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Ok, here's a couple of points that people who are slating the Xbox should remember:
1. Nintendo dropped the price of the N64 by £100 3 months after launch, and offered NO compensation for early buyers. A few people got a free pad if they phoned up and complained enough.
2. What's all this crap about "a console has to be succesful in Japan"? Er, MegaDrive anyone? It's wasn't a flop in Japan, but it wasn't far off. The majority of the units were sold in Europe and the US, yet that survived and did amazingly well over here.
Just a couple of facts you might want to remember. It just seems a few of you have "selective memories", that's all...
1. Nintendo dropped the price of the N64 by £100 3 months after launch, and offered NO compensation for early buyers. A few people got a free pad if they phoned up and complained enough.
2. What's all this crap about "a console has to be succesful in Japan"? Er, MegaDrive anyone? It's wasn't a flop in Japan, but it wasn't far off. The majority of the units were sold in Europe and the US, yet that survived and did amazingly well over here.
Just a couple of facts you might want to remember. It just seems a few of you have "selective memories", that's all...
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I agree with IB there. I will probably get an Xbox one day, but at the moment, there just aren't enough decent titles to justify the initial investment.
fair enough saying it's only been out a few months, but the GameCube has been out half as long, and has a long list of available good titles. You could find a GameCube owner with 6-7 games, all of which are quality, and highly rated, yet XBOX has.... Halo.
It's good that they have some titles coming out before christmas, but these titles should have been available at launch. Bringing a console onto the market with one game worth having is just criminal, and they;ve lost a lot because of it. If the box had come out with 4-5 quality titles, they'd have shifted far more units, and probably not had to drop their price quite so much. More users, more profit from each, and more re-assurance for potential game developers. First impressions count, and MS tripped up walking through the door.
IB
It's good that they have some titles coming out before christmas, but these titles should have been available at launch. Bringing a console onto the market with one game worth having is just criminal, and they;ve lost a lot because of it. If the box had come out with 4-5 quality titles, they'd have shifted far more units, and probably not had to drop their price quite so much. More users, more profit from each, and more re-assurance for potential game developers. First impressions count, and MS tripped up walking through the door.
IB
IB, fair point, but remember that the console has only been out just over 2 months. Look at the titles available for PS2 after just 2 months.
There are a number of games out between now and the end of the year that will use all of the Xbox hardware, HDD and broadband and voice communicator thing.
Games like Unreal Championship, where you can talk to your teammates as you play to help engross yourself in the game even more. What other console can you do that on?
Games like Blinx: The Timesweeper, where you can record your actions, and then replay them and use them to your advantage. You couldn't do that without a HDD.
I know that the PS2 is getting a HDD/Modem add-on, but honestly, how many developers will support it?
There are a number of games out between now and the end of the year that will use all of the Xbox hardware, HDD and broadband and voice communicator thing.
Games like Unreal Championship, where you can talk to your teammates as you play to help engross yourself in the game even more. What other console can you do that on?
Games like Blinx: The Timesweeper, where you can record your actions, and then replay them and use them to your advantage. You couldn't do that without a HDD.
I know that the PS2 is getting a HDD/Modem add-on, but honestly, how many developers will support it?
my points against the XBOX are more in terms of lack of decent titles and the bewildering presence of redundant hardware (Hard drive).
It's a good console, but where are the games? and what are they going to do with that useles lump of storage held inside? Install windows?
It's a good console, but where are the games? and what are they going to do with that useles lump of storage held inside? Install windows?
Ok, here's a couple of points that people who are slating the Xbox should remember:
1. Nintendo dropped the price of the N64 by £100 3 months after launch, and offered NO compensation for early buyers. A few people got a free pad if they phoned up and complained enough.
2. What's all this crap about "a console has to be succesful in Japan"? Er, MegaDrive anyone? It's wasn't a flop in Japan, but it wasn't far off. The majority of the units were sold in Europe and the US, yet that survived and did amazingly well over here.
Just a couple of facts you might want to remember. It just seems a few of you have "selective memories", that's all...
1. Nintendo dropped the price of the N64 by £100 3 months after launch, and offered NO compensation for early buyers. A few people got a free pad if they phoned up and complained enough.
2. What's all this crap about "a console has to be succesful in Japan"? Er, MegaDrive anyone? It's wasn't a flop in Japan, but it wasn't far off. The majority of the units were sold in Europe and the US, yet that survived and did amazingly well over here.
Just a couple of facts you might want to remember. It just seems a few of you have "selective memories", that's all...
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