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Don't know. But despite all the complaints one hears about the high price and lack of good titles, it is expected that the units will be sold out on the day of release. :roll:
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Ravencrow wrote:Don't know. But despite all the complaints one hears about the high price and lack of good titles, it is expected that the units will be sold out on the day of release. :roll:
With, what, less than a tenth of the total number of units they had for the PS2's release? If they had ten TIMES the number of units they had at the PS2's release, or even the same number, I'd be impressed. Let's face it, the fact that resellers can make thousands reselling a handful of units indicates that Sony could have one launch title and a console that sells at $1200 and STILL sell the number of units they set for release.
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For you guys talking about the PS3 selling out; FYI, Dreamcast launched with more units and also sold out on day one, but the launch day was plagued with reports of hardware and software problems.

Sound familiar?
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Art ... 18882.html
InnocentBystander wrote:So what does just buying one require; waiting in line all night in front of a gamestop?
No; GameStop presold all their PS3's, you won't get a thing.

Camp out in front of a Wal-Mart or Best Buy all night (Best Buy is getting the bulk of PS3 shipments, 26 per store).
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Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
I went to try to find out and talked to the guys in line at Wal-Mart that have been there for three days now.

They started spouting about how the Cell processor is the most amazing thing on the planet and a billion times more powerful than anything else, and how Blu-ray is so amazing, and it's the pinnacle of modern entertainment, and blah blah blah.

One scruffy looking guy with a beard and long hair that looked like a hobo also told me that from his 35 years of experience as a computer technition, Macs suck because they use proprietary Mac hard drives (ROFL) that cost ten times more to replace and are nearly impossible to and are much slower. He also told me that his $3000 dual Opteron system could outperform a quad 3 GHz Xeon system. And he's unemployed.

I avoided an arguement since I figured I might end up camping with these guys and will need them to hold my place during bathroom breaks, so I didn't call them on the Cell and Blu-ray obsession or Macs.

Nobody named a game they wanted.
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It's probably too late now, but you need to call up every single game store in a major city to even conceivably find one. And even then, you're probably screwed to do it this late on.

The above is what my brother did to get a guaranteed pre-ordered system (a Wii in his case, although I tried to egg him into getting a PS3).
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Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
Sony fanwhores who are obsessed with certain franchises.
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weemadando wrote:
Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
Sony fanwhores who are obsessed with certain franchises.
Particularly:

Final Fantasy
Tekken
God of War
Shadow of the Colossus

+various Japanese titles
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weemadando wrote:
Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
Sony fanwhores who are obsessed with certain franchises.
Or Blu-ray.

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weemadando wrote:
Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
Sony fanwhores who are obsessed with certain franchises.
But none of those franchises are releasing games in 2006...
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Xisiqomelir wrote:
weemadando wrote:
Stark wrote:I want someone to explain to me where the demand for PS3 is coming from. It's got 5 crap launch titles. I don't know of any game coming out for it that's awesome. It's a million fucking dollars. What's the hook? Why does anyone care? I can see the interest from eBay scalpers, but what's the point of buying a PS3 right now?
Sony fanwhores who are obsessed with certain franchises.
Particularly:

Final Fantasy
Tekken
God of War
Shadow of the Colossus

+various Japanese titles
I don't know how you can call Shadow of the Colossus a franchise when it's only been one game.
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or metal gear solid.
or ace combat.
or devil may cry.
or grand theft auto.
or gran turismo.
or killzone
or mobile suit gundam.
or RIIIIIIIIIGGGGEEE RACERRRRRRRRRRRRR.

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Sephirius wrote:or RIIIIIIIIIGGGGEEE RACERRRRRRRRRRRRR.

:lol:
hahaha

DP: SotC is supposed to be linked to the ICO-verse, so there are 2 games.
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Specifically, Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to Ico.

But two cultish games is hardly a franchise, wonderful games they may be. Not in comparison to MGS, GTA, or Final Fantasy...
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Spanky/DP: I'll say "series" instead of "franchise", then.
Stark wrote:People WANT to play Tekken? Are they mentally ill?
The fighting game industry has been dying a death by inches for 15 years now. When it comes to 3D fighters, you don't have a lot of options.

DOA: Trash
MK: Trash
Tekken: Mass-market
VF: Hard
Smash: Cartoony

EDIT, left out:

SC: Buggy

Mass-market is better than nothing, and Tekken does at least have some semblance of depth and technical quality.
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Well, at least it's more than 'zomg teh titties'. But it's been rubbish since 4. :)
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Stark wrote:Well, at least it's more than 'zomg teh titties'. But it's been rubbish since 4. :)
My Tekken hierarchy:

Tag>DR>5>2>3>4>1
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Also let me state like a true SRKer, 2D>3D.
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Xisiqomelir wrote:Spanky/DP: I'll say "series" instead of "franchise", then.
Stark wrote:People WANT to play Tekken? Are they mentally ill?
The fighting game industry has been dying a death by inches for 15 years now. When it comes to 3D fighters, you don't have a lot of options.

DOA: Trash
MK: Trash
Tekken: Mass-market
VF: Hard
Smash: Cartoony

EDIT, left out:

SC: Buggy

Mass-market is better than nothing, and Tekken does at least have some semblance of depth and technical quality.
Smash Bros. is really much more 2D than 3D.
And what's wrong with cartoony??
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It's wrong when you're h4r[)c0r3 about fighting games. :P
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And let us not forget about the new Sonic the Hedgehog game coming out in December.
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Which one? There are like two with completely different design presentations.
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This one.
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Meh, fuck that, it's more of the same Sonic Adventure jazz.

More looking forward to this, since it's more of a back-to-roots kind of thing.
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Molyneux wrote:And what's wrong with cartoony??
I personally have no problem, but there exists a significant minority that seems to think that it is somehow infantile or emasculating to play such a game. These people missed out on Star Fox 64 because it had animals, and missed out on Zelda games because they hate elves.
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