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Ok I have read about all those development wars. Well I believe that there will never be a clear winner. I mean just think about where and why the dreamcast failed. I mean it was cheaper and better, in my view, than the PS2 and looked better played better and had some very good games. But it just didn't win over the public. And why not. I loved it, so did many more but it just didn't sell very well. It is like the X-Box.
So really we are waging war against the PS2. But why does the PS2 sell more. I do not know. The Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the PS2 better than the Gamecube in some ways. But lets not get into that technical JARGAN.
The real issue is the market, te public market for Games machines. I mean just looking to my left I can see my Sony Hi-Fi and my Sony VCR and my Sony Tv. My Dad believes that Sony are a reliable make of technical and home entertainment products. So he buys Sony hardware for his home entetainment system. But is that the view of the many many millions of people in this country. YES. Sony have established themselves as a well known reliable brand and making a Games machine was the gap in the market.
The Original Playstation was meant to be an addon for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES as we like to call it. And at that point in time the market had no real decent disc driven games machine. So when Sony decided to go alone and it went on the market it sold quite well. As they had got their reliable back ground many first time console buyers thought that it would be a good reliable choice for a games machine. That is what my cousen thought too.
However, if you are experienced like me and many many other people in this country you will think carefully about what to ask for at Christmas. The experienced gamer would think about games they personally thought were good. Games that would interest them and give them hours upon hours of enjoyment. But like I said the first time buyer is easily fooled.
Many people who had a Playstaion then went out and bought a PS2, just because of the enjoyent they got out of the original contraption. But why does this still sell better than the Gamecube.
TV ADVERTS are the key. I mean when I saw the brittish Gamecube adverts i thought wow. I WANT ONE. But the Gamecube adverts were simple and really inaffective. I can remember going to school and talking about the PS2 advert where the girl had a deformed head like an alien. That made me and my mates think. We had the PS2 in our brain. I wanted one too but i couldn't afford it so i never got one.
Nintendo have a very big and very good company. They can create great peices of equipment but they are a speicialist gaming company. Which in a way is very good because they are devoted to games. But like I said Sony make so many house hold items that they have almost at least something in everyone's home.
I still cannot explain why the PS2 still outsells the gamecube on its weekly selling figures. It is understandable that in total they have sole more because of the time gap between the release of the two consoles. But the real war is in the house hold name.
Sony is everywhere, they have Tv's stereos DVD playes and they are just a household name.
Nintendo are a household name in my house, but i know people who have not got anything Nintendo and they do not know the Nintendo name.
I am not a fan of Sony, but they do have the upper hand at the moment. This console war is not about the power of the consoles. It is about the house hold names
So really we are waging war against the PS2. But why does the PS2 sell more. I do not know. The Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the PS2 better than the Gamecube in some ways. But lets not get into that technical JARGAN.
The real issue is the market, te public market for Games machines. I mean just looking to my left I can see my Sony Hi-Fi and my Sony VCR and my Sony Tv. My Dad believes that Sony are a reliable make of technical and home entertainment products. So he buys Sony hardware for his home entetainment system. But is that the view of the many many millions of people in this country. YES. Sony have established themselves as a well known reliable brand and making a Games machine was the gap in the market.
The Original Playstation was meant to be an addon for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES as we like to call it. And at that point in time the market had no real decent disc driven games machine. So when Sony decided to go alone and it went on the market it sold quite well. As they had got their reliable back ground many first time console buyers thought that it would be a good reliable choice for a games machine. That is what my cousen thought too.
However, if you are experienced like me and many many other people in this country you will think carefully about what to ask for at Christmas. The experienced gamer would think about games they personally thought were good. Games that would interest them and give them hours upon hours of enjoyment. But like I said the first time buyer is easily fooled.
Many people who had a Playstaion then went out and bought a PS2, just because of the enjoyent they got out of the original contraption. But why does this still sell better than the Gamecube.
TV ADVERTS are the key. I mean when I saw the brittish Gamecube adverts i thought wow. I WANT ONE. But the Gamecube adverts were simple and really inaffective. I can remember going to school and talking about the PS2 advert where the girl had a deformed head like an alien. That made me and my mates think. We had the PS2 in our brain. I wanted one too but i couldn't afford it so i never got one.
Nintendo have a very big and very good company. They can create great peices of equipment but they are a speicialist gaming company. Which in a way is very good because they are devoted to games. But like I said Sony make so many house hold items that they have almost at least something in everyone's home.
I still cannot explain why the PS2 still outsells the gamecube on its weekly selling figures. It is understandable that in total they have sole more because of the time gap between the release of the two consoles. But the real war is in the house hold name.
Sony is everywhere, they have Tv's stereos DVD playes and they are just a household name.
