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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Chrono on April 01, 2002, 12:52:23 PM
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Top 20 US Console games, week ending Mar 23
1 PS2 VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 SEGA OF AMERICA
2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2)
3 GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 NINTENDO OF AMERICA
4 GCN BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 GBA SONIC ADVANCE THQ
6 GCN SONIC ADVENTURE 2 SEGA OF AMERICA
7 PS2 BLOOD OMEN 2 EIDOS INTERACTIVE
8 PS2 TRIPLE PLAY 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 PSX MOTOCROSS MANIA TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
10 PS2 MAX PAYNE ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2)
11 XBX BLOOD OMEN 2 EIDOS INTERACTIVE
12 PSX GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2)
13 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF 3 SONY COMPUTER ENT.
15 PS2 KNOCKOUT KINGS 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS
16 PS2 STATE OF EMERGENCY ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2)
17 GBA CRASH BANDICOOT: HUGE VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
18 PS2 ALL STAR BASEBALL2003 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT
19 GBC POKEMON CRYSTAL NINTENDO OF AMERICA
20 GBA FROGGER\'S ADV: TEMPLE KONAMI OF AMERICA
Only 1 xbox game?
Then look at the Hardware sales
Hardware sales were up slightly week over week. Sony sold 63,000 PS2 units inthe week down from 68,000 last week. Microsoft sold 30,000 Xbox hardware units, flat from last week. Nintendo sold 28,000 Gamecube units, down from
30,000 units last week. Game Boy Advance sold 100,000 units, up from 85,000 last week, and still well above our expectations for the quarter.
Bombed in Japan, bombed in most of europe.. USA to follow?
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we can only hope
hell, mines collecting dust
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Summary
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PS2
63,000 This week
68,000 Last
loss of 5,000 units
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X box
30,000 This week
Roughly the same last week
Holds(nither loss or Gain)
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GameCube
28,000 this week
30,000 Last week
loss of 2,000 units
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Gameboy Advance
100,000 this week
85,000 last week
gain of 15,000 units
*edit*
Ps2 is still out selling the X box and Gamecube combined !
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ooseven, i\'m working on a research paper..
but if you got nothing to do, combine the Japaneese numbers with the USA numbers for the same week, and the european numbers if you can find them..
I\'ll bbl
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Please post a link to the hardware sales...
As for games...Xbox has a drought right now. Don\'t expect it to get better until summer or even this fall. Will it be too late by then, seriously doubt it. When the library of games gets a little more diverse, an audience is sure to notice.
Don\'t get me wrong, I love my Xbox and all...but it seems MS just isn\'t taking the right steps at the moment. Major games getting delayed, ridiculous price in Europe, no games tailored for a japanese audience...
For the moment, my PS2 and Xbox are collecting dust...
Also, I just don\'t understand what people find so appealing about GTA3 or State of Emergency...they\'re both no more than rentals IMO.
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Originally posted by Chrono
ooseven, i\'m working on a research paper..
but if you got nothing to do, combine the Japaneese numbers with the USA numbers for the same week, and the european numbers if you can find them..
I\'ll bbl
No prob\'s matey
if i an\'t doing anying Tomorrow night ill give it a shot
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yeah, SOE was pretty boring
but GTA3 ownx0rs j00!
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Originally posted by Chrono
ooseven, i\'m working on a research paper..
but if you got nothing to do, combine the Japaneese numbers with the USA numbers for the same week, and the european numbers if you can find them..
I\'ll bbl
I think you care about this just a little too much.
Seriously, who cares what console is selling best? Unless you\'re investing in stock of these companies, why do you care so much about the numbers?
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Seriously, who cares what console is selling best? Unless you\'re investing in stock of these companies, why do you care so much about the numbers?
I actually do own stock in sony.. 200 shares
someone asked me that question a year ago, so I decided to buy some :)
Overall its done pretty well, i\'m hoping the ps2 helps it even more (now that inital costs are over with)
Took back some money I could have spent on games, but at least i\'ll have some money when i\'m outta college to go towards a house or something. (and I did buy other stocks, not just sony)
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Originally posted by Chrono
I actually do own stock in sony.. 200 shares
someone asked me that question a year ago, so I decided to buy some :)
Overall its done pretty well, i\'m hoping the ps2 helps it even more (now that inital costs are over with)
Took back some money I could have spent on games, but at least i\'ll have some money when i\'m outta college to go towards a house or something. (and I did buy other stocks, not just sony)
Considering a year ago Sony stock was worth around $70 a share and today it closed at $51.10 a share, I am starting to wonder how much truth is in your post.
"Overall its done pretty well"
Also, I dont know many students who can afford to spend $14,000 on stock, but if you can, then congrats.
