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"Get ready to Launch"

Console Launches. I’ve seen enough of them in my life. I first became aware of the launch phenomenon when the Megadrive was launched and all those strange Sega adverts came on TV. Our local news programme showed people queuing for ages and the games magazines showed all the weird and wacky stuff going on in Japan.

The last generation launches didn’t overly excite me though. Yes, I was excited about getting the PS2 and the Gamecube, but I only got the latter on launch day (having a day off from work) as the PS2 was too expensive at the time. The Xbox was a similar story. But their launches, while being newsworthy, just didn’t seem as impressive.

I remember people going mad over the SNES, the surprise of seeing the Saturn without hearing much about it and the media publicity fair that was the launch of the Playstation. The Xbox 360 launch was ok, but nothing major, they could have tried harder, but I have great hopes for the launch of the Wii and PS3.

As for my personal experience, I was there in the shop on both the Playstation and the Dreamcast launch day, excitingly waiting for my consoles. Both were a big hit for me and I must have played them to death in the first week of getting them. The Gamecube was the same. I even took time to open the box and savour the feeling of looking at my brand new shiny console (even if it did look like it was from Fisher Price). More recently, getting both the DS (couple of weeks before launch) and the PSP was a great experience, each one being savoured with the same excitement at opening the box and turning it on for the first time.

So, assuming I’m not in India at the time, I’ll be there to collect my Wii, even if it does mean queuing in the cold. I just love that feeling of getting a new console and never lost the excitement of pressing the on button for the first time.

Love playing Rpg's when on my own and have some free hours to play.

But when friends are over got to have Pro Evo or Madden on :)

Bullett wrote:
> Each ot their own at the end of the day. I love the concept of
> RPGs and I love the games themselves, but I can't commit the
> time required to get the most out of them.


Exactly but for some reason Alfonse seems to be working off commission and trying to land the big contract in changing Kawada's mind.

Unfortunately he's failing miserably so looks like no cash money for Alfonse

Each ot their own at the end of the day. I love the concept of RPGs and I love the games themselves, but I can't commit the time required to get the most out of them.

Although saying that, I am still going strong with WoW. I do love my Splinter Cells and Project Gothams though.

Don't need to wish, already a reality :-D

Kawada wrote:
> Yet are more fun to play than any other genre so i'll stick with
> them, thanks.

You wish. :D

Imagine and RPG racer... now that I'd like to play :D

Yet are more fun to play than any other genre so i'll stick with them, thanks.

Kawada wrote:
> I usually never get a console at launch (except the PS2 though
> that was a christmas gift from my gran. Oh it was torture
> knowing it was in the closet for 2 months before i could open
> it) so all the launch fuss doesn't really bother me. I usually
> wait a year at least, hope the price has dropped a bit and look
> at how many good RPG franchises it's got on it.

You need to find yourself a new genre of videogame. The latest RPGs are about as innovative as wet socks.

I usually never get a console at launch (except the PS2 though that was a christmas gift from my gran. Oh it was torture knowing it was in the closet for 2 months before i could open it) so all the launch fuss doesn't really bother me. I usually wait a year at least, hope the price has dropped a bit and look at how many good RPG franchises it's got on it.

Hadn't seen that before. Nice.

But where do you stick the PS1 & PS2 discs for backward compatibility? Ouch!