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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: rastalant on December 30, 2001, 10:09:48 PM
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Well next year at this time where will each consoles be?
Ps2
Xbox
Gamecube
Thoughts guys? What games will be out how many will be sold. Who will get what companies and games exculsively.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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It will be PS2 in the lead still, obviously. XBox will follow closely in weekly console sales, but PS2 will still have more on the charts because of the larger installed base. Gamecube will be third. Not a distant third, but enough behind to matter. Gamecube will be on it\'s way to becoming N64-2. Not many titles, but about every other title is a big one.
GBA will still be tearing up the charts. Sony\'s announced handheld will launch soon, it will be backlit, 6 buttoned, and will kickass.
Eric Jacob
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
It will be PS2 in the lead still, obviously. XBox will follow closely in weekly console sales, but PS2 will still have more on the charts because of the larger installed base. Gamecube will be third. Not a distant third, but enough behind to matter. Gamecube will be on it\'s way to becoming N64-2. Not many titles, but about every other title is a big one.
GBA will still be tearing up the charts. Sony\'s announced handheld will launch soon, it will be backlit, 6 buttoned, and will kickass.
Eric Jacob
You know what that sounds about right. Plus after a year will can see how xbox and gamecube develops compared to the ps2.
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
It will be PS2 in the lead still, obviously. XBox will follow closely in weekly console sales, but PS2 will still have more on the charts because of the larger installed base. Gamecube will be third. Not a distant third, but enough behind to matter. Gamecube will be on it\'s way to becoming N64-2. Not many titles, but about every other title is a big one.
GBA will still be tearing up the charts. Sony\'s announced handheld will launch soon, it will be backlit, 6 buttoned, and will kickass.
Eric Jacob
I think the same thing, nintendo with their quality over quantity matter again. It doesn\'t work.
I follow einsteins theory "The more people there are, the more chance there is of being a genius" I think the same thing applies for games, which we have seen with the PSX vs N64 debate
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i belive x box will be very close to ps 2 but no quite a head right now every one excited about its potential but with out exclusive
soft ware there in trouble game cube will be distant because of the kiddie thing again
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"game cube will be distant because of the kiddie thing again"
The \'kiddie\' market is quite large, unless you hadn\'t realised :rolleyes:
If it wasn\'t nintendo wouldn\'t target it.
Gamecube may not be first or second, but the \'kiddie\' market will ensure that it isn\'t a distant third.
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
..Gamecube will be on it\'s way to becoming N64-2. Not many titles, but about every other title is a big one.
GBA will still be tearing up the charts. Sony\'s announced handheld will launch soon, it will be backlit, 6 buttoned, and will kickass.
Eric Jacob
1. Yes I agree.. Im sorry to say it looks like GC will be N64-2.. But it isnt to late to change it.. Nintendo...
2. I hope they will.. GBA need competition.. Think about it.. Minidisc based handhelled.. 650MB(?) data.. *drool* ;)
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Originally posted by fastson
1. Yes I agree.. Im sorry to say it looks like GC will be N64-2.. But it isnt to late to change it.. Nintendo...
2. I hope they will.. GBA need competition.. Think about it.. Minidisc based handhelled.. 650MB(?) data.. *drool* ;)
From the looks of it gamecube is looking like n64-2 which is a very bad sign for me. Cause as you can tell I\'m not to crazy about the n64.(which is an understantment)
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I think xbox will be behind ps2 in sales unless their online plan sees fruition and they offer some compelling software. I don\'t think they will ever pass PS2 in total sales, but by the end of its life, I think it will surpass the PS2 in monthly or yearly sales--but I don\'t think it will ever be by a significant margin.
A game like Worlds of Warcraft or some other MMG could really change things for the xbox.
Sega could also shift some power to the xbox. Since they are designing their next arcade board around the xbox system, it is reasonable to suggest Sega games of the future will be xbox first, GC and PS2 second. It is my opinion that Sega makes the best games, the most diverse games and the most innovative games. Having Sega is a big coo for MS.
GC will enjoy moderately more success than the N64, but their content isn\'t broad enough to appeal to the majority of older gamers.