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Considering a year ago Sony stock was worth around $70 a share and today it closed at $51.10 a share, I am starting to wonder how much truth is in your post.
I don\'t plan on selling it anytime soon, obviously a company needs to put out money to make it, and there have been lots of investment recently. The past few months has fared better, and there are many summer movies that they have planned for release that look like will do very well.
Also, I dont know many students who can afford to spend $14,000 on stock, but if you can, then congrats.
Its called Florida Bright Futures 100%...
all I have to pay for is dorm and books
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Originally posted by Damien8086
Considering a year ago Sony stock was worth around $70 a share and today it closed at $51.10 a share, I am starting to wonder how much truth is in your post.
"Overall its done pretty well"
Also, I dont know many students who can afford to spend $14,000 on stock, but if you can, then congrats.
Considering that every company\'s stock took about a $20+ dive around August last year, I\'d say that is good. Better than my company. Sony has assets in many different industries. The value of stock is not in the day-to-day gains or losses, it\'s what you make of it, either retirement, sales, or capital.
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News flash: most of the crap that comes out of chrono\'s mouth is garbage.
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News flash: most of the crap that comes out of chrono\'s mouth is garbage.
ohh, sorry watchdog for posting facts
deal with it
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Originally posted by Rikku
Please post a link to the hardware sales...
As for games...Xbox has a drought right now. Don\'t expect it to get better until summer or even this fall. Will it be too late by then, seriously doubt it. When the library of games gets a little more diverse, an audience is sure to notice.
yah right :) sounds sometwhat like what Sega Fanboys were saying a couple of years ago before Sega pulled out
except that Sega actually had good games :)
keep telling yourself these things Rikku, they dont always come true..
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Give the console a break! In England anyway its only just been launched. Considering its the middle of spring its doing rather well. The PS2 being cheaper will be more attractive to most people at this time.
If it was Christmas when people spend more the figures would be different.
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yeah, the gap between xbox and PS2 would be greater
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
yah right :) sounds sometwhat like what Sega Fanboys were saying a couple of years ago before Sega pulled out
except that Sega actually had good games :)
keep telling yourself these things Rikku, they dont always come true..
Here\'s the catch though...MS actually has money. Sega was in the red and couldn\'t afford to keep going or pushing the product.
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Originally posted by Rikku
Here\'s the catch though...MS actually has money. Sega was in the red and couldn\'t afford to keep going or pushing the product.
theyre gonna have to do a lot of pushing :)
/me thinks they arent going to do enough
and
/me also thinks it wont necessarily be all that effective
but hey.. who knows :)
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
theyre gonna have to do a lot of pushing :)
When they have something worth pushing, I\'m sure they will. I expect a pretty big media onslaught when they go online this fall.
/me thinks they arent going to do enough
Please...MS=Money. They\'ll do what they have to.
and
/me also thinks it wont necessarily be all that effective
but hey.. who knows :)
fair enough...
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bah, was gonna reply, cant be fuct, going to bed
basically, think what you want, it must be nice to be as optimistic as you when all the signs are bad :)
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Being that PS2 only has 4 games worth owning for me (3 now, I got rid of ICO)...I would hope someone else would step in and stick around for a while.
Oh yah, I appreciate you giving me the go ahead to think whatever I want...
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
bah, was gonna reply, cant be fuct, going to bed
I\'ll be watching this thread...take your time.
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Being that PS2 only has 4 games worth owning for me (3 now, I got rid of ICO)...
Me thinks,
1.) your not even trying to look
2.) you should buy a nice PC beacuse you obviously favor PC games
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Originally posted by Chrono
Me thinks,
1.) your not even trying to look
2.) you should buy a nice PC beacuse you obviously favor PC games
I\'ve tried MGS2, GTA3, State of Emergency, Wave Rally, Devil May Cry, ICO, Jak and Daxter, Shadow Hearts, Dark Cloud, Twisted Metal Black, Final Fantasy X, Splash Down, Klonoa 2, Tekken...
I own J&D, DMC, and FFX...everything else is no more than a rental IMO.
I spent 300$ on PS2, why wounldn\'t I try to look?
The only games I favor on PC are the Sim games...
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3 games? uGH
i thought i was critical of games
i think yer just shallow, nothing more
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I like the term "jaded" more...
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/me nods
i used to be jaded, when i was young
now im just disgruntled and VERY hard to please
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/me nods back with disapproving look on face
We\'re coming to same terms again...
I use to have a somewhat optimistic view on just about anything...I\'ve been shot down to many times to get back up. . .
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Wow, im the ONLY one here that wasn\'t impressed with J and D and several of the othe games that Rikku mentioned, but Im not impressed with ANY of the so called AAA titles on Xbox(yet) Im waiting for a game that doesn\'t use the blur effect all the time.
The blur in wreckless is god awful, i can\'t pick up the game with out having to sheild my eyes.
