Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Got my PS2! Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:49:47 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <8vlguf$qoh3@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <8vjnm3$qqm1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <8vjrev$qqm2@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <8vkgt2$qqm3@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <8vl9tf$qoh1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <3a1e3b88.95813772@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.furryboo.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Congrats Bob, I reckon being the first in Dundee is pretty cool. Then again, I reckon my faded white RR4 t-shirt from the limited edition Jap box set is cool (so that shows what my opinion is worth). And you got your PS2 before me, which is impressive seeing as I "pre-ordered" over a year ago. Bah humbug. I'd be interested to see what people make of the launch titles. The only one I think is truly worth the asking price is SSX, although Timesplitters would be my second choice if there weren't infinitely superior N64 and DC games to get this Xmas. It's going to be funny walking into all these game shops and seeing PS2 software everywhere, knowing that only 165,000 people in the whole country will actually be able to run any of it, and they'll probably just pick up SSX, FIFA (yawn), Timesplitters - and nothing else seeing as they just splashed out £300 for a console and many of them will be "penniless" students / low earners who couldn't really afford it in the first place. Too bad for publishers aside from EA and EIDOS, really. ;) Everyone who didn't manage to get a PS2, I recommend you buy some cheap PS or N64 games to cheer yourself up. Simplygames have a Zelda / Jet Force Gemini two-pack for £17.99 (less than the cost of a Dual Shock 2), Diablo II on PC for £16.99 and, er, just about any PS game over 2 months old dead cheap =) Nick