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Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: FifaSeriesFan on November 20, 2001, 05:50:20 AM: My mate who owns a game shop reckons the X-Box will almost cripple Sony and like with the PSone, Sony will make kids budget games for the PS2.
I think he\'s talking donkey crap myself and as a PS2 Owner myself I think Sony are doing a great job.
I know Bill Gates could buy up the best games from Sony like FFX, MGS2 GT3 and so on but Sony have established themselves and yes graphics help to sell a game but they don\'t exactly make the game great, it\'s gameplay and realism for me, so before the everybody goes and starts kissing Mr Gates\'s Cheesy Geeky Ass, just remember that the games may look good on paper but in the hands of a hardcore gamer they could suck.
I believe Microsoft will do well but don\'t get your hopes up.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ##RaCeR## on November 20, 2001, 06:04:43 AM: Like anyone cares about your mates \'opinion\'

They said the same thing about the Dreamcast...
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: fastson on November 20, 2001, 06:08:25 AM: Riiiight..

And how could MS buy GT3? When the game is a 1st party game?
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: Samwise on November 20, 2001, 06:48:56 AM: Quote
Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
They said the same thing about the Dreamcast...
Uh, you mean the one that \'died\'? :D

Nah the PS2 will do just fine. Lots of great games out for it and more to come. Plus some 15+ million PS2 owners already.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: mm on November 20, 2001, 07:27:32 AM: yer "mate" wont be in business for very long
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: kirath on November 20, 2001, 08:22:43 AM: MS buy up games like Final Fantasy X, and others.. Do people not realize how big Sony is...

The Playstation part is a very small part of the whole pie. It makes a lot of money, but in the big picture is small..

Sony dwarfes MS is terms of Revenue and size. People don\'t forget that..
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: unknown on November 20, 2001, 09:37:00 AM: you friend owns a game shop and says PS2 is gonna fail.... i think he should look for a new proffetion :D
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: Heretic on November 20, 2001, 09:57:10 AM: Quote
Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Like anyone cares about your mates \'opinion\'

They said the same thing about the Dreamcast...

I think RaCeR may have meant DC vs PSX. Yes?

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I reckon FifaSeriesFan n\' is m8 prattle on n\' on abowts stuff they \'as no clue of. Eh whot? Cherrio, pip pip and all that sort of rot...

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Seriously, this thread I can not take.

"and like with the PSone, Sony will make kids budget games for the PS2. MS has the money to buy GT3- "

What???
Title: Re: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 20, 2001, 10:05:55 AM: Quote
Originally posted by FifaSeriesFan
I think he\'s talking donkey

yup i was 100% with you all the way up to DONKEY .. Damn you Empror Rob damn you ... you have corupted my brain

anyway on a more serious side of things

I take it your "mate" ... errm .... maybe learend everything he knows about video games listening in on the "cool kids" who come into his shop.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
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Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on November 20, 2001, 11:43:08 AM: haha cygnus XI

I think your friend needs to get out of the biz, it isn\'t good if retailers are biased towards one console. And i think that he should be supporting ps2, since it is the most popular console right now.

GT3 to xbox?? sure..and all nintendo games will be multi platform :rolleyes: ..aint gonna happen
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: Agnino on November 21, 2001, 06:48:07 AM: Why do I have to listen to this **** everytime a new console is out.
A friend of me import games.... and he is biased on new consoles.....
Yup, N64 were going to kill PSX
Yup DC were going to kill PSX
Yup Xbox is the next big thing
And that goes to GC too...... buy em both man,,,, and screw PS2.... its old already

Serious..... Xbox will go the same way as DC........ GC will survive I think, but it doesnt matter.... Sony, Nintendo or maybe even MS will come out with a new console before u guys realise it.
But I dont care... right now PS2 is the best console on the market...... if someone have something else to say, then they know nothing about videogames.....
Title: I agree with you all...my mate is talking s**t!
Post by: FifaSeriesFan on November 21, 2001, 06:52:16 AM: Listen here people,
I never said any of that stuff, It was from the guy who owns the shop, and I personally think the PS2 rocks! If I thought Sony were gonna fail, do you honestly believe I\'d Pay £200 for one if I did?
That\'s a good one! HA HA HA HA HA
Everyone is allowed an opinion and yes I think his totally sucks!
Personally all this X-Box Bulls**t is P*****G me off, as is the Nintendo Stuff as well.
I never said that stuff about the Budget Games either!
Anyway I just can\'t wait for Metal Gear Solid 2 and James Bond Agent Under Fire
Gotta Go, I\'m getting some kitchen roll to wip away the tears cause you guys have made me laugh so much!
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: mm on November 21, 2001, 07:03:05 AM: ^^^ gr0an
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: MaXiMaN on November 21, 2001, 02:26:24 PM: I can easily see the PS2 staying around for years to come. How pathetic it is to even sugest that it won\'t last one year! Pah! That guy needs to get out and smell the coffee.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: nO-One on November 21, 2001, 03:23:19 PM: You could also say that Sony would buy all of the best Xbox titles (Halo, DOA.3, PGR etc...) since Sony is a much bigger company than Microsoft and has a heck of a lot more money to spend than MS.

