and said its Cr*p!! The last game I did this with was Devil Inside on the PC and trust me it was Cr*p.
Anyway, I dont know whether this extends to the actual machines and I also know that they stuff has to be returned in perfect condition (so the bread trick wont work) but this should not be a problem for gamers mature enough to look after their stuff.
I cant see myself being disappointed enough to want to return my PS2 anyway. If I am slightly underwhelmed by the release games then I will hold on to the PS2 as I believe that the games will only get better. The DVD issue would not come into it.
Theoretically GAME should take your PS2 back without a problem as they have a no grumble 10 day returns policy. This means that you CAN take it back even if it is just because you think it is rubbish.
I have done this a few times with games and I never lied, I just came straight out and said its Cr*p!! The last game I did this with was Devil Inside on the PC and trust me it was Cr*p.
Anyway, I dont know whether this extends to the actual machines and I also know that they stuff has to be returned in perfect condition (so the bread trick wont work) but this should not be a problem for gamers mature enough to look after their stuff.
I cant see myself being disappointed enough to want to return my PS2 anyway. If I am slightly underwhelmed by the release games then I will hold on to the PS2 as I believe that the games will only get better. The DVD issue would not come into it.
>Hypothetically now, (Is that right?) when you get your
>PS2, play with it for a week or so, play some games,
>and decide it really isn't a very good games machine
>(I'm not saying it will be...) would you take it back?
If it really wasn't that good, then I'd love to take it back. But... (1) I'm sure I will love it; if I wasn't, I'd never have shelled out for it, and (2) I seriously doubt that Game would take it back simply because I didn't like it; there's have to be something wrong. But who knows, maybe if I crammed some bread into the cooling slots and explain that I thought it was a toaster...
>I mean, does the fact that it plays DVDs contribute to
>the sticking factor?
The DVD playback is irrelevant to me, as I already have a high-end dedicated player. But if I was to put some jam on the aforementioned bread, that would certainly add to the 'sticking' factor, I'm sure!
>Babylonian, please feel free to analyse my words.
Do I *have* to?
>PS2, play with it for a week or so, play some games,
>and decide it really isn't a very good games machine
>(I'm not saying it will be...) would you take it back?
If it really wasn't that good, then I'd love to take it back. But... (1) I'm sure I will love it; if I wasn't, I'd never have shelled out for it, and (2) I seriously doubt that Game would take it back simply because I didn't like it; there's have to be something wrong. But who knows, maybe if I crammed some bread into the cooling slots and explain that I thought it was a toaster...
>I mean, does the fact that it plays DVDs contribute to
>the sticking factor?
The DVD playback is irrelevant to me, as I already have a high-end dedicated player. But if I was to put some jam on the aforementioned bread, that would certainly add to the 'sticking' factor, I'm sure!
>Babylonian, please feel free to analyse my words.
Do I *have* to?
Hypothetically now, (Is that right?) when you get your PS2, play with it for a week or so, play some games, and decide it really isn't a very good games machine (I'm not saying it will be...) would you take it back? I mean, does the fact that it plays DVDs contribute to the sticking factor?
Babylonian, please feel free to analyse my words.
Babylonian, please feel free to analyse my words.
>I have always been wary of buying a DVD player for the
>same reason as you, as there must be a recordable DVD
>player just around the corner somewhere.
I believe there is one available in Japan, by Panasonic I think. I remember reading something about it on a DVD site about 3 months ago.
But it will set you back the equivalent of £2000+ !!!
Still, now the technology's available, it'll soon fall in price... we hope!
>same reason as you, as there must be a recordable DVD
>player just around the corner somewhere.
I believe there is one available in Japan, by Panasonic I think. I remember reading something about it on a DVD site about 3 months ago.
But it will set you back the equivalent of £2000+ !!!
Still, now the technology's available, it'll soon fall in price... we hope!
MarkH,
You have hit the nail on the head there. I have always been wary of buying a DVD player for the same reason as you, as there must be a recordable DVD player just around the corner somewhere.
I cant afford to waste the money on a DVD to then have to go and buy a recordable version a year or two later. I am not that much of a film fan that it makes that much difference to me and the if I have a VCR, DVD player and my PS2 connected to my TV all at the same time I wont have any scart sockets left for the satelite receiver.
Consoles are different as I will gladly spend loads on them as they are my thing!! If you feel that way about films however then surely you would have a home cinema setup and a top notch DVD player.
I am looking forward to being able to buy DVD films, however, as you get all the extra bits, they come in better cases than clunky old videos and they are also released first.
You have hit the nail on the head there. I have always been wary of buying a DVD player for the same reason as you, as there must be a recordable DVD player just around the corner somewhere.
I cant afford to waste the money on a DVD to then have to go and buy a recordable version a year or two later. I am not that much of a film fan that it makes that much difference to me and the if I have a VCR, DVD player and my PS2 connected to my TV all at the same time I wont have any scart sockets left for the satelite receiver.
Consoles are different as I will gladly spend loads on them as they are my thing!! If you feel that way about films however then surely you would have a home cinema setup and a top notch DVD player.
I am looking forward to being able to buy DVD films, however, as you get all the extra bits, they come in better cases than clunky old videos and they are also released first.
So people are being swayed by the Sega offer. I think that some people should think beyond the value-for-money factor. They should ask themselves "what do i want from a console ?". At the end of the day i have chosen PS2 for TWO reasons. 1: I am a fan of the first PlayStation console. 2: I want to play the games that i have seen for PS2.
If people were choosing PS2 for it's DVD capabilities, maybe they should take up the Sega offer, but on the other hand if they wanted classic, play-for-ever games, think again.
P.S. Regarding the X-Box, ask yourself this, "would you trust Microsoft if there was an alternative ?".
If people were choosing PS2 for it's DVD capabilities, maybe they should take up the Sega offer, but on the other hand if they wanted classic, play-for-ever games, think again.
P.S. Regarding the X-Box, ask yourself this, "would you trust Microsoft if there was an alternative ?".
I had a feeling that the three of us might agree on this one. The DVD add-on to the PS2 will make a decent stop-gap until a DVD player/recorder at a decent price hits the market. I have not been tempted to get a DVD player thus far (partly because I'm running out of room for gadgets!), but when the console which I was always going to buy anyway throws one in as well, it's not polite to look a gifthorse in the mouth, is it?
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