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PuPPeT
11-28-2002, 05:49 AM
Talk on the streets in Japan is of a Nintendo revival this Christmas with retailers predicting higher sales for Nintendo Gamecube then Sony’s PS2. All of this is as of yet unconfirmed but with so many sources shouting this in my ear there has to be some true about them.

Unconfirmed Sales numbers from last week.

1 Nintendo Game Boy advance 150,800
2 S C E PlayStation 2 38,400
3 Nintendo game cube 37,400
4 Microsoft Xbox 1,900


Is this right, well I don't really know to tell the truth but any way found it on the Edge magazine forums?
fingersman
11-28-2002, 08:21 AM
*coughyeahrightcough*


*coughhighlyunlikelycough*

*coughbullsh*tcough*


Well if it happens then I'll be very surpised...wait a minute isn't Zelda being released this Dec.?
Perfect Stu
11-28-2002, 10:34 AM
as soon as Zelda is released, Gamecube sales should destroy PS2 sales for quite a few weeks
BlueFire
11-28-2002, 10:59 AM
I guess the holiday season isn't bad for GameCube at all..

Sales are improving, and like Stu said, when Zelda is released over in Japan...
GameKinG
11-28-2002, 12:34 PM
Yes Japan will feed up on the Zelda release and poekmon holiday sales.
Crash
11-28-2002, 01:34 PM
think about it, ps2 games this christmas season are stinkin' up the joint. vice city maybe... does anyone else think the graphics for VC are worse than GTA3?
Perfect Stu
11-28-2002, 02:37 PM
Originally posted by Crash
think about it, ps2 games this christmas season are stinkin' up the joint. vice city maybe... does anyone else think the graphics for VC are worse than GTA3?

if you're going to be SO ignorant, please waste your own time and not other people's
Null
11-28-2002, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by Crash
think about it, ps2 games this christmas season are stinkin' up the joint. vice city maybe... does anyone else think the graphics for VC are worse than GTA3?

not if you know how to turn off an option. then no way are VC graphics worse then GTA3.

some parts, not as noticable, some parts Quite a bit of improvment.

you looking for support on that question from fanboys tho by asking a PS2 question in a GC forum? ;)
Shadow_Link
11-28-2002, 07:21 PM
There are numerous sources that are reporting the same sales numbers. If this is true, this is totally unbelievable. The GBA is absolutely flying off of shelves. Whoever thinks Pokemon doesn't have the same impact as before needs a reality check.

According to Magic Box, the recent releases of Ruby and Sapphire have tripled GBA and GCN sales in Japan. Here is the exerpt:

- In addition, due to the release of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire in Japan, the sales of GameBoy Advance and GameCube has tripled over the week. Over 150,000 units of GBA were sold in the week, and over 37,000 units of GameCube were sold. The sales of PlayStation 2 remains steady, with over 38,000 units sold."

Nintendo would be stupid not be release a real pokemon game for the GC, as in a full 3D RPG, with online multiplayer options!

With Pokemon, Final Fantasy:CC, the other square game, Zelda, and numberous other big hitters, sales will surely pick up for the GC once more
Angrist
11-29-2002, 04:50 PM
Probably yes. But that won't be until next year... And even later for EU.
Idiot
11-30-2002, 02:45 PM
Well it makes a pleasent surprise to see the GC outperform the PS2 in terms of sales for once....
Perfect Stu
11-30-2002, 09:53 PM
Originally posted by Idiot
Well it makes a pleasent surprise to see the GC outperform the PS2 in terms of sales for once....

when did it outsell the PS2?
Dyne
12-01-2002, 01:19 AM
Well, since most people own one nowadays, wouldn't you think the sales would drop a bit? Gee golly...
GameKinG
12-01-2002, 02:26 AM
No, Im pretty sure they use PS2's to build houses in Japan...
Dyne
12-01-2002, 02:47 AM
Originally posted by GameKinG
No, Im pretty sure they use PS2's to build houses in Japan...

Lol! With the way they're selling that wouldn't be a suprise. =P
Angrist
12-01-2002, 08:56 AM
Originally posted by Dyne
Well, since most people own one nowadays, wouldn't you think the sales would drop a bit? Gee golly... That's what I told you some weeks ago... dunno where. :)

Sales will HAVE TO drop sometime...
Perfect Stu
12-02-2002, 12:48 AM
Originally posted by GameKinG
No, Im pretty sure they use PS2's to build houses in Japan...

the PS2 sells better in North America than in Japan...at least compared to the Gamecube it does

PS2 to Gamecube sales in NA are like 3 or 4:1 or maybe more
PS2 to Gamecube sales in Japan have been closer over the last few months...2:1, 1.5:1...and now, 1.1:1 or so
Cyrax9
12-02-2002, 01:43 AM
OK, the PS2's Line-up this year sucks, plain and simple, I hate to say it, but FFX and Kingdom Hearts were the only "GOOD" PS2 Exclusives, and since FFX-2 isn't coming out until next yea don't expect anything spectacular, FFXI didn't make it to the USA yet, and that's hurting Sony big time.

Now the GCN, while the Line-UP wasn't as good as it could've been at the begging of the year (Star Fox Adventures was TOO LONG in the works), the GCN gmaes out now are much better in terms of sales than the earlier ones, and the GBA Conectivity is helpign the big "N" alot, GTA: Vice Cit loks pretrty crappy IMO, and is almost as "annopying' as the "new look" of link, so you can guess what I'm NOT buying for the PS2. I'll get Zelda jsut for the heck of it.

