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Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Chrono on January 02, 2001, 05:20:59 PM
New news today shows the Ps2 is just plain kicking butt!

"According to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, PlayStation2 shipments topped 4 million units in Japan in 2000, with cumulative global sales expected to reach 11 million by the end of March. The Japan news source also said that sales of Nintendo 64, though stagnant in 2000, topped 5.3 million units since its release, while Dreamcast has shipped around 2 million units. "

"Bandai has released 350,000 copies of its PlayStation2 giant robot game Mobile Suit Gundam. According to the company, the entire shipment sold out in four days. Bandai intends to ship an additional 150,000 units by the end of March."

I posted this in a differnt topic, but ya gotta have a good topic name anymore :( :)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: CygnusXI on January 02, 2001, 05:42:18 PM
That is great news Chrono:)

....But the X-Box will still wipe the impudent Sony Monsters arse with it\'s overwhelming greatness....
...Oh!!!...Sorry:( I had some Reverend stuck in my head:)

...I\'m ok now, I blew my nose:)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Kimahri on January 02, 2001, 05:42:19 PM
SWEET!! the better they do the happier i am
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: StAnZo on January 02, 2001, 05:47:00 PM
I believe that once the launch hickups have finished sony will gather momentum. here\'s to the future.... :D
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: ReverendXbox on January 02, 2001, 05:47:42 PM
THNobody care Reverend your SegacultX now

[Edited by ddaryl on 01-02-2001 at 09:16 PM]
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Crippler on January 02, 2001, 05:49:17 PM
Excellent news for sony. Lets just hope software sales go up further.

Shame about sega though :crying:
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: cloud345 on January 02, 2001, 05:55:52 PM
     YEAH!!!!!!!!!!THIS PROVES PS2 IS THE BEST SYSTEM OUT THER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HA HA HA.What,s ps2\'s best selling game?
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Chrono on January 02, 2001, 06:04:55 PM
wow!
Even more good news :)

http://ps2.ign.com/news/29490.html

Japanese Daily Top 10
From Oricon/Yahoo-Japan
Daily Charts for : 12/27/00

SYS GAME MAKER RELEASE
1 GB Pocket Monsters Crystal Version Nintendo 12/14/2000
2 PS2 Bouncer Square 12/23/2000
3 PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam Bandai 12/21/2000
4 GB Gameboy Dragon Quest III Enix 12/08/2000
5 PS2 First Step Victorious Boxers ESP 12/14/2000
6 PS Pachislo: Aruza Kingdom 4  Aruza 12/14/2000
7 N64 Mario Party 3 Nintendo 12/07/2000
8 GB Yuugi Dual Monsters 4: Yuugi Deck Konami 12/07/2000
9 PS Tales of Eternai Namco 11/30/2000
10 DC Phantasy Star Online (limited edition) Sega 12/21/2000

Could it be 3 PS2 Games in the top 5?

Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Chrono on January 02, 2001, 06:15:20 PM
to continue with the ps2 is kicking butt theme
a link to more GT3 stuff :) updated today by IGN
http://ps2.ign.com/previews/13846.html

Mark your calenders its PS2 Good news day :)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Falcon4 on January 02, 2001, 06:24:20 PM
great times huh? i just cant wait until some of my friends actually see how good the ps2 is doing....( they hate me being on a "biased forum" although it IS NOT BY ALL MEANS.
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Lynx on January 02, 2001, 06:36:17 PM
I\'m just hoping that I\'ll be able to get a ps2 by march.  
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Chrono on January 02, 2001, 06:40:59 PM
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Originally posted by Lynx
I\'m just hoping that I\'ll be able to get a ps2 by march.  


I think its a safe bet to say you can find one pretty easy in march
if you can\'t and the extra millions of consoles does not satify the demamand... then that would just be amazing and unexpected

[Edited by Chrono on 01-02-2001 at 09:45 PM]
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Deadly Hamster on January 02, 2001, 06:54:19 PM
People i know said " im not getting PS2 im pre-ordering Gamecube instead" but then after Christmas they are like " I got PS2 ! " so i think the people that dont like ps2 are the people who cant get one ! oh , and that is great news.
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: JackZ on January 02, 2001, 07:03:41 PM
up and go Sony.......
PS2, PS2, PS2....oi, oi, oi.......
Sony, Sony, Somy....oi, oi, oi.....
Just love this news...... :) :D :)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: JackZ on January 02, 2001, 07:05:01 PM
brrrrrrrrr :D

[Edited by JackZ on 01-02-2001 at 10:12 PM]
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Jumpman on January 02, 2001, 07:33:01 PM
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1 GB Pocket Monsters Crystal Version Nintendo 12/14/2000
2 PS2 Bouncer Square 12/23/2000
3 PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam Bandai 12/21/2000
4 GB Gameboy Dragon Quest III Enix 12/08/2000
5 PS2 First Step Victorious Boxers ESP 12/14/2000
6 PS Pachislo: Aruza Kingdom 4 Aruza 12/14/2000
7 N64 Mario Party 3 Nintendo 12/07/2000
8 GB Yuugi Dual Monsters 4: Yuugi Deck Konami 12/07/2000
9 PS Tales of Eternai Namco 11/30/2000
10 DC Phantasy Star Online (limited edition) Sega 12/21/2000

