Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: A bit of ECTS excitement... Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:10:38 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <6qo5n8$81j2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <6qij29$ldg22@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <35CF303E.4DE6@writeme.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.2.150.43 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3115.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 James Rutherford wrote in message <35CF303E.4DE6@writeme.com>... >Nick Ferguson wrote: > >> ...This is actually as good as proof as any before it that Nintendo is >> finally(after about 10 years) taking Europe seriously as a viable >> marketplace, worthy of respect and the odd product release... > >My guess is that that's only the case because the N64 isn't doing quite >as well as it should in its home country. > >Just don't expect them to do you any favours, eh? Cynic! Probably true, tho' Apparently, sales of F-Zero dropped 500% after the first week - not because it's crap but because what happened was all the N64 owners immediately bought it and then there was no-one else left ..! Not a happy story for NCL, but then if the (relative) failure of the N64 teaches them some humility so much the better. Nobody wants to see Nintendo broken, though.... If Perfect Dark and Zelda are being demo'd at ECTS, I reckon there'll be some PS owning Yarozers (hang on that's all of us) buying N64s not soon after... Nick "no (well, minimal) system bias" F PS YEs I did write this at 2:00am. Bloody addictive WWW.....