So whos going to win the console war? Heres my theory.

There was a war? I didn\'t know there was a console war going on?

Microsoft is to Sony what the Taliban or to the United States.

Originally posted by Chrono





uhh... ok
you go ahead thinking that.. some very flawed logic you have

Im just saying that theres more to it than a sales figure.

i abruptly stopped reading after this drabble

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You call my words drabble. How dare you!? You know I speak the truth.

What would happen if Nintendo or Microsoft pulled out of the console race? I hope the games Sony & co. made wouldn\'t lose their quality, seeing as there\'s no more competitors. Oh, and it would seem that Sony has things undercontrol for now. Micro-who?

These are battles, hence, the war will always continue til there isn\'t a developer making consoles anymore.

Watchdog, pstwo, and BizioEE have conviently stayed away from this topic.  This topic is fanboy free... at least I hope so.

I don\'t care about the whole war, it\'s not worth arguing about.  Heck this war is what makes Sony, M$, and the big N improve their consoles.  If there was no competition everything would be mega mega mega mega ok.  (mediocre)

Originally posted by Chrono
Sony has already won this war, if there was one..
Take a look at sales in Europe and Japan and tell me the xbox is going to catch up. If the ps2 is outselling the xbox 10 to 1 in europe and japan, how on earth will it have any chance of winning? Every day it gets further behind too

Chrono if I may disregard your fanblyism for a second...MicroSoft stated that they don\'t want to surpass PS2, they have to much of a head start. Xbox was released in North America in the holiday season (Christmas), Xbox was released way after the Hoilday season(Christmas=presents=systems=Xbox PS2 GC=consumer already has PS2 [presumbaly]=GC Xbox/if don\'t own a PS2 consumer wants something new=GC Xbox.... Japan & Europe=Febuary & March=after Holiday season=less money=less systems=less sold [GC won\'t seel like hot cakes either]) solved.

Originally posted by DMANMAX


Chrono if I may disregard your fanblyism for a second...MicroSoft stated that they don\'t want to surpass PS2, they have to much of a head start. Xbox was released in North America in the holiday season (Christmas), Xbox was released way after the Hoilday season(Christmas=presents=systems=Xbox PS2 GC=consumer already has PS2 [presumbaly]=GC Xbox/if don\'t own a PS2 consumer wants something new=GC Xbox.... Japan & Europe=Febuary & March=after Holiday season=less money=less systems=less sold [GC won\'t seel like hot cakes either]) solved.

I hate people that don\'t get to the point. :rolleyes:

and the point would be.......

Sales wise, PS2 is obviously cleaning up right now, and it should be.  At this point, it\'s clear that it is the best system out there.

I do, however, think that both Gamecube and X-box have a ton of potential.  X-Box has so much power, and if microsoft wants to, they can put a ton of money behind it.  Gamecube, however, is the one that interests me.  They have what seems to me to be a great lineup of future games.  That\'s in part because Nintendo has so many established game series to work from.  They have Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Star Fox, etc.  All of those games interest me a lot.  Then, they have games like PSO from sega coming, which interest me as well.  The main thing though that makes me think that Nintendo could make this more of an even war sometime down the line is that they finally brought Squaresoft back on board.

This may just be because I have always been a big Nintendo fan, but that\'s just what I think.

to correct you on the Square/Nintendo aggrement... Square never joined Nin a lower level of Square did. they agreed to make a game based on the unpopular Japan cartoon, FF Unlimited. But I agree with you on the Nin franshises(although Zelda looks terrible in cel shade) Star Fox & Metroid r the only ones that seem "cool" so to speak.

Hey, I heard Gameboy Advance sold a ton... :cool:

it did

Originally posted by DMANMAX
to correct you on the Square/Nintendo aggrement... Square never joined Nin a lower level of Square did. they agreed to make a game based on the unpopular Japan cartoon, FF Unlimited. But I agree with you on the Nin franshises(although Zelda looks terrible in cel shade) Star Fox & Metroid r the only ones that seem "cool" so to speak.

No matter how Zelda looks, I\'ll get it.  People put too much emphasis on how something looks.  Most of my favorite games to play are for NES, SNES, or Genesis.  It isn\'t graphics that matter, but how a game plays.  Zelda games have never let me down in that area before.

No matter how Zelda looks, I\'ll get it. People put too much emphasis on how something looks. Most of my favorite games to play are for NES, SNES, or Genesis. It isn\'t graphics that matter, but how a game plays. Zelda games have never let me down in that area before

 Im with this guy. Who cares what a game looks like aslong as its a great game. FF7 was my favorite game of all time followed up by MGS. They both didnt have *awsome* graphics bt great gameplay+stories.



     But im not sure I wanna play a Zelda game where the main character looks exactly like the elf who wants to be a dentist in that christmas movie.

Originally posted by DMANMAX


Chrono if I may disregard your fanblyism for a second...MicroSoft stated that they don\'t want to surpass PS2, they have to much of a head start. Xbox was released in North America in the holiday season (Christmas), Xbox was released way after the Hoilday season(Christmas=presents=systems=Xbox PS2 GC=consumer already has PS2 [presumbaly]=GC Xbox/if don\'t own a PS2 consumer wants something new=GC Xbox.... Japan & Europe=Febuary & March=after Holiday season=less money=less systems=less sold [GC won\'t seel like hot cakes either]) solved.

oh yeah like Billy Boy 666 made the Port BOUX just so that it could FLOP in JAPAN and Do Terible In Europe !




Also i don\'t see the logic when people say " MS arejust make themselfs a Beachhead in the Market with the X box... they will dominate with the X box "

Well news Flash !
if the X Boux continues to do this BADLY ... very few people will be buying the second one.