No more rumors.. the truth about Rare!

It\'s not a strong-arm thing, since Nintendo didn\'t want Rare.

Still, Nintendo getting Retro and Sony getting Naughty Dog = nothing compared to Rare going to MS.

Retro was bought for $1M with no games.. Naughty Dog had, what.. a couple of mediocre 16-bit games out?

totally going with LIC on this one

while it may not be a very laid back action and all MS is doing nothing out of the odinary compared to any company - just like nintendo bought all the shares with rare for the most part someone else can buy them from nintendo and so on with MS if they want to sale eventually - its not like sony didnt do the same with Sqauresoft and all while they may not care if they make other console games "upfront at least" they still really havent done anything because of most likely some background understanding and all that they have in the shadows and all

anyway its just business tatics while they may be more agressive in the sense that they have done this before and more often its not like they are the only ones doing it

And yet again.. going back to mindshare. MS\'s name is everywhere.. If you own a PC (70% of American households), then you know MS\'s name. Considering the amount of idiots out there too (See: AOL users) most of them are happy and think Windows is great. Yet MS still can\'t do as well as a console that\'s been preceded by nourmerous failures and a history of dropping out of the market? - SonyFan

talking about mindshare, I think it\'s clear that Microsoft has more going against them as going for them, as presented in this very forum here.

God, if there\'s no fricken competition, we\'ll all be spending like $1000 on consoles, and $100 for games.  Trust me, for the consumer, competition is a good thing.

Think of it like this, if Apple never entered the computer industry, our computers would be twice as expensive, competition is a good thing, end of story.

Originally posted by seven


talking about mindshare, I think it\'s clear that Microsoft has more going against them as going for them, as presented in this very forum here.

meh, did you forget what forum/site your at?

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Eh? Billy? Apple started the home computer "revolution", it was IBM and others who entered the industry. Not to mention, Apple does still typically charge an arm and leg compared to its competetion.
Bad example.

True, but it is a legit reason for affordable PCs.  I do know that IBM started it, but, Apple is the reason for PC price drops.

thehurricane

then why are macs more expensive even they are designed for the idiots of computer consumers?

competition is NOT a good thing when it thins out and dilutes the market

.ie cheap alternatives

look what wal mart is doing to the discount retail realm

phar-mor = gone
ames = gone
kmart = bankrupt

how long will it be before target joins them, and all were left with is wal-mart?  so then they can rape us with price gouging.  its standard oil all over again

tssk, it\'s such a sad thing too when think how MS stole Mac\'s OS.  If Steve Jobs had won the court case we would have no such thing as Windows.  In turn, we\'d have far more pricey PCs...

thats pure speculation

thomas edison invented and patented the light bulb by himself but they can be bought for pennies from hundreds of companies

seeking for domination thru draconian tactics is what sets micro$oft apart

Originally posted by Ginko


meh, did you forget what forum/site your at?

nope, but you can\'t deny there\'s more mindshare going against Microsoft then you see going for them. I\'ve seen many people laugh at Xbox for it being a stripped down PC and nothing more...

Originally posted by seven


nope, but you can\'t deny there\'s more mindshare going against Microsoft then you see going for them. I\'ve seen many people laugh at Xbox for it being a stripped down PC and nothing more...

Really?  This is the only forum I see that happening still...everyone else has finally gotten over it.

I don\'t see it brought up on TXB, XenGen, Gamerweb...maybe I\'ve just learned to tune it out as that point is completely irrelevant to any conversation you can have about Xbox...

/shrugs shoulders

In the end, MS can overcome the bad PR.  Sony proved that...faulty hardware, developers bitching, and graphics below somes expectations.  It\'s the games that matter.

lol, imagine the serfs at TXB in the m$ mindshare

m$ will never overcome the bad PR, they just have enough money and moronic customers not to care

yer right, it is the games that matter, which explains the xbox\'s piss poor [©ooseven 2002] sales

Originally posted by mm
lol, imagine the serfs at TXB in the m$ mindshare

m$ will never overcome the bad PR, they just have enough money and moronic customers not to care

Sony was able to do it...why not MS?

I\'m not a moron...throw me several good games and I\'ll forget all about it.  There\'s no reason to get caught up in the industry, it\'s not our job.  I\'m simply playing games...how \'bout you?

yer right, it is the games that matter, which explains the xbox\'s piss poor [©ooseven 2002] sales

exactly, look how long it took before PSX took off...it had a few gems in it\'s early release but not a wide selection.

The only thing PS2 was selling so well off of it\'s first year was it\'s name.  There was nothing worth buying or getting excited over for the first year.

i smell moot points