*Originally posted by fester8542 *
**I read yesterday that Microsoft looses about $75 for every xbox sold. **
Most game companies lose money per console sold, it’s the games that they make the money from.
I don’t think there’s one console out at the moment that makes a profit when sold
same with nintendo. they are making huge losses for each gamecube sold. I hope they dont go the way of sega.
^i know me too. GC is an amazing system. the new S type controlers are so comfortable, have you felt them? PS2’s controler, well dont get me started on that, i dont even know how to hold it! lets just not start a flame war on XBox vs PS2 we got enough of those, just run a search.
Im a retor freak anyways. Give me clasic games anyday 
Hello All!
I’m going to the radio station to get my Xbox this morning. I’m almost giddy!! I feel like I’m twelve! (Well, I act like I’m twelve, so…)
prstudio -
I had my wonders about HALO. I downloaded a nine minute commercial about HALO and honestly, I didn’t find it too intriguing - but, oh, the gore!! It’s Duke Nuke’Em…
Kajinku -
Yeah, knowing my normal luck, it’s a joke and I’ll get a cardboard box with a ‘x’ painted on it. I hope that doesn’t happen, it’ll ruin my day…and my giddiness!
TheOrangeOne -
Don’t you have to buy a remote to use the DVD feature on a PS2 as well? I think it’s crap too that you have to buy other stuff to get other features it already has to work, but, truth be told, it’s marketing - I can’t think of a company that doesn’t do that.
Your StarWars smiley faces in your footer had me laughing so hard I think I lost a little pee!!
Kit, Kit, Kit-
the original one was too big for my little hands.
Is there anything you could possibly say that won’t make me love you more!!?? We’ll have to hook up our Xbox’s some day so you (GOD) can beat me at Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance!! :beam:
Fester -
Holy crap man!! Do you ever leave the house?? Not that it applies to me (I stay in AZ/USA most of the time) but are you saying that the DVD playback is limited to one region? Like, if you play a Japanese kung fu movie (like from Japan) on the first try, I wouldn’t then be able to play Super Troopers? or Airplane?! No!!
jonster -
I agree, I heard that they lose money too. I think it’s like printers. I bought a printer/scanner/copier for $100 brand new, but the cartridges are like $100 for the both of them. Ah, marketing!!
Thanks all for posting - You’ll make my future accessory purchaces easier for me!! :beam:
*Originally posted by Freddythunder *
**Fester -
Holy crap man!! Do you ever leave the house?? Not that it applies to me (I stay in AZ/USA most of the time) but are you saying that the DVD playback is limited to one region? Like, if you play a Japanese kung fu movie (like from Japan) on the first try, I wouldn’t then be able to play Super Troopers? or Airplane?! No!!
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HA HA…
Unfortuatly I dont get to play them that often. But When I do get the chance I totally unplug and play for hours. You would not believe how many game cartridges and discs I have in my condo.
Thats what I am saying. So make sure sure you use a region 1 DVD first.
Good deal on the DVD thing. I have a DVD player but it overheats and skips (cheap POS!!).
I just got back from the radio station and it IS in fact a real Xbox!! And it comes with the ‘controller s’ so I guess they figured the bigger controler was no good!!
wait i am not ot sure i get it fester. if i have been playing DVD’s from here in the US and i order a dvd from japan i couldnt watch it cause its not the same region?
Right dude.
Usually your dvd player is regioned to only play dvd’s that have this region encoded on the disk.
Europe, Asia, North America all have thier own regions. I could not buy a dvd from a vendor in the UK and run it on my xbox
(unless I modded it)
that sucks! oh well though. aislin modded his, said its teh best thing he ever did. i want to but it scares the crap outta me.
and i dont want to do that to my 1st edition xbox. if i got a new one i would in a heart beat though.
There is this guy I work with that modded both his box, and his ps2. He has it hooked up so that he can play cd-r and dvd-r backups.
He offered to mod mine, but Its not worth getting caught.
Plus videogame prices are reasonable.
whats the point of modding a PS2? i never got that…
but aislin said that he doesnt even notice load times or anything. he has a switch too so he can still play live. and that or tech support is the only way to get caught. but if you have a problem iwht your box its your problem and you have to fix it…
if you mod your Ps2 you can rent video games and make copies of them and the ps2 has the ability to play the backups.
Its tempting because you would pay like $2 to own the game versus $50+
This thing’s got more controls than my car!!
I rented 007 -Agent Under Fire. It’s kinda cool. I wanted to rent Splinter Cell but couldn’t find it. Oh well.
Honestly though, I had it hooked up through my tv and surround sound in record time!!
Is there anything you could possibly say that won’t make me love you more!!?? We’ll have to hook up our Xbox’s some day so you (GOD) can beat me at Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance!!
Aww, you sweetie. :beam:
I’ve played MKDA on the XBox and the PS2, and I’m surprised to say that it’s actually better on the Microsoft machine. Now I’ve got the controller s I can actually reach all the buttons now. 
I modded my PS1. Well, one of them anyway, as there are loads of RPGs that were never released in Europe that I wanted to play (one word: Xenogears). Never bothered with the PS2 though. 
AUF sucks compared to…every bond game lol. you should rent nightfire! i beat it in like a week but it was the most fun i ever had, with a bond game since Goldeneye. Splinnter Cell is a hard find, i have been wanting to rent it for ages but havent found it :-\
Hi Kit…
Mdipi -
I’m gonna have to try nightfire. Sounds cool - and a quick game to beat is great for a rental!! 
Late fees kill me!!
This bond one’s pretty good. I’m up to level three and planning to do nothing all day but this…Hmmm. The only bad thing is at the end of level two, some chick came around in a limo and blew up our car and killed the hottest animated chick I’ve ever seen that I just saved in level one!! That’s bs!! I’m James Bond dammit!! I didn’t even get to see her naked!! Oh well. Maybe I’ll save another one. :beam:
…bye Kit…:sure:
Hi Freddy. :beam:
The James Bond games are pretty good - I’ve got Nightfire and Agent Under Fire for the PS2. Had real trouble with the last mission on AUF though. Ack, that killed me sooo many times. 
i am like on the second to last one on AUF and cant beat it, its where you are on the oil rig ro something, and you go through whats really like 4 levels…wait maybe, yeah i beat that one, so where am i? oh well all i know is that NF is better
One last thing - This is more for TheOrangeOne - it’ll add more fuel to your fire:
It is big and ugly, although i guess looks ain’t everything
Mine’s a promo product, so it’s green!!
Please don’t mind the crappy webcam picture - I’m too lazy and caught up in level nine to do it the right way!!
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