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Hats off to Sony unlike MS and Ninty they are there to make gaming affordable unlike the others who are only interested in profit.
Sony scored a big hit with the PS1 and platinum games, which were affordable quality games that had to sell a certain amount to turn platinum, while N64 was still trying to sell cartridges for £64.99 Sony's platinum range came in at £19.99 and proved a big hit.
I am glad to see they are carryiing on the tradition with there PS2 platinum range. I mean lets face it GT3 is a far superior game to Project Gotham and yet it is have the price. They say you have to pay for quality but on this evidence you don't.
Sony scored a big hit with the PS1 and platinum games, which were affordable quality games that had to sell a certain amount to turn platinum, while N64 was still trying to sell cartridges for £64.99 Sony's platinum range came in at £19.99 and proved a big hit.
I am glad to see they are carryiing on the tradition with there PS2 platinum range. I mean lets face it GT3 is a far superior game to Project Gotham and yet it is have the price. They say you have to pay for quality but on this evidence you don't.
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Techno freak wrote:
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
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What the hell are you raving on about?!? Lemmings rip-off! Where the hell did that stupid, pointless and incorrect statement come from? Oh, and I think if you look around shops, you'll see that GC titles are actually mostly £37.99 or £39.99, and not £44.99. You have a serious habit of talking out of your backside!
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> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
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Extreme G-3 is only £20 more expensive on the GC than the PS2 because the PS2 has been out for 2 years longer, and XG3 has been out since launch nearly for PS2. GC will have it's own version of 'The Platinum Range' and it will have games for £19.99 as well. Trust me.
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> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
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That's because the GC hasn't been out as long as the PS2 you fool! Once the GC has been out for 2 years you will be able to walk into any games shop and buy 2nd hand GC games for £10. You're just bewing an insolent fandoby that refuses to admit PS2 is only doing better because it's been out longer.
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
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What the hell are you raving on about?!? Lemmings rip-off! Where the hell did that stupid, pointless and incorrect statement come from? Oh, and I think if you look around shops, you'll see that GC titles are actually mostly £37.99 or £39.99, and not £44.99. You have a serious habit of talking out of your backside!
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> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
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Extreme G-3 is only £20 more expensive on the GC than the PS2 because the PS2 has been out for 2 years longer, and XG3 has been out since launch nearly for PS2. GC will have it's own version of 'The Platinum Range' and it will have games for £19.99 as well. Trust me.
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> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
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That's because the GC hasn't been out as long as the PS2 you fool! Once the GC has been out for 2 years you will be able to walk into any games shop and buy 2nd hand GC games for £10. You're just bewing an insolent fandoby that refuses to admit PS2 is only doing better because it's been out longer.
Techno freak wrote:
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
I'm sorry. I just looked in my SR catalogue. It quite clearly says that Star Wars is £38.99 and Pikmin is £35.99. Get your facts right before you post.
> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
Fan? No no no... Fanboy, or even better fandan!
> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
2nd hand resale shops? Cheap PS2 games? Both of those in the same sentence? Could that mean that people think that the games are coy carp and so sell them? Ho ho... It seems to be the format of choice for getting rid of...
Do us all a favour...
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
I'm sorry. I just looked in my SR catalogue. It quite clearly says that Star Wars is £38.99 and Pikmin is £35.99. Get your facts right before you post.
> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
Fan? No no no... Fanboy, or even better fandan!
> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
2nd hand resale shops? Cheap PS2 games? Both of those in the same sentence? Could that mean that people think that the games are coy carp and so sell them? Ho ho... It seems to be the format of choice for getting rid of...
Do us all a favour...
Techno freak wrote:
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
SolidSnake may be funny, but at least he isn't just plain ignorant:
Star Wars: Rogue Leader £38.99 quoted from Special Reserve, the very forums you are sitting on you dopey git.
Pikmin £35.99 again quoted from SR.
In fact there isn't a single GC title over £39 if you bother to look.
> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
Extreme G3 is actually priced at £35 on GC and £28 on PS2, the higher price being justified on GC because it's new on the platform. Do you even look at the prices, or do you just make them up to suit your argument?
> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
Yes, as there will be GC games once it has been out for 2 years. I've never known anyone to be so completely stupid. Just go away before you embarrass yourself any more.
> You a funny guy, I think you will find that the PS2 is £199 and
> that top titles on GC are £44.99 the only one being Star Wars,
> unless you rate the lemmings rip-off Pikimen.
SolidSnake may be funny, but at least he isn't just plain ignorant:
Star Wars: Rogue Leader £38.99 quoted from Special Reserve, the very forums you are sitting on you dopey git.
Pikmin £35.99 again quoted from SR.
In fact there isn't a single GC title over £39 if you bother to look.
> Being a gaming fan I do like to buy quite a few games and most of the
> PS2 titles I have pick up are on special offers like buy one get 2nd
> half price, or buy 2 and get 3rd free and these are top titles. Then
> again I could always buy Extreme G3 for GC at £39.99 or on PS2
> platinum for £19.99.
Extreme G3 is actually priced at £35 on GC and £28 on PS2, the higher price being justified on GC because it's new on the platform. Do you even look at the prices, or do you just make them up to suit your argument?
