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> "Sammus McMouldenus" <bigboobs_linda@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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> A disaster? They sold out of their entire shipments, and people were
> willing to camp outside for 3-4 days to get one. Not to mention the fact
> that people were willing to pay $400-$500 to buy one in person
> ($2,000-$3,000 to buy one on eBay), and to pay $50 for a damn controller.
> I'll take a disaster like that any day.
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> As for numerous exclusives at launch, those are probably a thing of the
> past. With the high cost of next-gen development, expect to see most
> publishers release across all platforms. And how many Xbox 360 launch
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> were exclusives? Perfect Dark, PGR, Condemned, and Kameo...and only two
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> those weren't a sequel to an earlier game. And as for overall software
> ratings, when does that matter? The Matrix games sold like hotcakes, and
> were roundly trashed by the gaming press. That 50 Cent game sold a lot of
> copies as well, and received awful ratings. People either don't know
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> the ratings, or they don't care.
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> A true launch disaster would have been:
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> -Not a single system sold, and no interest
> -Fewer than 50% of systems sold
> -No systems shipped on the announced date
> -System launch cancelled at the last minute
> -Systems sold, but the vast majority were defective
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> Five years from now, the PS3 will have the largest and most diverse game
> library, and it will also be the hardware sales leader of this generation.
> MS will gain market share, to be sure, but they won't topple Sony...even
> after this so-called "disaster" of a launch.
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