Xbox Outside The US

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• you really should have something better to do than comment on something you have no intrest in. : disembodied potato

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  That list only factors in 2 Xbox games, so I don't think it's a balanced list. : Fred Garvin
  • thats irrelevant. Those two games and maybe Jet Radio future (Also non american) are the only ones that ... : disembodied potato

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  Except that you CAN'T buy the console outside of a bundle except for trade ins... In case you didn't see... : [Zoesch^2]
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    They're 564 in the Harvey Norman near me and Myer as well. : dirtypunk
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      I should mention that 570 is still about USD 299, which is the same price :) : dirtypunk
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        Has anybody else noticed how anti-xbox shacknews is? You dont' read anything negative about the oth... : drjenk
        • Actually is quite the opposite : [Zoesch^2]
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      No fine print? I still remember the $399 PS2 ad @ Harvey Norman (You needed to buy close to $490 in game... : [Zoesch^2]
      • I saw the PS2 for about $720 in Hardly Normal not all that long ago. It's been priced that high for over... : AndrewM
• Flipcoder? : Sebastian Sylvan

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• the SMS was alright, but yeah it lost to the NES : Torias
• ive got a 3do as well...and i still use my dreamcast all the time...havent bought a psx/2 xbox or gamecu... : nurall
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  2 How much do I have to pay you not to buy a gamecube??? : erebus
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    Its probably to far after launch. The curse only works on systems at launch. : baron calamity
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      did you buy a ps2? : Raziel
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        No. Don't care for the ps2 : baron calamity
        • thanks for the reassurance =) : DinK
• well I bought the dreamcast on launch but to be fair to Sega it didnt bomb as bad as people say it did ... : zenmaster
• The DC didnt bomb at all It came out in 99 it was it until the PS2 came out ... and those damn gamers a... : rosewood
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  Second place? The GC is outdoing the Xbox in NA right now, as well as in Japan and Europe. : anonsanonomous
  • I've heard that as well but haven't seen any figures : [Zoesch^2]
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  Does it matter? I mean, of course MS would like to be the best selling console everywhere, but what's re... : gurgeh
  • They won't be making any profit for a while now tho... : anonsanonomous
  • Does it matter? to many publishers and/or developers it does matter. one of the reasons the play : emacs
• I paid $400 for a Saturn. I could have gotten that or a PSX, and I didn't think Sony had any idea what ... : positive

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  I never said I hated Europe. Please show me where I said that. Don't put words in my mouth pal. : Fred Garvin
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    That was exclusively directed to Fred, sorry, but I expect more from you than mindless trolling : [Zoesch^2]
    • http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3316442 : Fred Garvin
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  Why don't you point out where I said I hated or didn't care about Europe? OH, right... you can't. : freshview
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    http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3315468 Next time pal, read what you post : [Zoesch^2]
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      For starters, that was me and not Freshview. How can you say that saying, The only thing I really hope : Fred Garvin
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        Learn about not being a hypocritical circular argument coward... in and out of context that phrase showe... : [Zoesch^2]
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          I honestly don't see it... he stated an opinion, nothing more. : boughton supreme
          • Thank you for helping him see the bleeding obvious, because I can't seem to. : Fred Garvin
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          LOL! That's the best argument EVAR!! Saying that there isn't much game-wise coming out of Europe that I ... : Fred Garvin
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            Psst, it's Matza, not Matzo : [Zoesch^2]
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              Not here in Canadia!!! : Fred Garvin
              • Meshuggannah : [Zoesch^2]
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  As to your first point, the reason that European companies want to buy or distribute games from NA is be... : Fred Garvin
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    OK, since you seem to be absolutely ignorant I'll post the list for you and this out of the top of my he... : [Zoesch^2]
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      http://freespace.virgin.net/daniel.jesudasen/film/stud_buz.htm http://www.riaa.org/About-Lead-2.cfm ht... : Fred Garvin
      • You truly CAN'T Read: MCA and Universal are the same company (Vivendi, french) Sony Music, Epic, Col... : [Zoesch^2]

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  Hey, it is positive! With higher prices and lower sales, they're making a smaller loss on the actually h... : seemlar
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    Actually, not really... Problem is the days of happy people with expendable incomes are almost gone, pai... : [Zoesch^2]
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      so its a big first day buy but after that.. squat? : Raziel
      • More or less... : [Zoesch^2]
    • OUCH, thats nasty... but I can't say I'm surprised. I wouldn't pick up an X-Box personally, but coul... : seemlar
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  how much are they charging for it in australia? i know of some people who bought it, unfortunately. : Torias
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    The two game bundle with DVD was $1050 >:( : [Zoesch^2]
    • fuck! i know two people that bought it... fuck that's a shitload... : Torias
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      FUCKING CHRIST!!! NO WAY! $1000???? : Raziel
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        >1000$ It's aggravating that EB offered a trade in of 10 N64 or PSX games+$499 for the console only : [Zoesch^2]
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          Mmmm in Melbourne I've seen XBox for sale @ $610 without any bundles. Just the console/controller. Bu... : firemaster
          • Seems to be that each HN makes their own bundles... the one in chatswood is Assraping people (But then a... : [Zoesch^2]