Hey PS2!Pokemon ownz you!:laughing:

Sorry I had to say that.:)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Astroboy2112 on January 02, 2001, 09:11:52 PM
That software chart is really good news to all of you Sony fans. I been following japanese/american sales charts for some time now and i think that\'s the 1st time i have ever seen so many Ps2 games in the top 5! BTW It\'s great to see Naka\'s PSO selling well. :)

Astro :cool:


Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Sublimesjg on January 02, 2001, 09:27:21 PM
yea that is great news - but that chart just shows that Gameboy will win the next console war j/k - it is everywhere and especially in japan

Yea that also gave me hope that they might actually bring the gundam game to the us
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Lynx on January 02, 2001, 09:34:59 PM
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Originally posted by Chrono
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Originally posted by Lynx
I\'m just hoping that I\'ll be able to get a ps2 by march.  


I think its a safe bet to say you can find one pretty easy in march
if you can\'t and the extra millions of consoles does not satify the demamand... then that would just be amazing and unexpected

[Edited by Chrono on 01-02-2001 at 09:45 PM] [/B]


Yes that would be very unexpected and amazing.  I still wonder how high the demand is for the ps2.  Its kinda hard to tell at this point.  And trying to find out online is pointless..you get some people saying its sooo easy to find one..while others say its nearly impossible.
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: cridgedaddy on January 02, 2001, 09:57:09 PM
Hey, it\'s great to see the ps2 doing so well, especially since I have one (Whoo-hoo!)  I just want f@#$ing NBA Live 2001 to come out!!  When is that happening anyway?  Anybody out there know?  Regardless...I\'d also like to put out there something for Crippler:  if you\'re going to post that quote from Halloween after every post, you should spell the words correctly--it\'s "rudimentary" and "purely".  Just a heads-up...
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Darth Joyda on January 02, 2001, 10:42:23 PM
Hey but think how Pokemon Japan is! Of course Pokemon leads everything there...

Good PS2. I knew your sales would go high up to clouds when the big and hyped games started to come out ( a la Da Bouncer )

And it\'s all up-hill now; the tip of this ice-berg is years away ( I think ) :)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: AlteredBeast on January 02, 2001, 11:46:46 PM
Sega is doing great. With 2 million shipped in 2000, + the 1.8 sold through before 2000. DC has sold 3.8 million. Add in another 3.2 million in America (est.) ands another 1.2 million in Europe, their have been about 8.2 million DC\'s sold!!!

That is great news for the system with basically no hype behind it!

GO SEGA! :)

Eric Jacob
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Black Samurai on January 03, 2001, 12:25:34 AM
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Originally posted by ps2gamer_59
SWEET!! the better they do the happier i am


Why is that? Do you own stock in Sony or something? :rolleyes:
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Samwise on January 03, 2001, 03:28:59 AM
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Originally posted by IcebergSlim
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Originally posted by ps2gamer_59
SWEET!! the better they do the happier i am


Why is that? Do you own stock in Sony or something? :rolleyes: [/B]

Perhaps he just wants the company behind his fav. console to do well, so it doesn\'t end up like Saturn or something like that. Just a guess, I don\'t know his exact thoughts. :)
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: cridgedaddy on January 03, 2001, 11:48:44 PM
No, really, I am very happy that the ps2 is doing well; that is to be expected.  However, I really mean for Crippler to see this:  I have only pointed out 2 of many flaws in your signature.  I realize that on the Net, spelling is not such a high priority, and I think that it\'s likely that you are probably 14, but the English language is important to me.  Therefore, I do not want to see it bastardized without remorse by idiots like you.  Thank you.
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: DarkchimP on January 04, 2001, 12:28:18 AM
Are they shipping this Gundam game to North America?? I didn\'t even know they were realesing a gundam game. Thats sweet.
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: on January 04, 2001, 12:39:11 AM
PS2 WILL BE BEATEN BY XBOX BECAUSE IT IS MADE BY, BILL($) GATES
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: on January 04, 2001, 12:51:24 AM
Guys, does any of you know whether the PS2 has environmental bump mapping or some sort? \'cos I saw a demo of DOA2 and noticed the floor is bumpy and the shadow of the fighters fallen on the floor are really like it is on a bumpy rock solid floor.
I\'ve heard tech people saying PS2 doesn\'t have bump mapping, well if it doesn\'t, could you explain this technique on DOA2 (hmm.. or even TTT, I think I\'ve noticed the floor too).
Title: PS2 Kicking Butt!
Post by: Samwise on January 04, 2001, 02:43:11 AM
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Originally posted by CLOWNBOW
PS2 WILL BE BEATEN BY XBOX BECAUSE IT IS MADE BY, BILL($) GATES

You really are an annoying individual aren\'t you. *sigh*

Stop writing in caps and debate why Xbox is gonna beat PS2. Otherwise nobody listens to you - or takes you seriously for that matter.