Thraxen Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 No, no my friend. Their marketing was great. 9.9.99. Who could forget that? I mean, they DID have a marketing campaign. Only problem is that Sony used its big bucks to start talk of the PS2 WAAAAYYYYYY earlier than SEGA expected. No, you are not going back far enough. Sega's downfall started with the Sega CD and 32x. Both were doomed to fail because they were add-ons and they had crap advertising to boot. Then came the Saturn. It came out with very little advertising. I didn't even know the thing was out for a while. Then add on top the ridiculous $400 USD price tag and you have another total failure. Then comes the PSX (now called PSOne). Excellent system with plenty of games in every conceivable genre. Then the DC comes along (yes, I skipped the N64). It was a well made system with some great games, but the public didn't give a damn anymore. Their confidence in Sega was ruined by the Sega CD, 32x, and Saturn. Sony, on the other hand, had rightfully earned the public trust with the PSOne. Sony revitalized the entire industry with that machine. So, naturally, the DC was doomed by the PS2 hype. Sony had earned the hype, Sega had not. Sad but true. The PS2 started off slowly, but it has proven to be a worthy system over the long haul. Sony will win lead the next generation too because of the PS2.
Lightsier Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 So, is the high quality game The Matrix going to win any awards for how fast that POS sold?
random guy Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) But this was a guinness world record, you don't get them easily (well actually you do, if you can do something no-one else can do, or at least has thought of getting a world record for, but anyway...) heres what the Guinness World Records site has about highest selling video games: Best-Selling Video GamesThe Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers has sold a total of 40.23 million copies worldwide. The 26 games featuring Mario, the character who first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1982, have sold more than 152 million copies in total since 1983. More than 40% of US households own a Nintendo game system (and the most expensive game to make was Shenume for the dreamcast, costing a whopping $20 million to make, and seven years in development!) Edited March 31, 2004 by random guy
ForceX Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 I just picked up gt4:prologue and I must say I am not impressed. PGR2, hell even midnightclub looks better. sony fanboys flame all you want but if it weren't for smackdown, GGX2 and Macross I wouldn't play my ps2 at all right now. before anyone spazzes out I've got all the systems exept GC, I had one but sold it after I beat zelda and metroid.Wait until the final product is released and has online play.....
Inky Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 I just picked up gt4:prologue and I must say I am not impressed. PGR2, hell even midnightclub looks better. sony fanboys flame all you want but if it weren't for smackdown, GGX2 and Macross I wouldn't play my ps2 at all right now. before anyone spazzes out I've got all the systems exept GC, I had one but sold it after I beat zelda and metroid.Wait until the final product is released and has online play.....yeah and wait until this hillbilly town I live in gets broadband.online play is a non-issue for me.
Agozer Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 That sucks major A@#....Online play rocks....Hahahahhaa.
Agozer Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 Whats sooo funny Agozer????Just write ass next time.
ForceX Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) Well last I wrote Sh!t I got PMed by one of the mod's saying not to swear.... Thats why I am not writing Ass.... Edited March 31, 2004 by ForceX
Agozer Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 Well last I wrote Sh!t I got PMed by one of the mod's saying not to swear.... Thats why I am not writing Ass....You just did Ass is just a better way of saying "Bootay".
ForceX Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 Well last I wrote Sh!t I got PMed by one of the mod's saying not to swear.... Thats why I am not writing Ass....You just did Ass is just a better way of saying "Bootay". but Bootay...sounds sooo cool Bootay > Ass > Flat Ass
Agozer Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 Well last I wrote Sh!t I got PMed by one of the mod's saying not to swear.... Thats why I am not writing Ass....You just did Ass is just a better way of saying "Bootay". but Bootay...sounds sooo cool Bootay > Ass > Flat Ass Whatever you say.
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