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Offline Mr. Kennedy
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« Reply #60 on: July 06, 2002, 12:13:56 AM »
Hmm, glad to know my comp will never be as fast as the day I got it... well until I upgrade it... bwahahahaha...

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« Reply #61 on: July 06, 2002, 12:29:29 AM »
thats true, the computer will only get slower and slower
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« Reply #62 on: July 06, 2002, 02:41:45 AM »
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Do you think they will drop it like a hot potato?


Did Sony do it with their flawed piece of hardware=PS2 ? :D

ps: remember that the ONLY reasons why PS2 did and is doing great are:

1) The success of PSX

2) The Huge Hype

3) A head start of almost 2 years

4) "Zombie gamers"(me included) who chose PS2 instead of the better console(games)=DC in that period!

Remember that many people had been calling the PS2 the next gen Flop during the first Year of life! ...

ps: I still consider PS2 a flop...that\'s the reason why I sold it!
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« Reply #63 on: July 06, 2002, 06:22:40 AM »
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Remember that many people had been calling the PS2 the next gen Flop during the first Year of life! ...


Nobody did.  It had (mostly) crap games, but its sales were through the roof.  And continued to sky rocket.  Seeing as "Flopping" refers to a console that sells poorly, how was the PS2 flopping in its first year?
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« Reply #64 on: July 06, 2002, 08:39:27 AM »
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Nobody did.  It had (mostly) crap games, but its sales were through the roof.  And continued to sky rocket.  Seeing as "Flopping" refers to a console that sells poorly, how was the PS2 flopping in its first year?


naah...even some media called PS2 a flop and it dropped in Japan in sales during the first year...it was terrible...no games...and I know it very well...I got a Jap PS2 !;)

XBox\'s already getting good games! ...and I do care about games...so,for me,PS2 was a flop in the first year while XBox a success!
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« Reply #65 on: July 06, 2002, 08:47:43 AM »
Sales dropped?  Hardly, the thing was sold out.  Any lack of sales were purely because there werent enough units.  You cannot compare the first year of each consoles sales wise.  Just imagine if Sony hadnt have had the shortages :eek:

And sometimes you have to realise it doesnt all come down to good games.  Look at DC
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« Reply #66 on: July 06, 2002, 08:48:23 AM »
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and I don\'t get OS decay


thats because you ....

well nevermind.  no need to state the obvious
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« Reply #67 on: July 06, 2002, 08:51:13 AM »
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And sometimes you have to realise it doesnt all come down to good games.  Look at DC


I know...and I\'m scared:)
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« Reply #68 on: July 06, 2002, 10:00:02 AM »
My dear Bizio.. Welcome back.



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ps: remember that the ONLY reasons why PS2 did and is doing great are:

1) The success of PSX

2) The Huge Hype

3) A head start of almost 2 years

4) "Zombie gamers"(me included) who chose PS2 instead of the better console(games)=DC in that period!


This is pretty funny.
So PS2 is still living on PSX sucess? Hardly.. There are TONS and TONS of great games out for PS2 now..

I agree though that PS2 had a bad start with lack of good software.

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Remember that many people had been calling the PS2 the next gen Flop during the first Year of life! ...


They did? :eek: Ive must have missed that.. Please give me some quotes.

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naah...even some media called PS2 a flop and it dropped in Japan in sales during the first year...it was terrible...no games...and I know it very well...I got a Jap PS2 !


Hihih.. No, PS2 sold 1 million units in TWO days. (Xbox STILL hasnt sold its initial shipment.. Biggest.. flop...ever!) After that Sony could not keep up with the demand. It was sold out everywhere.. But media did not call it a flop, they called it the best selling console ever ;)
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« Reply #69 on: July 06, 2002, 10:03:20 AM »
Actually I\'d say GC is a bigger "flop" than the xbox.
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« Reply #70 on: July 06, 2002, 10:07:16 AM »
The PS2 was just met with criticism due to the quality of the launch games and what was available shortly afterwards.  

It was lackluster to say the least and more than a few people were disappointed that in some cases the DC had better looking games...

That\'s all way behind us though, what\'s the point in bringing it up?
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« Reply #71 on: July 06, 2002, 12:04:21 PM »
Im confused?!!:confused:

PS2 = Flop when...

a) #1 in sales through entire life, X-Box and GCN can\'t even touch it

b) It has more games than probably GCN and X-Box combined

c) Biggest Userbase near 35 Million

You base that all on hype, M$ fanboys should be the last to complain about hype.  Dissapointing sales in both Europe and Japan, and you call that a success?  What X-Box has halo and everyone thinks it\'s god???  I respected the X-Box as a system, but I knew it wouldn\'t compete w/ PS2.

In this day and age, the difference between PS2, GCN, and X-Box\'s graphics or negliable.  The future of gaming is gameplay.
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« Reply #72 on: July 06, 2002, 03:07:26 PM »
gameplay, yes

online, no

sorry watchdog

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« Reply #73 on: July 06, 2002, 04:51:57 PM »
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gameplay, yes

online, no

sorry watchdog

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« Reply #74 on: July 06, 2002, 05:18:06 PM »
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XBox\'s already getting good games! ...and I do care about games...so,for me,PS2 was a flop in the first year while XBox a success!


X-Box has good games ? [other then Morrowind?]
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