Edit: Im still waiting for some good Xbox games to get. If not, im selling it.
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Wow, im the ONLY one here that wasn\'t impressed with J and D
I wasn\'t impressed...just enjoyed it.
, but Im not impressed with ANY of the so called AAA titles on Xbox(yet) Im waiting for a game that doesn\'t use the blur effect all the time.
What games use the blur effect all the time?
What are you impressed with?
Who cares?
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Originally posted by Terry Bogard
Edit: Im still waiting for some good Xbox games to get. If not, im selling it.
Didn\'t you say that like a month or so ago...oh wait, I guess this time you really mean it...
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Originally posted by Rikku
What games use the blur effect all the time?
What are you impressed with?
Who cares?
eh?
I wasn\'t trying to make force what i was impressed by on you. Jeez, some people. Rikku, Rallisport has blur, Wreckless has it, and even Raw has it. Whats with the blur? I\'ve noticed it in all those games. I can\'t say i like J and D, since im not really into adventure games, sure, i grew up playing them, but they aren\'t my cup of tea anymore. Anyways, Im leaving this thread, theres nothing for me to contribute.
Edit: Whats the point in my keeping Xbox? Should i
[xbox zealot mode] wait til E3 [xbox zealot]
I can\'t find a SINGLE game worth getting for it man, throw me a few titles worth checking out. Besides the ones you mentioned.
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Im waiting for a game that doesn\'t use the blur effect all the time.
Looks like you meant all of them do...
Anyways, Im leaving this thread, theres nothing for me to contribute.
What did you contribute before...oh yah, your talent of seeing the future.
Bye bye...
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Originally posted by Rikku
What did you contribute before...oh yah, your talent of seeing the future.
Bye bye...
Once again, :rolleyes:
Quit putting words in my mouth, that I never even said. I said 3 games had blur, not every single game out for Xbox.I said, I can\'t contribute anything to this thread, I just stated what was on my mind.
Im trying to see where you said, that I said that EVERY game has blur, when i clearly didn\'t. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Terry Bogard
Edit: Whats the point in my keeping Xbox? Should i
Can\'t think for yourself?
[xbox zealot mode] wait til E3 [xbox zealot]
I\'m hoping something interesting is announced at E3 for PS2 and Xbox.
I can\'t find a SINGLE game worth getting for it man, throw me a few titles worth checking out. Besides the ones you mentioned.
Then get rid of it, what\'s stopping you?
What I like is just that, what I like. IMO...Halo, Munch, and JSRF are the must-haves. Sega GT 2002, Unreal Championship, Panzer Dragoon, Brute Force, Project Ego, Duality, Strident are some reasons I\'m keeping mine...
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Originally posted by Rikku
Then get rid of it, what\'s stopping you?
What I like is just that, what I like. IMO...Halo, Munch, and JSRF are the must-haves. Sega GT 2002, Unreal Championship, Panzer Dragoon, Brute Force, Project Ego, Duality, Strident are some reasons I\'m keeping mine...
Project Ego, as OOseven said, is One big gimmick, I\'ve read the previews, I was impressed until i read the recent ones. Sega GT 2K2 looks amazing, but, im hoping they tweak the gameplay, because GT on DC was garbage. Brute force looks awesome as hell. Whats Strident? Panzer Dragoon X is something im looking forward to.
But my main question, what is Strident? I guess I\'ll keep it til E3, which is a month away.
E3 will make or break Xbox IMO.
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Im waiting for a game that doesn\'t use the blur effect all the time.
Wait no longer, there are a host of games on the Xbox that don\'t use the "blur" effect.
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Jesus Christ, that is totally inaccurate.
Last time I checked, Xbox had a 100K lead on GCN (not 300K) and there were 5 Xbox games in the top 20.
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Originally posted by Rikku
Wait no longer, there are a host of games on the Xbox that don\'t use the "blur" effect.
Guess I\'ll be picking up Blood Omen 2 for Xbox then.
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Originally posted by Terry Bogard
Project Ego, as OOseven said, is One big gimmick, I\'ve read the previews, I was impressed until i read the recent ones. Sega GT 2K2 looks amazing, but, im hoping they tweak the gameplay, because GT on DC was garbage. Brute force looks awesome as hell. Whats Strident? Panzer Dragoon X is something im looking forward to.
Well, it looks as though you just gave yourself a couple reason\'s to keep it around.
But my main question, what is Strident? I guess I\'ll keep it til E3, which is a month away.
Think of Matrix style action...not much is known (only a few pics have come about). It\'s on my wait and see list.
E3 will make or break Xbox IMO. [/QUOTE]
Agreed...
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GBA out sold PS2 and X-Box combined :eek:
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Pointless bickering. I\'m sick of this crap.