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• Gamecube pwnz j00z! how's that? : Dimmona

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• or wait for a GC and get it for a lower price than the PS2 : 1trudA
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  DVD region X is coming out for the Xbox, so you can watch all Region DVDs with it. Its a pure software ... : moshman
  • Is that some kind of hack that you install on the harddrive? : {Venger}

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• you don't deserve to own an xbox anyhow. : ilikegirls

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• define success as a game console. As long as people buy video games MS will be there. The pie is too big... : ultramega

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  not heard about Jet Set Radio Future and Rallisport Challenge, or Morrowind? That's 4 games worth buying... : gurgeh
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    Again, Morrowind? Sorry. But I'll take a PC version with decent res with proper multiplayer anyday over ... : anonsanonomous
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      I may be misinterpreting your post, but, FYI Morrowind doesn't have multiplayer. : project13
      • No you aren't, he's just clueless. : Fred Garvin

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• If all you wanted to play were FPS games you should have saved your money. There are lots of good games ... : Fred Garvin
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  #78 yeah i know, first console for me - the only other game I could get into was project gotham racing. I... : anfo
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    the new rallysport challenge game is really good http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x?p=xbox&game_... : ease_one
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      Gun Valkyrie sucks. Rallisport Challenge is great though. : arizona bay
      • GUn Valkyrie is awesome once you get over the controls. Eye candy and good game play. : Fred Garvin

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• werd : Dimmona

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  heh, when I was working at EB, we sold Xboxes and Halo 1:1 : klerck
  • can you recall any other games that were hot pickup titles? : Raziel
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  MS is just doing shit promotion here. Xbox was everywhere when I was in the US. I see a console box here... : Maarten Goldstein
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    so, word of mouth that Halo rox0rs isn't enough for you European wierdos? :) In all seriousness, yeah... : Raziel
    • or maybe euro gamers need more than one good game to purchase a system, especially if they're going to b... : timmie
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    You should watch some Australian cable TV, XBox ads EVERYWHERE : [Zoesch^2]
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      They're pushing it heavily there? Pretty shortsighted since thats a very limited market. All I've see... : seemlar
      • You need to see the huge billboards in Chatswood and St. Leonards for the console and Halo : [Zoesch^2]
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      yeah and Australia is like what, 19 million people? thats 3-4 more than here. But no, unless you go into... : Maarten Goldstein
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        To be honest, I'm amazed... they've been advertising in Sydney like they were going to sell 4 million co... : [Zoesch^2]
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          they got predefined targets from what i recall from microsoft pr, their primary target was the "... : emacs
          • predefined SALES targets set in Redmond : [Zoesch^2]
          • BTW I think you hit the profile right in the head... a year or two ago I would've jumped and bought it, ... : [Zoesch^2]
  • The PS2 was 20% cheaper at launch here, at $399 compared to the Xboxes $499. Add to that the games being... : {Venger}
• I still haven't seen any Xbox games than Halo, except from the boxes ofcourse. All they demo is Halo Hal... : {Venger}
• it's called a killer app, and yes, that's the idea. : Luminair

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  I think it would have sold as well. The first batch of PS2s was so small it was going to sell out no ma... : pyrotek
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    Even with the lack of good titles for the first 6 months? : Fred Garvin
    • Yes. There was enough hype that people were going to buy it anyway. Like klerck said, I'm sure the DVD... : pyrotek
• If it hadn't been backwards compatible? Yes... I imagine it would have sold fine. Without the capabil... : klerck

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  That's interesting... HN is infamous for ripping people off big time : [Zoesch^2]
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    Oh yeah, no XBox prices online at www.harveynorman.com.au But the PS2 is still at $499 : [Zoesch^2]
    • My girlfriend got herself a ps2 for 469 at harvey norman a few days ago, which wasn't bad. Its still tha... : dirtypunk

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• aargh the UK pound sterling sign doesn't work : primitive
• It's even worse on hardware, where they transfer the figure and THEN we have 17.5% on top of that... ... : Toraz Chryx
• games cost 50 lira in Italy? I need to visit there. : goatsecxy