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I don\'t think Nintendo wants to follow the "Quality over Quantity" mentality again. I think they might have to regardless of that.
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As far as the Quality over Quantity thing, they seem to think its a trade off when its not. Like most things in life, there is a happy medium, a balance, and I feel that is where the PS2 is. We\'ve got Quality AND Quantity.
As far as the Xbox goes, I dunno. I only own PS2 right now, but thats going to change probably come February, because Blood Omen 2 is coming out for both platforms!! That means almost ceratainly that the PS2 version wont be as good! JUST LIKE MAX PAYNE. It really upsets me that they didn\'t keep it a PlayStation exclusive series! (See Elusive Exclusive by Zoe Flower in OPM)
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The problem is, Nintendo cannot achieve quantity. The vast majority of their support comes from in-house and second party developers; there is simply not enough there to produce hordes of games, as we see on PS2 and Xbox. The developers in point, however, put enough effort into their games to where they are brilliant. They almost need to; with the lack of quantity, there would be no other reason to get the system if the games weren\'t superb. Nintendo can\'t get the quantity, but they at least provide the quality. They\'d be screwed if they didn\'t.
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I\'m personally more than happy with the quality over quanity tactic Nintendo always takes. It assures me the buyer, that I won\'t be wasting a lot of time goin\' through crap games. Instead, I wait awhile longer and get excellent games. That works just fine for me, as I think the market place is already flooded with crap titles.
As for Sony releasing a handheld and it kicking the GBA\'s ass. I don\'t see that happening. Sony would have to play mass catch up in a market place Nintendo has always dominated. It won\'t happen this generation of handhelds.
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
It won\'t happen this generation of handhelds.
But that is more than likely what they are shooting for.... To try and dominate..... And slowly win over Nintendoer\'s... Just like what Xbox is doing currently..
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I\'m personally more than happy with the quality over quanity tactic Nintendo always takes. It assures me the buyer, that I won\'t be wasting a lot of time goin\' through crap games. Instead, I wait awhile longer and get excellent games. That works just fine for me, as I think the market place is already flooded with crap titles.
As for Sony releasing a handheld and it kicking the GBA\'s ass. I don\'t see that happening. Sony would have to play mass catch up in a market place Nintendo has always dominated. It won\'t happen this generation of handhelds.
Yeah but ps2 and xbox is going to have a constant flow of games while nintendo suffers from those famous droughts there know for. That "quality over quanity" is a bunch of crap to me. Its just an excuse for them being slow with coming out with games.
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I\'d rather have ten good games than 100 worthless games. The thing is, the situation isn\'t such that there is five great games on Nintendo\'s system, and 1000 horrible on each rival company\'s system. Rather, Nintendo has ten good games, and the competiors have 100 games, dispersed in different amounts, many of those games being nearly as superb or even surpassing Nintendo\'s games.
Nintendo has a lower number of games, but they put enough effort into the majority of them to make sure they are worth purchase, to be certain they are excellent. The competitors have a higher number of games, and while the majority may not be excellent thanks to developers rushing them out to the market with no thought at all, there still ends up being an immense number of great games in the end, thanks to third party and in-house developers just as devout in their game making. In the end, both Nintendo\'s system and competitors holding a higher number of games\'s systems release plenty of great games, regardless of their situations.
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Originally posted by rastalant
Yeah but ps2 and xbox is going to have a constant flow of games while nintendo suffers from those famous droughts there know for. That "quality over quanity" is a bunch of crap to me. Its just an excuse for them being slow with coming out with games.
Of course Nintendo is slow coming out with new games, simply because they actually aim for quality games. If Nintendo rushed a bunch of half-assed sequels out, reviewers and Nintendo fans would trash them. Instead of doin\' that, Nintendo takes their time with each game and when it does come out, it is almost always a masterpiece.
If some of you people are happy wading through the crap titles at your local EB, just to get one good game, that\'s fine. I personally prefer knowing a game is good, even if that means having to wait for it .
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Sony would have to play mass catch up in a market place Nintendo has always dominated.
Yea, that could never happen.... wait a minute....
-Eik