I don't mean to fuel the wars, but I think there's one thing that needs to be mentioned that makes a huge difference. If evo doesn't hit xbox (which i doubt it will), it'll most likely be for one reason. Xbox is NOT selling well in Japan, and we know AM2 is Japanese. Over there for a long time Wonder Swan Color and ps1 were still killing Xbox in sales, and so far they've only had 1 or two games to even touch the top 10 in sales, while ps2 is consistently 7-8 of the top 10 games in Japan. If they're trying to reach the most people in Japan, it's pretty much a no-brainer. The Japanese are pretty loyal to Japanese companies, Sony being one. We get a port of the japanese version, so to speak, and if they don't aim for an american console that isn't doing all too hot in Japan, they wont make one just for us americans.

Besides, we all know the ps2 CAN pull of this stuff to very close of the arcade version. I hate to use this as an example, but look at tekken 4 for ps2. It looks almost the exact same as the arcade. Sure, it's not perfect, but they did a better job porting that than AM2 did, just because I'm sure namco had more time and money to throw at it. I think we'll see a MUCH nicer port from AM2 this time around.

Once again, this wasn't to feed the console wars, because that's idiotic. I'm just trying to point out the more likely reason we wouldn't see an Xbox port. Just look at the sales figures. If you're limited on time and money, you aim for the biggest market.

And no, this isn't just opinion, so I felt it belonged in this discussion.

I don't mean to fuel the wars

Then don't /versus/images/icons/crazy.gif

This console wars thread was recreated in the appropriate forum (hint: not News and Announcements).

You might also want to read all the old posts in a thread before putting in your two cents, that way you'll know what ground has already been covered (and also pick up when a thread is moved)

PS: I'm not trying to imply you shouldn't talk about whatever you want, just keep it in the right forum. Sorry if I'm a little blunt about that - nothing personal.

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Besides, we all know the ps2 CAN pull of this stuff to very close of the arcade version. I hate to use this as an example, but look at tekken 4 for ps2. It looks almost the exact same as the arcade. Sure, it's not perfect, but they did a better job porting that than AM2 did, just because I'm sure namco had more time and money to throw at it. I think we'll see a MUCH nicer port from AM2 this time around.


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You know, the fact that T4 in the arcades is running of a PS2 board might have something to do with the way the conversion(what conversion?)turned out.

Good lord, CreeD, all I said was a reason why THIS PARTICULAR ANNOUNCEMENT didn't mention Xbox, is that statistically speaking, there's very little chance of them including other consoles. NOT on the grounds of how much I like any console, but on the grounds of former track record and sales records. How is that a console war?

and, by the way, i DID read what everybody else said.

Good lord Creed ...

If you're so surprised and taken back at my unexpected reply, why did you have two disclaimers in your post about how you aren't fueling console wars, and then go out of your way to say you felt your opinions belonged in this thread?

I'm not asking just to be an ass, I just don't see why you'd be surprised and obviously offended by my reply. It looks like you saw it coming. The point I was trying to make is that NOTHING belongs in this thread unless it clarifies or adds to the general announcement that Evo was announced for the PS2. The forum is for news, not opinions and general console discussion. Did you think I had something personal against you, or against talking about Xbox? I don't, I swear.

I'm asking again, (and this is to everyone, not vapulus) please CONSIDER posting console opinions (whether they're harmless, blatant trolling, whimsical, mundane, nonsensical, whatever) in the console board. That way you can participate in discussion with thousands of other console fans rather than the smaller readership of the news board.

Sorry if this was asked before or not, but will this game be a DVD Game?

Where is a good (cheap and reliable) place to preorder this? And does the VFEVO Stick come with the game no matter where you preorder it\?

The stick doesn't come with the game. You need to purchase it separately.

Buy from Hyper Game Action...

http://www.hypergameaction.com

or National Console Support

http://www.ncsx.com

There are other vendors out there. These are the two I like. NCSX definitely has preorder for the game, stick, and memory card.

http://www.buyritegames.com, also. /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

smurfy,
I hope you are kidding, with your reccommendation of "them." All I have heard about "them," are negative remarks bordering on the extreme end of negativity.

Really though, stick to NCS,
or this:

www.tronixweb.com (Tronix)

I have been a customer of both companies since '96, and they have not let me down once.

BTW guys, the subject of this post deems it to be elsewhere in Versus City, don't you think?

I didn't know, but I hope that I'll get my order though. What have you heard that was so bad. If that's the case I'll have to cancel my order, thanks. /versus/images/icons/frown.gif

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You might not want to do that. Here's some text from buyright's site...

CANCELLING OR CHANGING ORDERS:
Once an order is submitted into the system it cannot be changed or cancelled. Any orders cancelled, refused, declined, for any reason after the order has been received, will be charged a 25% administrative (restocking) fee. In addition, if a product has been shipped and received back to our warehouse facility without proper authorization will also be subject to shipping fees. All sales for all products are final.

Hey Plague, thanks. I haven't cancelled my order and supposely they already shipped my EVO stick so I hope when the game is out I'll get it too. And when I'd called them, they didn't sound like people you would want to buy from again to be on the safe side. /versus/images/icons/crazy.gif

Is the Evo Stick out? I thought that comes out in march. That's what NCSX says.

test, Hi All , test /versus/images/graemlins/confused.gif