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Blueyonder, Gamespot and several newspapers are beginning to report that Microsoft's entry into the console market has been somewhat less than spectacular. Microsoft is, like Sony did, making a loss on every X Box that is sold. Go out into any retailer of games, like Game, or even somewhere like Woolworths, and X Box games and consoles are there for the buying, but very few people are doing that. So, a great many of you Nintendo and Sony, and even PC, owners will no doubt be smiling a little about this. To a few it will possibly be the greatest piece of news this month. Break open the beers, or the Coca Cola, 'cause the X Box is failing !
Actually that might be a bad idea. The failure of the X Box, if it is true, is bad for the entire gaming industry and every person who plays games themselves.
Firstly, many new publishers, like Big Blue Box who are working on Project Ego for the X Box, have basically invested everything on the X Box being just a reasonable success. If it fails then it is game over for them and you'll never see any of their games on other formats. The industry is crying out for new ideas and if those with them go down with the black box then that's really bad news.
Then the retailers, those guys and gals we all buy our games and consoles from. They've all invested heavily in stock, promotional work, offers e.t.c If they are left with stock that simply cannot be shifted then they are going to need to get the money back somehow...by less heavily discounting other games and consoles. £34.99 has become a pretty standard price at SR and even Game for many new Playstation 2 releases but if the X Box fails that could change.
The gamers, those people who believe in Microsoft's magic enough to buy the console. Even the most frivolouos of us is unlikely to admit they can afford to have wasted £300 + on something that becomes obsolete. How many Dreamcast owners now find that their is little support for their console and that new releases are akin to winning the national lottery ? Too many, and many more may have been so fed up that they're left the world of gaming behind for good. Again, this is all bad news for an industry that is at its most successful time ever.
Many of you (well possibly not) wil remember the other plots in the console graveyard. There's the Lynx, the Atari Jaguar, the Colecovision, the Amstrad 4400, Mega CD, Saturn, Virtual Boy and the most infamous; 3DO.
3DO; Now those are three characters that will inspire fear in the heart of hardened gamers. The console failed disastrously, so what did Trip Hawkins and his team turn to....oh yes, Army Men.
Proof enough that a consoles failure spells trouble everytime !
Actually that might be a bad idea. The failure of the X Box, if it is true, is bad for the entire gaming industry and every person who plays games themselves.
Firstly, many new publishers, like Big Blue Box who are working on Project Ego for the X Box, have basically invested everything on the X Box being just a reasonable success. If it fails then it is game over for them and you'll never see any of their games on other formats. The industry is crying out for new ideas and if those with them go down with the black box then that's really bad news.
Then the retailers, those guys and gals we all buy our games and consoles from. They've all invested heavily in stock, promotional work, offers e.t.c If they are left with stock that simply cannot be shifted then they are going to need to get the money back somehow...by less heavily discounting other games and consoles. £34.99 has become a pretty standard price at SR and even Game for many new Playstation 2 releases but if the X Box fails that could change.
The gamers, those people who believe in Microsoft's magic enough to buy the console. Even the most frivolouos of us is unlikely to admit they can afford to have wasted £300 + on something that becomes obsolete. How many Dreamcast owners now find that their is little support for their console and that new releases are akin to winning the national lottery ? Too many, and many more may have been so fed up that they're left the world of gaming behind for good. Again, this is all bad news for an industry that is at its most successful time ever.
Many of you (well possibly not) wil remember the other plots in the console graveyard. There's the Lynx, the Atari Jaguar, the Colecovision, the Amstrad 4400, Mega CD, Saturn, Virtual Boy and the most infamous; 3DO.
3DO; Now those are three characters that will inspire fear in the heart of hardened gamers. The console failed disastrously, so what did Trip Hawkins and his team turn to....oh yes, Army Men.
Proof enough that a consoles failure spells trouble everytime !
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BD, you're ignorance of facts is astounding me! Obviously you heard about the Xbox's Japanese launch, and have judged yyour whole opinion on the console on that!
Not only has the console been FAR from a failure, but MS look to be BEATING their predicted sales of 6million by July!
Although the Japanese launch has been a disaster, it was expected that the console wouldn't do well there at all. However, in America, the Xbox is do EXTREMELY strongly, beating both GC hardware AND software sales, despite the higher price!
