Sony now makes a small profit on the PS2.
Regarding stabbing someone in the back - business is cutthroat. You don't go into business to make friends - you go in to make a profit.
Skoorb - I still remember to this day you being a huge PS2 fanboy. I recall great flamewars involving you and me (and many others)
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the biggest reason xbox 2 might not be backward compatible is that MS doesn't own the rights to all the chips inside. sony owns the rights to all of their chips, and because of shrinking transistors was able to cram the whole PSX into one chip and put it in PS2. MS would have to get a new contract with intel and nvidia and get them to combine the chips, which likely would be impossible. of course they could go with a multi-chip solution , but i doubt either intel or nvidia would want part of that if the thing was powered by amd or ati.
as for hardware at a loss, sony makes a little bit on each PS2 because the chips got cheaper, and nintendo was making a profit at $200 and might still be at $150 since their chips underwent a shrink last year.
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Well, as for Xbox vs. GC...they are pretty neck and neck right now. But both have a huge title coming. Halo 2 for the Xbox (I have a feeling that alone will sell a boatload of systems, and then Zelda for GC. Thats when Nintendo's future will probably be decided. Xbox could fail right now and MS would have another go at it cause they have the moola.
I do think Nintendo would be crapping in their pants if Metroid Prime never existed though.
I do think Nintendo would be crapping in their pants if Metroid Prime never existed though.
Maybe not VERY successful...but not a flop either.
And it's impossible to overestimate the strength of the GBA, which stands alone in the handheld market. The strength of this product line has basically kept anyone else from even THINKING about a handheld gaming unit.
I used to be in the Retail gaming industry and the thing that kept Nintendo alive for so many years is the Gameboy/GB Color/GB Advance. With no real competition in the mobile games market.......... they would really sell units not only during Christmas but big sales during spring break, summer vacation & back to school (as I remember since my 5 years in the industry I must have sold over 1500+ units myself, gotta love the ESA's ).
Funny thing is I never really own a console since the Atari 2600 and I rarely played many computer games (yet I was in the retail gaming industry) (I had to pay for college somehow)
Cheers,
Aquaman
).Funny thing is I never really own a console since the Atari 2600 and I rarely played many computer games (yet I was in the retail gaming industry)
(I had to pay for college somehow)Cheers,
Aquaman
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Sony now makes a small profit on the PS2.
Regarding stabbing someone in the back - business is cutthroat. You don't go into business to make friends - you go in to make a profit.
Skoorb - I still remember to this day you being a huge PS2 fanboy. I recall great flamewars involving you and me (and many others)
Didnt you used to be a hard core anti Xbox, Pro GC fan? I remember reasing some of your posts.
little off topic, but what type of ati chip does the gamecube use? or is it a custom-made one, different from pc products
Actually I think Dolphin was the code name for the system before gamecube was thought of.
Cheers,
Aquaman
The last game console I had was the SNES. Heck, I still play some roms like Chrono Trigger (CLASSIC GAME).
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