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starcraft on 06 April 2008
shams said:
 

My best ever (live) sporting moment was watching the Sydney v Essendon '96 prelim final, when Plugger kicked the point after the siren to send the Swans to the grand final (somehow, I ended up right behind those goals - and ran onto the field crazy, like everyone else :>).

 


I remember watching that on TV.  Only there was only one person running onto the field........

It was shams, and he was crazy, he kept yelling at other runners that weren't there........

 



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mrstickball on 06 April 2008

No one read the NeoGAF response to the article before copying and pasting it here from their site?

Smarthouse really isn't a bastion of correct and accurate consumer information...

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Media_C...ustry/R8W6V6L6   Playstation 4 just a few months away.

Why the Xbox failed

BR Disc based Xbox coming

Xbox handheld "Confirmed"

Microsoft refuse to answer our questions over RRoD

Halo 3 cooks consoles, rapes small children

Peter Moore quits over horrible xbox failure

Microft failing, tries to gag us from reporting the truth

Microsoft is arrogant



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

TheUltimateLife on 06 April 2008

@ starcraft: thnx for the site bro!



Keep it real guys, dont hate mario, hate the player

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Geometry Wars galaxies, Animal Crossing wild world, Pangya swing with style, SSX Blur

starcraft on 06 April 2008
TheUltimateLife said:
@ starcraft: thnx for the site bro!


Thats cool. They cover world news as well, and they are always very clear about whats rumour and whats fact.

Their podcasts are great and often include Australia-specific information, and they have the most un-to-date Australian release list I can find.

What do you think? 



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madskillz on 07 April 2008

Mr. Stickball ... FTW!!!!!



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azrm2k on 07 April 2008
mrstickball said:

No one read the NeoGAF response to the article before copying and pasting it here from their site?

Smarthouse really isn't a bastion of correct and accurate consumer information...

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Media_C...ustry/R8W6V6L6 Playstation 4 just a few months away.

Why the Xbox failed

BR Disc based Xbox coming

Xbox handheld "Confirmed"

Microsoft refuse to answer our questions over RRoD

Halo 3 cooks consoles, rapes small children

Peter Moore quits over horrible xbox failure

Microft failing, tries to gag us from reporting the truth

Microsoft is arrogant


Wow I guess we finally found out Hus' name.  It's David Richards apparently.



gogo on 07 April 2008
starcraft said:
TheUltimateLife said:
yeah we have less people living here then in New York. @ star craft: lol I believe you know what your talken about even if you didnt say you were doing a case study because thoes things about microsoft have become pretty common knowledge ;) but seeing as though you are researching it you might be able to give some insight into this... I don't think the 360 will experience the alienation that the GC did in Australia but do you think MS will settle with what they're getting now or is the AU market worth fighting for? Do you have any idea where a company such as MS might see Australia on a global market?

A normal gaming company wouldn't see Australia has having much growth potential into the future.  Microsoft however, has a big incentive to be present here.  We currently have very slow download speeds (in general).  We don't have any major film or music download market as a result of this.  Even music piracy is lower here than in the rest of the Western world on average due to our slow broadband.

However, when Microsoft launches it's 360 video market place here, it will become the first major player (with the possible exception of itunes) in the Australian video-on-demand market.  Unlike itunes, the Xbox 360 is tailored to people with fast internet, increasing the possibility that Microsoft has already carved out just the right demographic here in Australia to launch it's service.

In stark contrast to gaming's minimal room to grow in this country, the film and television downloads market is only just starting to open up, and that could be worth billions of dollars to Microsoft over the long term if they can get a large piece of the pie as our broadband network slowly comes up to American/European/Japanese standards. 

 

  Australia is equipped with ADSL2+ now and quite a few people aged between 15-25 are familiar with the concept of torrents and P2P. Have you seen the latest TV ratings lately, shows are down across the board most likely due to downloading off the net. Retailers have never favoured low selling hardware. PSP hasn't exactly dried up, it still is given the dark corner. PS3 and the Wii have more going for it. 

Video games aren't stupid. The people that play them are.

Tuanniez on 07 April 2008
kasillas88 said:
@Shams
AFL as in Arena Football League?

Lol, sorry this is a bit off topic, but being an Australian, I just found that funny =D

And in Aus, 360 is well and kicking from what i can see in stores. Sales for both 360/PS3/Wii are quite similar if you ask me.

And yes, sadly the PSP shelf area is getting smaller each time lol. But then again, it doesnt really have as much to offer as the others. Even the DS shelf space in EB isnt that big... same as the Wii. 360 and PS2 are still the 2 biggest one i think. Although alot of the ps2 space at EB are preowned games lol.



damkira on 07 April 2008
NJ5 said:

Vgchartz doesn't seem to agree...:

Australia:

ConsoleWeeklyTotal
6,4511,113,072
5,378359,228
5,008201,916
4,228345,366
2,5242,359,930
1,765421,011
Total25,354 



Do we have some confirmation of these figures?

 


 Those are some extremely low figures... Is Australia really sparsely populated? I think I remember that its Eastern coast is pretty populous and the middle of it is barren.



Neos on 07 April 2008
mrstickball said:

No one read the NeoGAF response to the article before copying and pasting it here from their site?

Smarthouse really isn't a bastion of correct and accurate consumer information...

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Media_C...ustry/R8W6V6L6 Playstation 4 just a few months away.

Why the Xbox failed

BR Disc based Xbox coming

Xbox handheld "Confirmed"

Microsoft refuse to answer our questions over RRoD

Halo 3 cooks consoles, rapes small children

Peter Moore quits over horrible xbox failure

Microft failing, tries to gag us from reporting the truth

Microsoft is arrogant


 stickball owned the thread =D



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