Nintendo are a household name in my house, but i know people who have not got anything Nintendo and they do not know the Nintendo name.
I am not a fan of Sony, but they do have the upper hand at the moment. This console war is not about the power of the consoles. It is about the house hold names
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I liked my Great Console War post more! If you havent read it I'll bring it to the top of the topic selection list.
Fosbe wrote:
> Parr wrote:
> Ok I have read about all those development wars. Well I believe
> that
> there will never be a clear winner. I mean just think about where
> and
> why the dreamcast failed. I mean it was cheaper and better, in my
> view, than the PS2 and looked better played better and had some
> very
> good games. But it just didn't win over the public. And why not. I
> loved it, so did many more but it just didn't sell very well. It is
> like the X-Box.
>
>
> HOw on earth is it like the xbox? Do you know the sales figures? I
> know for a fact as they said they were over expectations even though
> they lowered the expectations, just before the launch!! So get lost
> you noob.
Is the X-Box the fastest selling console ever. NO. Has the X-Box outsold the PS1 not 2, the PS1 in Japan lately on weekly sales. NO. SO SHUT UP AND DO NOT CALL ME A NOOB when i have been on these forums for 173 MORE DAYS THAN YOU HAVE.
> Parr wrote:
> Ok I have read about all those development wars. Well I believe
> that
> there will never be a clear winner. I mean just think about where
> and
> why the dreamcast failed. I mean it was cheaper and better, in my
> view, than the PS2 and looked better played better and had some
> very
> good games. But it just didn't win over the public. And why not. I
> loved it, so did many more but it just didn't sell very well. It is
> like the X-Box.
>
>
> HOw on earth is it like the xbox? Do you know the sales figures? I
> know for a fact as they said they were over expectations even though
> they lowered the expectations, just before the launch!! So get lost
> you noob.
Is the X-Box the fastest selling console ever. NO. Has the X-Box outsold the PS1 not 2, the PS1 in Japan lately on weekly sales. NO. SO SHUT UP AND DO NOT CALL ME A NOOB when i have been on these forums for 173 MORE DAYS THAN YOU HAVE.
Mystique wrote:
> I'm not reading that, It's about games.
On a games site?
How disgusting.
> I'm not reading that, It's about games.
On a games site?
How disgusting.
Parr wrote:
> So really we are waging war against the PS2. But why does the PS2 sell
> more. I do not know. The Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the
> PS2 better than the Gamecube in some ways. But lets not get into that
> technical JARGAN.
I agree... I noticed you were getting all technical there... With 'why does the PS2 sell more. I do not know' and 'he Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the PS2'... too much industry jargon for my noggin!
> So really we are waging war against the PS2. But why does the PS2 sell
> more. I do not know. The Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the
> PS2 better than the Gamecube in some ways. But lets not get into that
> technical JARGAN.
I agree... I noticed you were getting all technical there... With 'why does the PS2 sell more. I do not know' and 'he Gamecube is better in many ways but so is the PS2'... too much industry jargon for my noggin!
Parr wrote:
Ok I have read about all those development wars. Well I believe that
there will never be a clear winner. I mean just think about where and
why the dreamcast failed. I mean it was cheaper and better, in my
view, than the PS2 and looked better played better and had some very
good games. But it just didn't win over the public. And why not. I
loved it, so did many more but it just didn't sell very well. It is
like the X-Box.
HOw on earth is it like the xbox? Do you know the sales figures? I know for a fact as they said they were over expectations even though they lowered the expectations, just before the launch!! So get lost you noob.
Ok I have read about all those development wars. Well I believe that
there will never be a clear winner. I mean just think about where and
why the dreamcast failed. I mean it was cheaper and better, in my
view, than the PS2 and looked better played better and had some very
good games. But it just didn't win over the public. And why not. I
loved it, so did many more but it just didn't sell very well. It is
like the X-Box.
HOw on earth is it like the xbox? Do you know the sales figures? I know for a fact as they said they were over expectations even though they lowered the expectations, just before the launch!! So get lost you noob.
I'm not reading that, It's about games.
Good Post Parr. Adverts can be a key in sucess for a console, or whatever it is advertising, but it can also put you off. With the rapid increase in loan, accident and claims adverts, I cringe everytime they come on!
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if you actually read the post you would realise that i was not won over by an advert it just made me think. Also if you read he post Sony are a house hold name that is the point.
Can't we all just get along.
Share the games, the knowledge and make the world a happy place. Multi-formatting is the way foward.
And you were won over by an ADVERT. Jeez, you weak-minded moron.
Newbie's these days
Share the games, the knowledge and make the world a happy place. Multi-formatting is the way foward.
And you were won over by an ADVERT. Jeez, you weak-minded moron.
Newbie's these days
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