Originally posted by QuDDus
As far as being noticeable yes I agree luigi and starfox are more known. But they are both old series of games. And at some point in life you want new series.
Yes but this is NINTENDO, whose very existence is based on the fact that almost every series they make does extremely well and they improve on them every time. Yes, some people will want new series, however, I think most people looking at it from this perspective will view XBox as a gamble. Do I get GameCube which will have games I know will be good, or do I get XBox which will have games that interest me a lot but I don\'t know how good they\'ll be. It\'s sad, but that\'s how a lot of people see it.
I don\'t know who will win. Because ps2 has already proven that price tags does not matter when it comes down to overwhelming hype. It will be interesting to see how this goes down. Nintendo never hypes there system. I don\'t remember seeing one n64 add before it launch.
Again, this is NINTENDO. The very name is virtually synonymous with Videogames. Mario is one of the most recognized pop culture icons ever. There were almost no PS2 ads at its launch either, because, just like Nintendo, Sony didn\'t have to do anything. The gaming community was giving Playstation 2 all the hype and free advertising Sony could ever ask for and then some. Microsoft on the otherhand is still a wildcard and a virtual unknown in this field. Us Hardcore gamers know all about it, but the everlovin casual market seems to be largely ignorant of the thing, based on general opinion and my own experiences. That\'s why I laugh whenever people bring up the fact that Microsoft has a much larger advertising budget than Nintendo or Sony. They\'re gonna need every last penny of it to make the XBox popular. They\'re shelling out half a billion dollars for something Nintendo and Sony get for practically free.
It will all depend on how good each systems games are at launch. And what type of games ppl want. I mean titles mean nothing it is all about the gameplay in the games. Who knows how fun the nintendo games are going to be? All you can do is wish and pretend that you know they will be good. Maybe xbox games will be killers. I don\'t know. I just want good games. I see them both selling equally good because they have too different types of market. Nintendo is committed to marketing to a certain group. I see more casual gamers picking up xbox and all the nintendrods oicking up gc. I will be getting both just not at launch. I mean I could but I am spend a ton of money on xbox.
See, the problem is, casuals don\'t really know much about it because most don\'t even follow the industry. THey get Playstation because their friend has one and they liked it, that kind of stuff. They are largely ignorant to what goes on behind the scenes. It\'s for that reason that Playstation started out so incredibly slow (it only sold approximately 3.5 million units worldwide by the time N64 was released). It was an unknown. Maybe XBox will get the same recognition someday, but I can almost guarantee you it won\'t be by this November.
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