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In my view Sony have beaten their rivals in the big competition. As sony released their Playstation first they have always been a few steps ahead of Nintendo and have done just as well as Dreamcast.
To me dreamcast has been a big flop(sorry to all you Dreamcasters) as it hasn't rocketed the market, is too expensive, has crappy games(bar a few) and is no-where near beating sony or nintendo.
I think that sony has been more successful than dreamcast for several reasons. It has a wider and better range of games which are cheaper and of a higher standard. The games are much cheaper as are the rest of the many accessories playstation has. The controllers on the PSX are much easier to use and you don't exactly see Sony's games needing a stupid expansion pack to work.
However, could the release of the Gamecube and the PS2 change all this?
It seems possible, but with the PS2 being released so much earlier than the Gamecube, will Nintendo owners be loyal enough to wait? When the new playstation comes out the prices will be high, but Sony will be able to get away with it because they won't have any competition. By the time the Gamecube comes out the prices for the playstation would have gone down and the prices for the Gamecube will be right up.
Is the decision really that hard?
Game Cube's release may be too late, for people to wait, people like me who wait, could get peer pressure from everywhere.
Rumours don't matter really, if you want a console get it, whether or not it's a PS2, just get it, and enjoy it don't fall for there hyped up machine, just because people say it will rule!
PS Nintendo Gamecube £150 my a**e. I'm sorry but that's not gonna happen.
Nintendo have done the right thing using internet game and games as the core of their machine.
What Sony did wrong is putting a DVD player in it, it just piles up the money for the company.
Hopefully the games will come piling in, and when Nintendo and Microsoft enter the frame, they can all compete fairly.
If that doesn't happen gaming will collaspe under over pricing of consoles. Developers will refuse to make games for them and move to Sega, Nintendo or Microsoft.
And Microsoft, please don't make the same mistake as Sony and have a DVD player in it, it already will be expensive, since it will operate like a PC.
Funny to think back to those days - god i feel old now ! I'm 22 by the way ;-p