I was going to actually respond to all that crap above, but I realized you were agreeing with what I said in the first place...
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Originally posted by TheGame
Games=big factor, but not the only factor...
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Games are the MAIN factor, period.
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1. If a System had no good games for it you wouldn't buy it
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True
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2. If a system was priced at $2000 you wouldn't buy it
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False; insert PC/Mac here; Phillips/Magnovox Cdi
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3. If a system is released at the wrong time, you wouldn't buy it
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False; insert 32X/Saturn/Jaguar CD/Neo Geo CD/Xeye/TG-16 here
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4. If a system had weak hardware features... (let's say, no memory cards or hard drive, on a CD so you couldn't save the games) you wouldn't buy it...
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Not neccessarily...think NES; saving isn't always pertinent- hell, I often go thru GCN games and erase them all and try to play thru without saving; same with PS2. Of course not with Xbox though...
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Let's say a mix of any two of these things would completly turn you off, if there is a mix of two things that wouldn't turn you off, like I said, you must be on crack.
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They may, or they may not- keep in mind this ISN'T EVERYONE, which you were trying to claim at first.
And about your point regarding PS2's DVD, do you assume that EVERYONE bought a PS2 just as a DVD player? Your point is moot- you say the kids WANTED the PS2 for the games, thus the parents now know about it, and bought it instead as a DVD player. Would the PS2 even be known to their parents if the kids didn't want the games? I'm very sure these same parents didn't look at early 1999 demos of Tekken Tag tourney FMV's and drool about how nice a DVD player it would be- hell, that wasn't even announced until well after the initial specs were released in 2000.
Either way, games are the main factor, whether you want to admit it again or not.
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Now the question Stu should ask is... why is Xbox outselling GCN in Europe and America.
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And on that same token, why isn't it selling at all in Japan, especially with the DVD feature, and why is it barely outselling GCN in US/UK even though TWO free games came with the system, selling some 2+ million units alone last year, against a system with no free game until recently?
Judging by your "timing", "hardware features", and "pricing" hypothesis, Xbox should be tearing the floor up with GameCube, which is hardly the case.
And I reiterate:
Games are the MAIN factor of buying a console, and systems existence to boot.
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