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Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1 Author: bradpierce5 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:59:52 04/19/02 Fri In reply to: MODERATOR 's message, "Inner-Board Roundtable #1" on 14:06:51 04/18/02 Thu I must admit Skinner, you floored me! I was expecting you to defend ED to the death! As I said above, though, this would be a very different question if both games were exclusives. But they aren't. You pick up Grand Theft Auto, you lose your "exclusive" edge. In terms of Eternal Darkness, lets get all of the comments out of the way against it...Yes, I know Eternal Darkness has been in development forever. Yes, I also know that it is an unproven entity at this point. Moreover, it has much less name recognition than GTA. But it will help Gamecube in the long run. Much more than GTA ever would. The fact of the matter is that by gaining an exclusive (and by all impressions, it sounds like it is going to be a "must-have"), you gain an edge over the competition. You have a product that the other consoles do not, nor ever will own. You give them a reason to own your console. If GTA comes to all three systems, PS2 owners will not fork down the $199 to get a Gamecube when they only need $50 to get the game. And casual gamers don't tend to throw their money around like its going out of style. On the flip side, Eternal Darkness is poised to really become the next Rare. What I mean is that Rare is known for great quality. Their name was made with the incredible visuals that Donkey Kong Country used on the SNES. It took one game, and Rare's influence on Nintendo (especially the N64 in its aging years) is still felt today. By gaining Eternal Darkness, you very well could have your next breakthrough. Suddenly, you have yet another reason to own a Gamecube...Nintendo...Rare...Silicon Knights. In a way, SK becomes Nintendo's own little factory for the M-rated games (a void that GTA would fill, yet not exclusively). [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1 Author: Michael Skinner [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:43:40 04/19/02 Fri I agree Brad, SK is an invaluable resource. Having them exclusive is better than if Rockstar supported us equally with PS2. But GTA3 was the best selling game of last year, and has lasted on the charts forever. You said that with non-exclusive games, you lose your console edge. This is true, but if you look at it, GTA3 is PS2’s single biggest edge right now. Take that away as an exclusive, and you are matching J&D up with Mario, SH with RE, Dark Cloud *snicker* with Zelda. FFX and MGS2 are great games, but I don’t think they can hold up against what Nintendo and Rare have coming later this year. I think taking away that edge from PS2 would be bigger than us having one more exclusive. The way I see it now, there are people buying a PS2 just because they know it has GTA3, and then just seeing what comes after. If GTA3 was on both systems, they would be forced to compare straight across. This does change a bit now that GTA is aging, but if we are looking at this in a vacuum (without the current timeframe) then I stand by my statement. Still I will buy ED, and even though I have GTA3 readily available to play, I don’t… [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Inner-Board Roundtable #1 Author: TheVISS [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:58:24 04/19/02 Fri I havent read the responeses yet, as I am too excited to get my point across. Honestly, ED will do better and heres why.... GAMECUBE fans are a diffrent breed. In my opinion SK is genius to bring ED exclusively to GC... WHY...you ask.... Simple, Any and all Mature rated games will sell WELL on the GAMECUBE. It's an un-tapped market on the CUBE. EVERY Adult based game that comes to the CUBE gives it's fans something to hold up an say "SEE>>>I HAVE ETERNAL DARKNESS...THIS IS NOT FOR KIDS!!!!!" So, ED will sell extremely well on that merit alone. But...so would GTA3....for similar reasons. Don't get me wrong. GTA3 is a GREAT game, some may say it was revelotionary....I think it was. ED has'nt proved a damn thing yet, BUT it is an exclusive adult based horor game for a system that is labeled as "KIDDIE"...That alone will draw people to this game. TheVISS [ Post a Reply to This Message ]