> Go into second hand resale shops and there are cheap PS2 games all
> over the place it is the format of choice and there ain't nothing you
> can do about it.
Yes, as there will be GC games once it has been out for 2 years. I've never known anyone to be so completely stupid. Just go away before you embarrass yourself any more.
Shadow beat me to it...
Insane Bartender wrote:
> Shadow beat me to it...
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Ah, but at least you proved a decent back up there.
> Shadow beat me to it...
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Ah, but at least you proved a decent back up there.
cjh wrote:
> I don't know much about how the industry works, but I'm guessing, to
> make more money :o)
So your saying that Sony don't work as a charity and indeed work for the money by pricing their games not to please consumers but to make profits?
> I don't know much about how the industry works, but I'm guessing, to
> make more money :o)
So your saying that Sony don't work as a charity and indeed work for the money by pricing their games not to please consumers but to make profits?
The only reason there are no GC games at £44.99 is because there are no games out there worthy of that price tag. They are all PS2 rip-offs that have been converted over and look no different. Yawn Yawn Yawn!!!!!
SolidSnakeXXI wrote:
> Sony scored a big hit with the PS1 and platinum games, which were
> affordable quality games that had to sell a certain amount to turn
> platinum, while N64 was still trying to sell cartridges for
> £64.99 Sony's platinum range came in at £19.99 and
> proved
> a big hit.
>
> N64 games were around £44.99 new, not £64.99. You're about
> £20.00 off there mate. Also, you say 'Sony scored a big hit with
> platinum games'. So did the N64 with the praised 'Pocket Money Range'
> (It was either that or the Gold collection, I can't remember) that
> brought N64 games out at around £29.99/£19.99.
>
Sorry mate, your both a bit wrong. Originally Killer Instinct Gold for the N64 did have a RRP of £64.99, however, this went down within weeks to around £44.99, people just weren't buying games. Generally though, new releases were about th £40-£50 pound mark
At this time the PS1 games were still about £40, the platinium range hadn't appeared yet.
When it did, Nintendo didn't react quickly, as there console was still quite new (less than two years old), it took about a year for them to retaliate with the gamers choice (or whatever) RRP'd at £29.99, but many places sold many of the games cheaper (apart from Mariokart I think).
You have to remeber that Nintendo's range was more expensive in general beacuse of the cartridge based system, which lets face it was a better medium, it was just too expensive to keep using it.
> Sony scored a big hit with the PS1 and platinum games, which were
> affordable quality games that had to sell a certain amount to turn
> platinum, while N64 was still trying to sell cartridges for
> £64.99 Sony's platinum range came in at £19.99 and
> proved
> a big hit.
>
> N64 games were around £44.99 new, not £64.99. You're about
> £20.00 off there mate. Also, you say 'Sony scored a big hit with
> platinum games'. So did the N64 with the praised 'Pocket Money Range'
> (It was either that or the Gold collection, I can't remember) that
> brought N64 games out at around £29.99/£19.99.
>
Sorry mate, your both a bit wrong. Originally Killer Instinct Gold for the N64 did have a RRP of £64.99, however, this went down within weeks to around £44.99, people just weren't buying games. Generally though, new releases were about th £40-£50 pound mark
At this time the PS1 games were still about £40, the platinium range hadn't appeared yet.
When it did, Nintendo didn't react quickly, as there console was still quite new (less than two years old), it took about a year for them to retaliate with the gamers choice (or whatever) RRP'd at £29.99, but many places sold many of the games cheaper (apart from Mariokart I think).
You have to remeber that Nintendo's range was more expensive in general beacuse of the cartridge based system, which lets face it was a better medium, it was just too expensive to keep using it.
AfroJoe wrote:
> I got a new DVD player last week. It was new. Had been out for less
> than a month. Guess how much? £110.
>
> It's good quality too.
I mean when the PS2 came out, DVD players were more expensive so it isn't much of a comparison.
Better would be a DVD player from two years ago + a Gamecube, to see if that's cheaper than a PS2.
> I got a new DVD player last week. It was new. Had been out for less
> than a month. Guess how much? £110.
>
> It's good quality too.
I mean when the PS2 came out, DVD players were more expensive so it isn't much of a comparison.
Better would be a DVD player from two years ago + a Gamecube, to see if that's cheaper than a PS2.
Techno freak wrote:
> The only reason there are no GC games at £44.99 is because there
> are no games out there worthy of that price tag. They are all PS2
> rip-offs that have been converted over and look no different. Yawn
> Yawn Yawn!!!!!
Helloooo?
Rouge Squadron
SMB
Luigis Mansion
Wave Race
SSB
etc....
I don't think you'll find any of these on the PS2, and before you say there just copies of other PS2 games, I think you will find your wrong. Again.
> The only reason there are no GC games at £44.99 is because there
> are no games out there worthy of that price tag. They are all PS2
> rip-offs that have been converted over and look no different. Yawn
> Yawn Yawn!!!!!
Helloooo?
Rouge Squadron
SMB
Luigis Mansion
Wave Race
SSB
etc....
I don't think you'll find any of these on the PS2, and before you say there just copies of other PS2 games, I think you will find your wrong. Again.
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