European gaming media insulted by Sony, media say Nintendo wins

Reading an article at Gamesen.nl ( I won\'t even bother to link because it\'s all in Dutch language ), it seems that Sony took a swing at the media in their press conference at E3.
Gamesen reports that Sony said that the media had been constantly dissing PS2 and stuff like that. To make
matters worse Sony bored them with powerpoint presentations on bussiness results about how they still
ruled in the gaming industry.

This is kinda what I read here in Europe. So it actually looks like ppl are getting fed up with Sony and hail Nintendo as the new King of gaming.
So I\'m justing give U ppl here on the forum an impression of the European/ Dutch state of mind on E3.
But as Bobs Hardware was saying, Sony has a fairly good show up till now, but Nintendo is stealing it cause
they have the new NGC.

CONCLUSION :
So if Gamesen.nl and Power Unlimited (Dutch gamemag ) are right I should throw out my PS2 now and get NGC.

Knotter8

all the dutch game mags and websites suck donkey balls IMO .PU? haha LOL thats the most crappy mag ever! Sorry i just had to say this. PU kan z\'n reviews en nieuws in z\'n reet steken! dont listen to them, they are biased!

Metal Gear Ray,
Ik snap die PU echt niet he !!!
Vroeger waren zij immers altijd die de N64 reviews
er bekaaid af lieten komen en PSX was altijd goed.
(destijds had ik zelf een N64 )
Nu kan Nintendo niks meer fout doen bij PU. En bij alles
wat ze over Sony en Ps2 schrijven, \'proef\' je gewoon dat
ze vinden dat de Ps2 zich nu maar eens moet gaan bewijzen. Misschien komt dat ook omdat Kees en Bas niet meer bij de redactie zijn. Jammer. Net nu ik een Ps2 heb. Trouwens waren veel van de NGC gamepresentatie\'s nou realtime of prerendered ?
Knotter8

ik ben het met je eens
PU loopt achter met hun ps2 reviews, ze hadden SSX, madden en Fifa allemaal 2 maanden te laat gereviewed, en maar klagen dat ps2 geen goede launch titels had :rolleyes:. Ze waren eerst ook anti dc, maar later? waren het allemaal dc fanboys. Ik vind het echt jammer dat kees, bas, bjorn enzo allemaal weg zijn . Boris en skate zijn de enige die nog redelijk goed zijn , de rest = bagger!

hun nieuwe layout van hun blad is echt om te lachen  

EDIT

De meeste van de Gc titels waren in pre-rendered CGI (metriod, raven blade, Donkey kong racing). Waverace (realtime versie) zal er lang niet zo goed uit al de spaceworld FMV demo

uh......what is going on? Can we get a translation?

oh we are bashing the ignorant and biased dutch Power unlimited mage mag. They have become pure NGC/xbox fanboys (they used to be anti nintendo).

And we\'re confronted with stuff like this monthly, cause
I still look in the P U mag when I\'m at a shop or something. It\'s just a bit saddening if you own a PS2 and live in Benelux ( but thank God the\'re also some fairly good Dutch PSX/ PS2 mags like Playnation.
But to top it, Sony itself does indeed make it worse by delaying alot of games that have been released in Japan and America ages ago. Onimusha, Ring of Red ( released at Replay shops ? ) Bouncer, Starfighter is also just released over here. Real shame.
Maybe it\'s just me thinking the grass is always more green on the other\'s side.
Knotter8

I think it\'s a little rash to label Nintendo the winner in Europe just because a few journalists were bored at Powerpoint presentations. It would mean something if the BBC was declaring the PS2 the anti-christ, but a few reporters hardly represent the opinions of the entire European media. Besides, good games and more importantly, their sales reflect the success of a console, not the media.

PU always pulls this crap, they always seem to have double standars. I can clearly remember how they praised the ps2 to heaven (a year and half ago) and they were anti Dc and n456. look what happened now? They are fanboys against ps2!

You read the preview of Jan on Onimusha ?
He kinda starts that it\'s all good and stuff, but he
immediately states that this game will hit NGC soon
and probably look better. Nice way too start a PS2
preview huh ? ( BTW this Jeroen they have seems kinda Sony positive though ! And J.J. is still mad at Sony for "hyping up
PS2 so much" ) I, myself haven\'t seen much PS2 hype here in the Netherlands, so what\'s the deal ?
About Gamesen.nl : I believe Niels \'t Hooft is at Playnation, isn\'t he ? And then there\'s Jurjen Tiersma
who is at N-magazine. I think Gamesen.nl tries to be an
unbiased multiplatform site, but if you read their members\' comments you\'d think you see Nintendo Zealot.nl ! LOL
Btw . They still keep nagging about the jaggies on PS2.
Let\'s see P U next month. Maybe they will say all NGC presentations were realtime. \' Everybody in Benelux will
take that as being the truth ! \'  :rolleyes:
Though I must say Nintendo has a good show with some
quality content. (I hope Rare will someday make a new Bond game instead of PD.)
What do you think about this , Metal Gear Ray and Politiepet ?
Knotter

well, all I know is that ps2 sucks ass, but I stopped reading that magazine months ago, back then in the ps1 era they used to be quite good with reviews \'n\' stuff.
btw do you ever read op2m benelux?
those stupid Belgians are the bomb, they make such stupid articles that it becomes funny, hahaha, there\'s a nice demo shipped with it though

I think I will look for that mag then, eh Politiepet.
( Are you really so teleurgesteld with PS2 ?)
Knotter8

I found out something interesting. Do you guys know that Nintendo has a whopping 85% market share when it comes to consoles in Canada? That is a shock to me. I thought Sony had every continent on lock.

Maybe that\'s why US is US and Canada is Canada ! :rolleyes:

Knotter8

I remember some contravercy over that a few months ago. It\'s true, depending on weither or not you consider handhelds into the factor. Nintnedo game products do own about 85% of the canadian market, and probably around that much in the US, Japan, Europe, and anywhere else the Gameboy is popular. As far as home console goes, the ratio is more around 53-60% (Sony) 34-40% (Nintnedo).

I saw on Gamespot that the Gameboy and GBC owned about 99% of the worldwide gaming market. Not bad for a 10 year old 4bit machine. I\'d still like to see some competition to keep the market fresh though. Drop that percent down to at least 80% (Nintnedo) 20% (Someone else).