----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:25 pm
Subject: Re: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
> Not as popular in total sales, perhaps. But keep in mind that
> games like
> Deerhunter and Roller Coaster Tycoon outsell all other games. Crap
> games are
> the highest in sales. That doesn't mean they're popular with
> gamers, just
> that lots of people bought them either because they were cheap or
> becausethey seemed "family friendly" (which = not fun).
>
> People who actually like to play games like the XBox. And that's
> popularityin my book.
>
> It's also important to look at total sales figures vs. sales by
> market. The
> XBox is highly popular in the US but apparently not as much in the
> criticalasian markets. There's a lot of debate about why, but
> size, titles, and the
> fact that it's made by a US company are all cited as contributing
> factors.
> -Kevin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
>
>
> > Seeing as how PS2's market is about 3 times the size of XBox,
> yeah, it's
> not popular.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:23 pm
> > Subject: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
> >
> > > xbox is not a popular console?? LOL whatever you say bud
> > >
> > >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kwang Suh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:22 AM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
> > >
> > >
> > > The XBox is not a very popular console, and as such MS is
> grasping at
> > > straws
> > > trying to come up with ways to entice customers.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steam will be down for at least three days after HL2 is released,
> > > pissing
> > > off a bunch of customers. Steam will then go under after they
> realize> > that
> > > their bandwidth costs were much higher than they anticipated.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Angel Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: January 19, 2004 8:12 AM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: RE: Bleak future for videogamers?
> > >
> > > What do you think about Valve's attempts to deliver games via
> > > streamingand a pay for play model?
> > > The STEAM engine is designed to allow them to do just that.
> > > You will be able to 'purchase' Half Life 2 over Steam and have the
> > > gamestreamed to you in portions as you needed it.
> > > Also, what effect do you think hardware Digital Rights
> Management will
> > > have on how we purchase games?
> > > Taking the consoles, specifically the Xbox, there does seem to
> be a
> > > gradual testing of the market's acceptance of purchasing new or
> > > expandedcomponents online, and generally having to play on Xbox
> > > Live to extend
> > > your gaming experience or to unlock certain things in the game you
> > > bought.
> > > The upcoming (maybe) Phantom is based on a completely Online
> model.> > Where all the games,demos,previews etc. are streamed over
> > > broadband to
> > > the console.
> > >
> > > -Gel
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kwang Suh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > 1. Get back to me in 10 years, when we'll still be buying
> software off
> > > the
> > > shelf.
> > > 2. Might? Ever heard of the Dreamcast, which was utterly
> destroyed> > because
> > > of rampant pirating? Hackers just love a challenge...
> > > 3. Why? Because it uses PC parts? Please. The whole the
> success of
> > > the PC
> > > is precisely because it's open. Remember the Amiga? The TRS-
> 80? The
> > > Commodore 64? Atari ST? Apple? (ok, they're still around, with
> > > their2%
> > > market share). All died because of their closed architecture -
> their
> > > very
> > > limited expandability, and limited availability of parts from one
> > > manufacturer, and the requirement of software companies to
> port their
> > > software to that platform's specific OS (which was expensive, and
> > > eventually
> > > not worth it).
> > > Even if a whole bunch of manufacturers decide to implement a
> closed> > architecture (which will never happen), other
> manufacturers will
> > > appearthat
> > > will offer an open architecture.
> > > Another thing: internet bandwidth is expensive and will remain so
> > > for a
> > > long
> > > time as telcoms still try to recoup costs from rewiring their
> > > infrastructure. It will remain much cheaper to press CD/DVDs
> and ship
> > > them
> > > to stores than to have customers download a 14 gig game.
> > >
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