Karl Kuras wrote: > > While on the topic, what does everyone think of the forthcoming console war? > Xbox v. Gamecube v. PS2? (we all know the sales records will go to GBA, but > still) Gamecube doesn't seem to have a launch line up worth talking about > (except maybe for the new Waveracer) and Xbox looks good, but is again > lacking that killer app... and with PS2 getting MGS2 and FF568.5 (or > whatever number they are on) I'm up in the air on speculation. (and yes > this is supposed to be about the old school stuff, but all things > considered, the lessons of the past are only worth learning if you can apply > them to the present and the future, right?)
In 20 years we'll be collecting the games of today, so I feel it's on-topic. I have to tell you I'm 30 yrs old and was weaned on the huge yellow plastic Pong, Atari 2600 and the Odyssey 2, and I've seen everything from then up until this point. And I say, with 100% conviction, I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen this Christmas. It's going to come down to: - Brand loyalty (although Sega is out of the picture unless they decide to advertise a $50 Dreamcast) - Supply (which we all know hurt PS2 tremendously last xmas) - Marketing machines (no idea who has the largest marketing juggernaut; probably Sony first, and Microsoft second) I have to say again that this xmas season has me completely stumped and I am going to monitor it very closely. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
