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You should hear about the horror stories going around about the lack of people at Sony's midnight launches around Europe and Australia. I know that in Australia it was extremely laughable for Sony since basically NO ONE showed up and the launch events.

 

Wii and 360 had a TONNE of people at their events but they didn't have much publicity for it... on the flipside, Sony got the media into their events and jack all people showed up... yet when you watch the news they make it sound like a billion people showed up when you can clearly see from the pictures that it's only about 40 people lol.

 

Even worse is the fact that in the UK I'm hearing that Sony went as far as tempting people with free TVs to get the hype going.

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Even worse is the fact that in the UK I'm hearing that Sony went as far as tempting people with free TVs to get the hype going.

 

Yes, I believe it was the Oxford street launch that was giving away 42"HD Plasmas and a cab ride home for the first few people to get a PS3. Wish I was there, it would be worth it for the telly, I'm sure you could get some of your money back by selling the PS3 on eBay so you get a nice HD telly for whatever you loose (and you will lose money on that PoS) on the PS3. Maybe £100 and a bit of your time. Sounds a good deal to me.

 

*Starts singing*

Sony, you went wrong, with your PS3

I'll just keep playing my 360

Hope this song has helped, you understand

Now you know, How You Killed Your Brand.

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LOL.

 

Awesome is right. Funny how I used to be a Playstation supporter. And now I am a converted Nintendo fan, and I used to hate XBOX, and now I want a 360. :p:D

Wii60 combo baby. Wii for the fun casual part of your gaming soul. The 360 for the traditional/hardcore part of your gaming soul.

 

I just need a Wii now.... >_>

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LOL.

 

Awesome is right. Funny how I used to be a Playstation supporter. And now I am a converted Nintendo fan, and I used to hate XBOX, and now I want a 360. :p:D

Same here, but I think it's a good thing, shows common sense, sad thing is: people who cling to one console because in their minds it pwns all others...For example Xbox fanboys when the Xbox came out were saying it would pwn the PS2 all the way, while it was clear who won that round, with Nintendo being the usual underdog releasing some very good titles on the GC (Zelda and RE4 come to mind), now the tables have turned, I don't think Nintendo is in an underdog position anymore, it's clearly aimed towards younger gamers, but then again: it always has been (I was playing the NES back in the good ol days after school:) )

And Nintendo has the fun factor, which is what a game is all about isn't it? It doesn't care about the "0mg th1s c0ns0le will pwn j00!" factor...

 

The Xbox 360 has been a very smart console IMO, I have to say I radically changed my mind about it, when it first came out I thought it was some rushed out version of a semi-decent console, but it really is a good console, with a very good library of games at its side, plus, with the PS3 losing a lot of its exclusives, it really has won the upper hand, it's also a smart move to wait and see who wins the HD format war before choosing one, while the PS3 is either make or break, and I think it will be the latter...

 

The only market the PS3 will still have a strong hold on (but less than Nintendo) is it's home turf Japan, but even the japanese folk will find out sooner or later that they can't keep supporting a dying breed...

 

Phew, my two cents hehe

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I don't think Nintendo is in an underdog position anymore, it's clearly aimed towards younger gamers

 

It is aimed at everyone. Just because most of the games have a 3+ rating doesn't mean they won't appeal to adults. Why is it that people think that if a game hasn't got a ton of blood in it it must be for kids?

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Yes I still love MGS and used to support Sony but with the whole backwards compatiblity thing they threw down the tubes here in New Zealand I'm begining to like Halo and Microsoft more. I mean don't get me wrong the PSP is great but Sony ripped Europe off with the PS3. I still love MGS but I think I'm leaning more to Halo's side. I don't know. If Sony don't get their act into gear with europe PS3s then I'm with Microsoft. I'm still undesided at the moment.

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reasons for me to get a xbox 360...

 

The Force Unleashed

Fable 2

Turok

Halo 3

 

and the games that are already out

 

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Oblivion

Gears of War

 

the 3rd year a console is out is usually the best, imo.

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