Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Robert_Swan@scee.net (Robert Swan) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Is the PS2 Really that bad?... Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:42:09 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 43 Message-ID: <38ce302b.10755809@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <38CD5436.EAA1629C@which.net> <38ce2355.7468968@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <8alb4i$cmr1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> Reply-To: Robert_Swan@scee.net NNTP-Posting-Host: mailgate.scee.sony.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:26:21 -0000, "Brian Baird" wrote: >>PS2 has sold more units in two days (just under a million) in Japan >>than Dreamcast has sold in total in Japan. In Uk it hasnt reached a >>million yet, and I think it has over America. >Check your facts, Robert. There's over 1.5 million DCs sold in the US. >Europe has over 700k. Worldwide, there's a total of over 4 million >Dreamcasts. Im confused - the figures for america and europe you quote match what I said, so what point did you make? As for the sales in Japan - as for japanese sales - I cant find the sales figures on the net but I was pretty reliably informed that PS2 had sold more than Dreamcast in Japan. >>Dolphin doesn't interest me - by the fact that Nintendo weren't >>screaming their system would be 100 times better than PS2 it means >>they have something comparable - yet 2 years later (latest news is >>wont be out in japan until 2001 or later (2002 for europe since they >>scrapped the idea of timed worldwide launch?)) >Where'd you hear 20002 from?? They just announced they were putting the >US/Euro launch back to first six months of 2001. I'll believe it when I see >it in the shops - but that's a bit different to 2002. I point the honorable gentleman to the question mark at the end of the sentance. It was one of those 'overheard' statements. >Besides, it's all about the games. If the PS2 & Dolphin have games I want, >I'll buy the machines. Simple as that. Thats great if you have the money :) Rob Disclaimer: Anything I say has no direct relation to where I work (Sony), is not an official voice of where I work (Sony) and Sony doesn't even exist as far as I'm concerned.