Lorne Lanning on Rogue Leader : "How Pathetic!"

this is from another forum, in a response by TheTone to Sympel\'s impressions of the show, thanks to them both:

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LOL.

"The most amusing part was when I saw one of the main Xbox guys (the big tall one with the pony tail, don\'t know his name) walk over to the Rogue Leader area and say, "Oh, so this is the game that\'s supposed to look better than the Xbox? How pathetic!" At this point, his three cronies kind of looked away from him without saying a word"

That guy you were talking about was Lorne Lanning of Oddworld. He is the Julian. e of Microsoft but at least Julian doesnt troll at other companies booths. Thats the funniest thing i\'ve heard all day

"cheesy controller"

This is some funny stuff here.  Whoa he bashed gamecube at the booth while playing it.  M$ must have paid him good to do this.

too hard to prove if its true or not, but Lorne is in for a rude awakening if he expects Xbox to just fly off the shelves as fast as the PS2 and GC.

Regardless of what he thinks of graphic quality people have to buy lots of Xbox\'s for him to make money.

Originally posted by ddaryl
too hard to prove if its true or not, but Lorne is in for a rude awakening if he expects Xbox to just fly off the shelves as fast as the PS2 and GC.

Regardless of what he thinks of graphic quality people have to buy lots of Xbox\'s for him to make money.

Well it depends maybe in american the xbox will sell very well, but japan a different story.  That\'s when they may be in trouble.

even if it doesn\'t do well in japan it doesn\'t mean it can\'t be successful

it will just be an American marketed console and for a first Japanese will have to import

There are two people who make games that I don\'t listen to anymore(forgive the atrocious use of words I\'m just so f\'in tired):

1. Jason Rubin
2. Lorne Lanning

Japan might have had to import the Jaguar before so its not really a first.

Originally posted by Sublimesjg
even if it doesn\'t do well in japan it doesn\'t mean it can\'t be successful

it will just be an American marketed console and for a first Japanese will have to import

I agree it can be successful in just american.  Personally, I hope the systems very successful I\'m still buying one at launch proably.

I disagree, I think winning Japan is one of the keys to having a successful console, as a matter of fact right off hand I dont think there has been 1 console that has been a real smash without being successful in Japan.

Originally posted by PS2 Addict
I disagree, I think winning Japan is one of the keys to having a successful console, as a matter of fact right off hand I dont think there has been 1 console that has been a real smash without being successful in Japan.

But the reason why is cause all the console were mostly japanese made so that why it was so important for to do good in there home turf.  Same for xbox its more important for it to do good in the u.s.

Originally posted by PS2 Addict
I disagree, I think winning Japan is one of the keys to having a successful console, as a matter of fact right off hand I dont think there has been 1 console that has been a real smash without being successful in Japan.

Funny..N64 did pretty poor in japan, but overall was successful, and lasted til the end of the generation.

Eh, I never really considered the N64 a truly successful console, it didnt really have the big names developing for them till late (EB, Namco, Capcom??) and excluding launch and the months surronding it I really never saw them flying off the shelves, it just really wasnt a big seller, but Nintendo chose to support it and thats one of the reasons I choose to buy Nintendo products.

*But the reason why is cause all the console were mostly japanese made so that why it was so important for to do good in there home turf. *

Thats true and Xbox actually has potential unlike the Jaguar, we\'ll just have to see, its definetly gonna be someting new.

Originally posted by Jumpman
There are two people who make games that I don\'t listen to anymore(forgive the atrocious use of words I\'m just so f\'in tired):

1. Jason Rubin
2. Lorne Lanning

Jason Rubin only back handed Lorne after all that BS he kept spewing about the PS2. I don\'t see how you can find that upsetting.

On top of that he and ND have obviously backed up every word.


I guess one thing I can\'t stand is hearing Nintendo Officials constantly BS\'ing everyone into believing they\'re the only ones who make great games

Originally posted by ddaryl



Jason Rubin only back handed Lorne after all that BS he kept spewing about the PS2. I don\'t see how you can find that upsetting.

On top of that he and ND have obviously backed up every word.


I guess one thing I can\'t stand is hearing Nintendo Officials constantly BS\'ing everyone into believing they\'re the only ones who make great games

1-Lanning had the balls to tell the truth. Not BS.

2-As much as Munch backs up Lannings ego.

3-I agree with the last statement. A little.

-Lanning had the balls to tell the truth. Not BS.

Agreed!!