If you hadn't been so anti-MS and pro-Sony (and let's face it, having just read you say that "the Xbox and GC don't have games that people want" in another topic, I just can't take you seriously any more), then you may wake up and see the facts,
Not only has the console been FAR from a failure, but MS look to be BEATING their predicted sales of 6million by July!
Although the Japanese launch has been a disaster, it was expected that the console wouldn't do well there at all. However, in America, the Xbox is do EXTREMELY strongly, beating both GC hardware AND software sales, despite the higher price!
If you hadn't been so anti-MS and pro-Sony (and let's face it, having just read you say that "the Xbox and GC don't have games that people want" in another topic, I just can't take you seriously any more), then you may wake up and see the facts,
good post
Blueyonder, Gamespot and several newspapers are beginning to report that Microsoft's entry into the console market has been somewhat less than spectacular. Microsoft is, like Sony did, making a loss on every X Box that is sold. Go out into any retailer of games, like Game, or even somewhere like Woolworths, and X Box games and consoles are there for the buying, but very few people are doing that. So, a great many of you Nintendo and Sony, and even PC, owners will no doubt be smiling a little about this. To a few it will possibly be the greatest piece of news this month. Break open the beers, or the Coca Cola, 'cause the X Box is failing !
Actually that might be a bad idea. The failure of the X Box, if it is true, is bad for the entire gaming industry and every person who plays games themselves.
Firstly, many new publishers, like Big Blue Box who are working on Project Ego for the X Box, have basically invested everything on the X Box being just a reasonable success. If it fails then it is game over for them and you'll never see any of their games on other formats. The industry is crying out for new ideas and if those with them go down with the black box then that's really bad news.
Then the retailers, those guys and gals we all buy our games and consoles from. They've all invested heavily in stock, promotional work, offers e.t.c If they are left with stock that simply cannot be shifted then they are going to need to get the money back somehow...by less heavily discounting other games and consoles. £34.99 has become a pretty standard price at SR and even Game for many new Playstation 2 releases but if the X Box fails that could change.
The gamers, those people who believe in Microsoft's magic enough to buy the console. Even the most frivolouos of us is unlikely to admit they can afford to have wasted £300 + on something that becomes obsolete. How many Dreamcast owners now find that their is little support for their console and that new releases are akin to winning the national lottery ? Too many, and many more may have been so fed up that they're left the world of gaming behind for good. Again, this is all bad news for an industry that is at its most successful time ever.
Many of you (well possibly not) wil remember the other plots in the console graveyard. There's the Lynx, the Atari Jaguar, the Colecovision, the Amstrad 4400, Mega CD, Saturn, Virtual Boy and the most infamous; 3DO.
3DO; Now those are three characters that will inspire fear in the heart of hardened gamers. The console failed disastrously, so what did Trip Hawkins and his team turn to....oh yes, Army Men.
Proof enough that a consoles failure spells trouble everytime !
Actually that might be a bad idea. The failure of the X Box, if it is true, is bad for the entire gaming industry and every person who plays games themselves.
Firstly, many new publishers, like Big Blue Box who are working on Project Ego for the X Box, have basically invested everything on the X Box being just a reasonable success. If it fails then it is game over for them and you'll never see any of their games on other formats. The industry is crying out for new ideas and if those with them go down with the black box then that's really bad news.
Then the retailers, those guys and gals we all buy our games and consoles from. They've all invested heavily in stock, promotional work, offers e.t.c If they are left with stock that simply cannot be shifted then they are going to need to get the money back somehow...by less heavily discounting other games and consoles. £34.99 has become a pretty standard price at SR and even Game for many new Playstation 2 releases but if the X Box fails that could change.
The gamers, those people who believe in Microsoft's magic enough to buy the console. Even the most frivolouos of us is unlikely to admit they can afford to have wasted £300 + on something that becomes obsolete. How many Dreamcast owners now find that their is little support for their console and that new releases are akin to winning the national lottery ? Too many, and many more may have been so fed up that they're left the world of gaming behind for good. Again, this is all bad news for an industry that is at its most successful time ever.
Many of you (well possibly not) wil remember the other plots in the console graveyard. There's the Lynx, the Atari Jaguar, the Colecovision, the Amstrad 4400, Mega CD, Saturn, Virtual Boy and the most infamous; 3DO.
3DO; Now those are three characters that will inspire fear in the heart of hardened gamers. The console failed disastrously, so what did Trip Hawkins and his team turn to....oh yes, Army Men.
Proof enough that a consoles failure spells trouble everytime !
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