Also Sega released the "Sonic Mega Colection" for ther GCN so that's HUGE sales boost as an exclusive right there, thern you've got, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda, Star Fox Adventures, and a bunch fo tohrer GCN Gmaes comign out ths year, so you can expect them to boost sales, tack on the GBA Poke'mon games, Metroid Prime, and everything else, and Q3 and Q54 wil be excelelnt for GCN in 2002.

I'd say the PS2 is getting a rtun for its' money, but I odn't know the outcome yet. Thisis basically how I've rated the SYstems:

PS2: Started out good in 2000, good games are availabe everywhere with backwards comp[atibily, from the PSX, but the system falls short of 4 Player compatibilty, and some really good would-be exclusives, the christmas seaosn looks pretty bad for the PS2 with only GTA: Vice Cirty, and a few third party games backing it that are also on other systems (How many copies of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Harry Potter and 007 NightFire do you need?) so there's no real "need' to buy a PS2.

Rating : 3.5 out of 5.0.

Nintendo GameCube: A Great system that was a year late in the US, the first games of this year weren't too hot, mostly what the PS2 is churning ut now as 3rd party games, but the GCN had one thing the PS2 didnt: GREAT EXCLUSIVES! LUigi's Mansiomn was even good for aVaccume Cleaner SImulator. IN Q3 and Q4 the GCN has gotten some amazing 1st party and 3rd party games as well as the regular 3rd party all-system games like MK: DA, HP & The Chamber of Secrets, and 007 NIghtfire, as well as the GameCube-Only agmes like RE and SMS. The GBA conectivity is helping the GCN and the system is growing in popularity.

Rating: 4.2 out of 5.0

XBox: I don't know what to sa, excpet don'rt even bother, the only semi-appleaing games on this system are Halo, which is coming out n the PC, and "Dead Or Alive: Vollyball" which is basically a game that falls unde the category of "If you want P*rn, by a playboy magazine" and isn't all that appealing unless you're THAT desperate. The "other" games are all PC or PS2 and/or GCN bound from the XBox and the system ins't worht its weight in plastic, plsu the ugly controllers form the first releases are only slightly worse than the GCN controlers D-Pad positoning, and feel like you're playing by holding a pile of rocks instead ofa game controller. The ystems is uanorigianl and runs ona dumed down version of M$ Windows, so you can imagine what that's like, how many Blue Screens do you want your game system to have? I have yet to see an XBox game that mkaes me say "Gee I REALLY want that system!", and the fact that the XBox is known to damage several rental DVDs is ebnought to mark it "Avoid" for people thinking of dropping $40.0 on the ugly XBox rem,ote control to play DVDs while the PS2 is DVD-Ready.

Rating: 1.6 out of 5.0

So my systems in favoired order are: GCN, PS2, XBX.

I think you can safely say the Xbox isdead, pretty soon it'll be up there with the dremcast as the game system that failed as crap from a ppor launch, pathetic, and sadly the DC actually was much better than the Xbox.
BlueFire
12-02-2002, 02:04 AM
A lot of people are going to be responding to your post Cyrax


in a nice little negative way :p

Frankly, it's 2 AM and I'm too tired :p
DeathsHand
12-02-2002, 02:09 AM
with a wide selection of 2 must own games from the same old series', Gamecube is a must own.

PS2 isn't that great of an addition to your collection unless you like having a wide variety of good games.

Xbox is as good as dead because it's been selling nice in the US and has a few very nice looking games coming out in the future.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself...
Angrist
12-02-2002, 06:50 AM
Cyrax that is soooo fanboyish! :rolleyes:
PuPPeT
12-02-2002, 10:21 AM
Sorry Cyrax9 but your wrong about Xbox! It has plenty of really good games out for it like at lest it has a really rally game to play on it two in fact (well at lest it has driving games on it!). Yet people still seem to think it has no good games yet it has almost some thing for every one on it. Now I don’t know what people’s problem is with the Xbox maybe they don’t like Microsoft (let’s face it’s that’s stupid Nintendo is just as evil as Sony or Microsoft). Or maybe it is all down to being fanboy’ish or maybe it because so people are so ignorant to what is going on around them they just don’t want to see how good Microsoft and Xbox has shaped up in a year.


I don’t know why there are so many haters out there and there seems to be two groups of people appearing on gaming forums all over the net;

The Gamers and the haters!
DeathsHand
12-02-2002, 01:27 PM
Originally posted by PuPPeT
Now I don’t know what people’s problem is with the Xbox maybe they don’t like Microsoft

*looks at comment*... *looks at Cyrax*... Naw, couldn't be... (you'd know what I'm talking about if you've seen his posts on the computer board ;) )
Perfect Stu
12-02-2002, 03:36 PM
Originally posted by DeathsHand
with a wide selection of 2 must own games from the same old series', Gamecube is a must own.

PS2 isn't that great of an addition to your collection unless you like having a wide variety of good games.

Xbox is as good as dead because it's been selling nice in the US and has a few very nice looking games coming out in the future.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself...

So true...
Mushlafa
12-02-2002, 03:48 PM
Puppet.. maybe your jus at the wrong board here... your at a Nintendo gamecube forum and hoping that people round here know eveyr single game thats sappose to be realeased this holiday season on xbox :unsure:

Some people are WAY to ignorant tho... take this guy at school... biggest fanboy...... actually.. too lazy to tell the story and nobody wants to hear it anyway.. yeah... :unsure:

*walks away*
Angrist
12-03-2002, 07:49 AM
Woa X-Box has rally games. :rolleyes:

Sorry, but I don't know as many good/popular X-Box games as GameCube ones.
Besides, I hate M$. :D