And here's the part where we all say: Great, kid. Don't get cocky.
And here's the part where we all say: Great, kid. Don't get cocky.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 3:34PM (Unverified) said
Xbox: 360, I am your father.
360: noooooooo
I just have to do it.
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360: noooooooo
I just have to do it.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:15PM (Unverified) said
Just an FYI, but Wal-mart in Canada is selling arcades for $177 Canadian (and with the 20% diff in US money), means if you live near the border you can get a 360 REALLY cheap - about $140 US.
Just a thought.
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Just a thought.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 5:37PM (Unverified) said
"Seems" to be improving? A failure rate is pretty much non-existent with the last two board revisions.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 7:40PM (Unverified) said
"Seems" to be improving? Did you see the NPD charts?
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Posted: Nov 15th 2008 1:03AM The Blank Mage Returns said
I would agree with Zeus, but my Xbox got the ring last week, so I wouldn't be sincere.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 5:56PM Misfit Toy said
You need to stop riding that thought and dismount that dirty thinking now before someone gets hurt.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2008 10:37AM Misfit Toy said
I don't think anyone noticed the finer intricacies of my previous post...sigh.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 3:37PM spasewalkr said
really?! i kinda thought it HAD already surpassed that milestone. hmm. either way, its still a good sign. plus, if im not mistaken, microsoft stayed in the red during the entirety of the original xbox's lifetime. now they're already turning a profit with the 360. am i correct on that?
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 3:43PM Burritoclock said
You are correct on everything you said, except for the already surpassed thing, and since you were waffely on that you got 2.5 out of 3. Not bad ace!
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:53PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
Actually, I believe that's already happened, Ignatius.
N64 units sold: 32.93M worldwide (according to Wikipedia)
Wii units shipped: 34.55M worldwide (according to Wikipedia, as of September 30th, 2008)
Given that the figure is over a month old, and that Wii consoles sell out like crazy... It's surely passed N64 by now.
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N64 units sold: 32.93M worldwide (according to Wikipedia)
Wii units shipped: 34.55M worldwide (according to Wikipedia, as of September 30th, 2008)
Given that the figure is over a month old, and that Wii consoles sell out like crazy... It's surely passed N64 by now.
Posted: Nov 16th 2008 3:38AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
NES topped off at 61.91M worldwide... which the PS2 doubled.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 3:45PM Shagittarius said
Hand me my console, its the one that says bad mothergamer.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 3:53PM (Unverified) said
My original Xbox crapped out on me early with one of their faulty Thompson drives, so I refuse to buy a 360 while they have known RROD issues.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 5:24PM (Unverified) said
the new 360s dont have RRoD issues do they? i have one of the falcon chipset ones and have been going strong for almost a year now...
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:56PM (Unverified) said
I believe the primary issue causing the failure has been fixed with the introduction of the new Falcon chip and larger heat sinks. I would say this "issue" IS fixed.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:06PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Hold on, shouldn't the 360 be Yoda, and Vader is the PS3, and.... Ivy is copy/pasted 20x in the background for good measure?
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:12PM (Unverified) said
Did you read the title?
This is not about 360 vs PS3 dude.
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This is not about 360 vs PS3 dude.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:29PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Yes, I read the whole article. It was informative and well crafted.
It was just a joke. I play Soul Calibur 4 on 360 a lot, so seeing any kind of SW reference to 360 makes me think of Soul Calibur.
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It was just a joke. I play Soul Calibur 4 on 360 a lot, so seeing any kind of SW reference to 360 makes me think of Soul Calibur.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:11PM Burritoclock said
Actually I think the Wii would be the PS2, the PS3 would be the original xbox, and the 360 is some sort of weird hybrid thing...
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:22PM (Unverified) said
Pricing and the huge library of quality games available(real key here)
Yeah, it's safe to say the 360 is the new PS2.
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Yeah, it's safe to say the 360 is the new PS2.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:28PM (Unverified) said
The wii is the ps2 sales wise
360/ps3 is the ps2 games wise
All that means is that there's no ps2 this gen.
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360/ps3 is the ps2 games wise
All that means is that there's no ps2 this gen.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:57PM Mr Khan said
The problem is that nobody is trying to do it all. For some reason, Sony is ignoring the strategy that made the PS2 so successful, which was all about a wide variety of games and good developer accessibility. Instead, they dedicated their resources to fighting for control of the hardcore market, figuring the rest would just fall into place somehow. Microsoft is only beginning to acknowledge that there is more than 1 kind of gamer.
Equally, Nintendo is obviously ignoring the capabilities of the Wiimote to provide a superior console experience, but they've ignored the demands of the core gamer for a long time, so its nothing new
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Equally, Nintendo is obviously ignoring the capabilities of the Wiimote to provide a superior console experience, but they've ignored the demands of the core gamer for a long time, so its nothing new
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:58PM (Unverified) said
@tmacairjordan87
I don't think that the PS3 is the PS2 games wise.
The PS2 has a lot more games than the PS3.
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I don't think that the PS3 is the PS2 games wise.
The PS2 has a lot more games than the PS3.
Posted: Nov 14th 2008 5:23PM (Unverified) said
Last I checked 8 years is > than 2 years so of course the ps2 has more games right now. I meant all the quality games go 360/ps3 while the sales go to the wii, not that the actual quality of the games on 360/ps3 are equal to the ps2 because right now I don't think either of them are close to the ps2.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2008 6:23PM (Unverified) said
Nope. The ps2 had great games in just about every genre, not just Jrpgs like the DS.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:15PM Malkmus said
Yeah, I'm surprised as well that the 360 hadn't surpassed the original's sales all ready. It seems like 75 percent of the people I know have a 360, compared to 2 percent for the the original. Who cares if it did it in a year earlier than than the original, since that fourth year was its last. Obviously they didn't sell vary many that year. May as well not even count it as far as this goes.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 5:24PM (Unverified) said
They sold about 6 million units in the final year of the original Xbox, according to vgchartz and a few other sites easily found on Google.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2008 4:16PM (Unverified) said
too bad it fails to report how many of those customers have purchased more than one unit. ive purchased 3 since the 360 was birthed.
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