SatelliteOfLove
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pilonv1 said:
C'mon, all the cool Japanese developers are doing it!
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Official next gen boycott thread - one generation future!
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C'mon, all the cool Japanese developers are doing it!
360 for $399? PS2 to equal or be more expensive? FUCK Next Gen. I'm staying right here and soak up all the good games that'll go cheaper than hell when all the fools buy up that expensive shit (not actually calling them fools, can do what you want, but sheesh).
I'll stick with my current gen stuff and PC thanks. FU NEXT GEN!
I'll stick with my current gen stuff and PC thanks. FU NEXT GEN!
As I said well before the price announcement, this is the first next-gen I won't be on board for any of the system launches. They have simply not proved to me that they are offering anything worth jumping on board early for, especially in terms of games. And with such an overwhelming amount of quality current gen games still in the pipelines, I'll be enjoying that until at least 2007.
Foreign Jackass
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I'M IN
I'll just masturbate through the whole next-gen
Christberg
Member
Depending on prices, yeah, I'm definitely in. Skipping Xbucks 360's launch at the very least.
I'm in. Until the PS3 is out. Then I'll have the one true next generation console.
The PS3 will garner the best next generation support out of all the platforms. The PS3 will be the most powerful platform giving PS3 owners the definitive version. I'll pay a premium for PS3 because I know I'll get my moneys worth over the years. 10 years of Playstation dominance earns you that respect!
The PS3 will garner the best next generation support out of all the platforms. The PS3 will be the most powerful platform giving PS3 owners the definitive version. I'll pay a premium for PS3 because I know I'll get my moneys worth over the years. 10 years of Playstation dominance earns you that respect!
It's not a boycott for me but just being a smart consumer.
next-gen for me begins in 2007.
1- i don't to pay full price like this for the first batch of console that will have more hardware problems than any other batch.
2- first games are rarely the best
3- my current backlog is huge enough and there's also quite a load of game still to come on my Ps2
4- HD era who? Should i give about wireless? - they try to create us needs.
next-gen for me begins in 2007.
1- i don't to pay full price like this for the first batch of console that will have more hardware problems than any other batch.
2- first games are rarely the best
3- my current backlog is huge enough and there's also quite a load of game still to come on my Ps2
4- HD era who? Should i give about wireless? - they try to create us needs.
Here is as good a place as any to repost this link to a March 2004 essay on Pointless Waste of Time:
Life After the Video Game Crash, or Why Nintendo Won't Seem So Crazy in 2005
It seems more prescient every day.
As for the next-gen boycott: I'm an 18-35 year old single male with more disposable income than I have any idea what to do with. If I feel like I'm going to be priced out of next-gen gaming, then that's a bad sign for how these consoles are going to be received (that is, if the PS3 and its games and accessories come in around the price of the Xbox 360's).
With my gaming backlog, the limited time I have for gaming, and the better things that I can think of to spend money on, it's going to take a price drop or two to get me to upgrade.
Life After the Video Game Crash, or Why Nintendo Won't Seem So Crazy in 2005
It seems more prescient every day.
As for the next-gen boycott: I'm an 18-35 year old single male with more disposable income than I have any idea what to do with. If I feel like I'm going to be priced out of next-gen gaming, then that's a bad sign for how these consoles are going to be received (that is, if the PS3 and its games and accessories come in around the price of the Xbox 360's).
With my gaming backlog, the limited time I have for gaming, and the better things that I can think of to spend money on, it's going to take a price drop or two to get me to upgrade.
anotheriori
Member
viva la resistance! One console future, Revolution! @ 399 I'd might as well get PS3.
Bog said:
Base price for the console is fair but the fucking gouging on accessories especially wireless adapter, controllers, and cables go too far. If Sony and Nintendo follow MS's tactics, fuck them I can survive on my backlog or just play PC titles till I need to upgrade my video card(should last another year or so). One console future just may happen by the end of this decade
.I'd like to give a big thanks to Microsoft, I was on the fence ready to leap off and break down to purchase an Xbox 360 at launch but if this messed up NO HD and WITH HD bundles coupled with a retail price of 3-400 USD which for canadians like myself is well... atleast 379.99 canadian for the regular pack and as much as 499.99 for the Super package with the hard drive and shit. I'm sorry but that's ridiculous. It's almost cheaper then the original xbox was thanks to the exchange rate differences from 2001 to now but still. I bought the first Xbox with a second controller and Halo + Dead or Alive 3 and it set me back a little over 700 bucks for the works. This time around if I buy 2 games , a second controller and the system it'll cost me nearly 800. Not to mention the cost of atleast a 32 inch HDTV factored in.
