Re: UKNM: RE: X Box

[Jon Clarke]

Another doom and gloom merchant within this industry having a pop at new

technology?


I take it that you play with your Gameboy and that keeps you happy.


Every emerging console is better than the last. Game developers take time to

produce quality, (try MSR on Dreamcast). The chance to play versus someone

else online outside your home is at last a reality without owning a vastly

more expensive PC. Sega's 450,000 Dreamarena online subscribers is far more

than some game sites and educating many new users to the benefits of the

internet too.


The players' performance in this market will always seesaw but as long as

the gaming experience is enhanced then why grumble? Be happy with what you

have or make your own.


>From ZX81 to Dreamcast and all in between, plus what's to come.


----- Original Message -----

From: John Braithwaite <

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To: <

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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 4:18 PM

Subject: UKNM: RE: X Box



> I was just wondering whether anyone had seen the tech spec for the X Box

and

> be able to answer, I think, the most salient and important question about

> it's design: Will it have a Ctrl-Alt-Del Button as standard?

> (Answers on a post-it note)

>

> IMHO the future of the console market looks like this (i.e. more clouded

> than ever!): Dreamcast has failed because it's made by Sega and although

> it's got a lot of great software they never quite got those 6 billion

> networked customers (oops - online fiasco alert!). Playstation 2 is

> launching with, let's face it, mediocre software, a difficult development

> platform, poor DVD capabilities, unfulfilled promises and supply problems

> (have they fumbled it?!) and XBox is being made by Microsoft -

traditionally

> a software producer who cut corners and produce PC-ports (although, of

> course, they will claim differently!!). Which leaves the GameCube from

> Nintendo which will probably end up producing the best software, most

> creative games - but in small quantities for a niche market.

>

> What will you be wanting under/next to your TV in the next 12 months?



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