GAMECUBE, XBOX PS2?

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Response to GAMECUBE, XBOX PS2? 2002-05-18 00:18:19 Reply

At 5/17/02 10:40 PM, TFX wrote: Once upon a time, a man named Trip Hawkins (who founded Electronic Arts back in 1982 and started the 3DO standard in 1993) said . . .

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But Microsoft's friendly relations with game developers can't compensate for a flawed concept, said Trip Hawkins, CEO of game publisher 3DO, which has no plans to make Xbox software. Microsoft got into the business too late and for the wrong reasons, Hawkins said.

"Microsoft saw the PS2 a couple of years ago, said, 'This thing is a serious computer without our operating system,' and decided they needed to take some kind of action," Hawkins said. "So they basically built a PC clone because that's what they could get to market quickly. Microsoft is basically taking a defensive strategy in a market where the only thing that works is offense."

The outcome will be evident in less than a year, Hawkins said.

"By spring, Microsoft will have worked their way through the couple million hard-core gamers who are going to be really jazzed by the Xbox hardware," he said. "Then they've got a situation where they have to expand their market either by taking kids away from Nintendo or taking casual gamers away from Sony. I don't think they have what it takes to do that because they came in too late for this cycle of the consoles.

"It won't be until next spring or summer they're going to realize this is a little like the Russian front, and they'll start asking, 'Why are we doing this again?'...I will not be at all surprised if they pull the plug before the year is over"

But yesterday, 3DO announced that they will be making 3 games for the Xbox. http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_051502.html (it's in there, just read it)

So, Trip Hawkins, the CEO of 3DO bad mouths Microsoft's Xbox and then concedes to do Xbox games? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FAILURE TO ME!!!

Please, man, do some actual research before you just write Xbox off, because if you did, you'd realize that you are dead wrong.

hmmm... what has 3do done latey? oh, rehased army men about 15 times.

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Response to GAMECUBE, XBOX PS2? 2002-05-18 06:07:23 Reply

I have an idea-why don't you all stop being so damn petty and get back onto the goddamn subject matter??

Personally my fave is PS2 followed closely behind by Gamecube.X-Box doesn't really have any kind of effect on me,but it's definately a good console.Unfortunately,I reckon that as far as sales go,PS2 will almost certainly have the most followed by X-Box.Gamecube might be a flop just because certain people are saying that it's a kiddy console.That's bullshit.I'm 14 and i've never had so much gaming fun in my life like I did when my mate stayed over at my place and brought his Gamecube and Super Monkey Ball.

And EZ3 sucks fat cock on the prairy but we won't go into that.

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Response to GAMECUBE, XBOX PS2? 2002-05-18 19:28:04 Reply

At 5/17/02 10:40 PM, TFX wrote: So, Trip Hawkins, the CEO of 3DO bad mouths Microsoft's Xbox and then concedes to do Xbox games? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FAILURE TO ME!!!

Please, man, do some actual research before you just write Xbox off, because if you did, you'd realize that you are dead wrong.

I am not 'just writing Xbox off.' If I were, then I'd simply state that they were going to fail and that's it. I do believe that, in the end, they will fail, but they won't just plummet to a quick death. They have some time. And, I'm not saying it's impossible for them to change their methods and actually do pretty good. What I'm saying is that, looking at their present situation, they have a weak future in the video game market.

Please man, do some analytical thinking using stats and figures before you are blinded by your adoration of a system.

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Response to GAMECUBE, XBOX PS2? 2002-05-19 09:25:12 Reply

At 5/18/02 06:07 AM, kill_your_friends wrote: I have an idea-why don't you all stop being so damn petty and get back onto the goddamn subject matter??

Personally my fave is PS2 followed closely behind by Gamecube.X-Box doesn't really have any kind of effect on me,but it's definately a good console.Unfortunately,I reckon that as far as sales go,PS2 will almost certainly have the most followed by X-Box.Gamecube might be a flop just because certain people are saying that it's a kiddy console.That's bullshit.I'm 14 and i've never had so much gaming fun in my life like I did when my mate stayed over at my place and brought his Gamecube and Super Monkey Ball.

And EZ3 sucks fat cock on the prairy but we won't go into that.

good lord! how did the three next gen systems get involved in prarie cock suking?!

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