Like Kirath said, Sony dwarfes MS is terms of Revenue and size. And it seems that a lot of people forget that.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ##RaCeR## on November 21, 2001, 03:35:51 PM: No no no, what i meant was, alot of people reckoned that the DC would outshine the PS2, but it didnt, even though the DC was released a year earlier.

I know you could put it the other way around and say the same for XBOX, but we are looking at two complety different senario\'s.

PS2\'s userbase is too large for it to crumble.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: SER on November 21, 2001, 03:45:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
^^^ gr0an

FaRT+++
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 22, 2001, 04:42:12 AM: oh good now i am a MOD i can use the right to bump!

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Title: I totally agree with you guys
Post by: FifaSeriesFan on November 22, 2001, 07:07:07 AM: Right, Racer I agree with you.The Dreamcast was a good console in my opinion, with some quality titles and I still can\'t figure out why Sega decided to kill off the Dreamcast...(well sales are the reason I know that)
The PS2 looks like a heater but like the saying goes "never underestimate the power of playstation!"
I think Sony has a huge fan base and has established itself in millions upon millions of homes across europe so they obviously can be doing anything wrong.
I myself own one and believe I will get 4 maybe 5 good years from my machine even though I\'ll chill out on my brothers X-Box.
With great games like GTA3, MGS2, DMC, J&D, SH2, SR2...(the list goes on) how can they fail?
I know MS will have some great games but graphics mean Jack s**t if you can complete it in a couple of hours.
:bounce::bounce: cmon:bounce:
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
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Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: fishpie on November 24, 2001, 07:21:52 PM: sony is to japan as microsoft is to america
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: mm on November 24, 2001, 07:26:11 PM: ^^^ *gr0an
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 25, 2001, 04:19:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by fishpie
sony is to japan as microsoft is to america

and what happend to ?

The ZX Spectrum is to United Kingdom what sony is to japan as microsoft is to america.

:clown: :p :hat: :nerd: :thepimp: :eyemouth:

*ooseven sheads a tear for the ZX Spectrum he used to and the fact that his borther has it at his house under lock and key :crying: *
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: BigDaddy on November 25, 2001, 08:59:06 AM: Quote
Originally posted by nO-One
You could also say that Sony would buy all of the best Xbox titles (Halo, DOA.3, PGR etc...) since Sony is a much bigger company than Microsoft and has a heck of a lot more money to spend than MS.

Like Kirath said, Sony dwarfes MS is terms of Revenue and size. And it seems that a lot of people forget that.

I hope your kidding.

Mkt Cap
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Mkt Cap
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Microsoft is 8.26 times bigger than sony.
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 26, 2001, 12:40:34 AM: Quote
Originally posted by BigDaddy

I hope your kidding.

Mkt Cap
348.6B MICROSOFT CP

Mkt Cap
42.175B SONY CORP

Microsoft is 8.26 times bigger than sony.

Yeah i mean poor old Sony only makes Playstations :rolleyes:

Even though they own the following

Companies they own

Film companies (columbia)
Record companyies (Sony media)
Media companies
18% Share in Square soft
Computer companies 1st party

oh and also making
TV
HIFIs
DVD
VCR\'s
Walkmans
Diskmans
Laptops
DVD and CD rom Drives
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: macabre on November 26, 2001, 09:28:48 AM: Yes, there`s something wrong with those numbers. Sony is #20 of the worlds biggest companies. Microsoft is somewhere in the 70s. Just look at http://www.forbes.com
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: BigDaddy on November 27, 2001, 05:37:20 AM: It is all about Market Cap not stock price. Read a little before posting. :)
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
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Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 27, 2001, 06:25:33 AM: Good god someone please kill this thread before people start to die from bordom.

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Stocks....... Share\'s..........

*note to all the first person to sujest a wall street sub forum gets shot oK !*
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: FifaSeriesFan on November 29, 2001, 06:15:26 AM: to end this stupid debate, we\'ll see who wins when both consoles collide next year...ok!
Title: My Mate owns a game shop and he says the PS2 will only last another year...I disagree
Post by: ooseven on November 29, 2001, 06:48:44 AM: Quote
Originally posted by FifaSeriesFan
to end this stupid debate, we\'ll see who wins when both consoles collide next year...ok!

A whole load of PS2 world wide

and the X box gaining ground on sony\'s Console.

Nuff Said ;)

No X box Destroying the PS2

and No Microsoft giving up on the Console market.