I'm seriously thinking I can just wait until next fall, right now it honestly seems like MS is gonna a multimilliondollar bath in their own stupidity. Just bring the damn system out at 399.99 USD WITH a hard drive and make it the only SKU , then after 6 months drop the price 50 dollars so when the PS3 launches they can drop it again , down to 299.99. With all this expensive system talk I'm gonna be suprised if the PS3 is less then 500 USD at its japanese launch.
I'm seriously thinking I can just wait until next fall, right now it honestly seems like MS is gonna a multimilliondollar bath in their own stupidity. Just bring the damn system out at 399.99 USD WITH a hard drive and make it the only SKU , then after 6 months drop the price 50 dollars so when the PS3 launches they can drop it again , down to 299.99. With all this expensive system talk I'm gonna be suprised if the PS3 is less then 500 USD at its japanese launch.
TranceVibrator
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Well, here in Australia the original Xbox launched here for about $600, which is pretty good considering how much Sony release their consoles here for ($700+). If Microsoft can get the value pack launching here for around $500-$550 (dreamcast lauched here at $500, best $500 I ever spent!) then I might be on board.
What trully pisses me off more than anything is that they're releasing two different packs, I won't stand for that, things like HDDs should be stock, as it'll only hamper everyones experience.
Fuck Microsoft. I trully thought they could win this gen They were sposed to be the gamers choice! Doing everything right for the gamer...!
What trully pisses me off more than anything is that they're releasing two different packs, I won't stand for that, things like HDDs should be stock, as it'll only hamper everyones experience.
Fuck Microsoft. I trully thought they could win this gen
They were sposed to be the gamers choice! Doing everything right for the gamer...!COCKLES said:
Nah.
I'll be too busy playing games like Soul Calibur III, Shadow of the Colossus, We Love Katamari, Fire Emblem, MGS3:Subsistence, Dragon Quest VIII, Sonic Rush, Mario Kart DS and GTA: Liberty City Stories with all the money I save from NOT spending money on "next gen."
I use the phrase "next gen" extremely lightly, you understand!
CajoleJuice
Member
Yep, I'm in. Fuck next-gen. Most of my time playing games is during the summer, and while at school, just playing some CS:Source and DOD:Source combined will probably last me for years. That, combined with the fact that I only had GC this gen, I could just buy a PS2, buy a million games for that, and some people at school will probably buy the next-gen systems - I'll just play theirs. I'm good.
I'm in too. Nothing's got me excited about next-gen yet, certainly nothing to compare to Phantasy Star Universe, Okami, Zelda etc. Even Gunstar Super Heroes is more exciting than the 360/PS3 line-up so far!
And when Kameo is being touted as a reason to buy a 360, you know something's wrong
And when Kameo is being touted as a reason to buy a 360, you know something's wrong
Ninja Scooter
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why do people keep talking about Europe and Australia and shit? Nobody cares about those places that don't matter. We're talking about the US of A here. The greatest country on earth. We don't pay $399 for videogame consoles! **releases eagle**
Synth_floyd
Banned
Can someone explain this huge backlash against MS because of the price announcement? I'm assuming most people expected it to be $300 but why is everyone totally going apeshit about it? We have about 10 threads with a combined 2000 or so posts, not to mention all over all the internet. It's a piece of consumer electronics. If this piece of news really has ruined your day then maybe you need to get out more.
TheJollyCorner
Member
the new breed of 'old school gamer'?
Wyzdom said:
This is the main reason why I don´t buy a console on the launch. And how more advanced the hardware become, more sensible to early manufacturing problems they are.
I plan to skip the next-generation until 2007, still have a lots of games to play on Cube, PS2 and Xbox, and until then I will have the time to see what each new console has to offer.
anotheriori
Member
Synth_floyd said:
MS lead people to believe certain things (mislead) wireless controllers standard, high def era, hdd standard and possibly $300 range.. now with 2 sku's it renders it kinda irrelevant. I'm most pissed about the hdd not being standard, many would agree with a higher priced 1 sku rather then this "games must work w/o the hdd" junk. Not only that but $299 core and when you decide to upgrade (hdd $99) its going to be about the same anyways, $299+$40 memory card puts about the price of the premium not to mention the raping on controllers/accessories $50 ea. I dunno how much PS3 is gonna be (expensive) but i'm more inclined to wait and see now, also since x360 doesn't have a definite killer app just yet.
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