From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #1378 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Thursday, November 23 2000 Volume 01 : Number 1378 Re: [N64] Most obscure N64 title. Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? [N64] OT Thanksgiving Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? Re: [N64] OT Thanksgiving Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:03:37 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Most obscure N64 title. - --part1_c1.8fd459b.274db8d9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <> Hey, my beta cart says "Robotek." I didn't make the game. ~Matt "A majority only means that all the fools are on the same side." - --part1_c1.8fd459b.274db8d9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <<Your inability to correctly spell "Robotech" gives it all away.

~~ Dave ~~>>

Hey, my beta cart says "Robotek." I didn't make the game.

~Matt

"A majority only means that all the fools are on the same side." - --part1_c1.8fd459b.274db8d9_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:03:41 EST From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read - --part1_6d.bd11499.274db8dd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/22/2000 3:20:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, thraxen@ipa.net writes: > Anyway, I have decided that instead of returning it I am just going to give > it away (guess I'm in the holiday spirit...who knows). So if you have not > bought it yet, Eric (since you have been my staunch fellow BK supporter) , > you are welcome to this extra copy I have free of charge (if you can stand > to wait a few days for shipping). If you already have it...then someone > else on the list is welcome to it :) > > Stryder > Cool, thanks Stryder. :) - --part1_6d.bd11499.274db8dd_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/22/2000 3:20:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,
thraxen@ipa.net writes:


Anyway, I have decided that instead of returning it I am just going to give
it away (guess I'm in the holiday spirit...who knows).  So if you have not
bought it yet, Eric (since you have been my staunch fellow BK supporter) ,
you are welcome to this extra copy I have free of charge (if you can stand
to wait a few days for shipping). If you already have it...then someone
else on the list is welcome to it :)

Stryder


Cool, thanks Stryder. :) - --part1_6d.bd11499.274db8dd_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:12:44 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read - --part1_7d.d58691d.274dbafc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <> =A0 If and only if Eric doesn't want it, I'll take it. ~Matt "It only makes sense that every facet of our daily lives should depend upon=20 the position of celestial bodies hundreds of millions of miles away." -=20 Calvin and Hobbes - --part1_7d.d58691d.274dbafc_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <<Anyway, I have decided that instead of returni= ng it I am just going to give
it away (guess I'm in the holiday spirit..= .who knows).=A0 So if you have not
bought it yet, Eric (since you have b= een my staunch fellow BK supporter)=A0,
you are welcome to this extra co= py I have free of charge (if you can stand to
wait a few days for shippi= ng). If you already have it...then someone else on
the list is welcome t= o it :)
=A0
Stryder>>
=A0
If and only if Eric doesn't want it, I'll take it.

~Matt

"It only makes sense that every facet of our daily lives should depend u= pon
the position of celestial bodies hundreds of millions of miles away.= " -
Calvin and Hobbes - --part1_7d.d58691d.274dbafc_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:51:00 EST From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Banjo Tooie - Eric Read - --part1_91.3523c3b.274dc3f4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 11/22/2000 4:09:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 treytable@sega.net writes: > I love Banjo. Guh-huh. I'll take it off your hands. >=20 >=20 And then he'll sell it on Ebay. ;) - -Eric- You keep on walking, where will you go? Walk again, in the company of the wind March with confidence until you get to where you=E2=80=99re going Until you finally grab that dream. =E2=80=9CKaze to Issho ni=E2=80=9D My=C3=BBts=C3=BB no Gyakush=C3=BB - --part1_91.3523c3b.274dc3f4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 11/22/2000 4:09:23 PM Pacific Stand= ard Time,
treytable@sega.net writes:


I love Banjo. Guh-huh. I'll= take it off your hands.

~~ Dave ~~


And then he'll sell it on Ebay. ;)
-Eric-

You keep on walking, where will you go?
Walk again, in the company of the wind
March with confidence until you get to where you=E2=80=99re going
Until you finally grab that dream.

=E2=80=9CKaze to Issho ni=E2=80=9D  My=C3=BBts=C3=BB no Gyakush=C3= =BB - --part1_91.3523c3b.274dc3f4_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 22:08:38 +1100 From: "The Nintendo Guru" Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? that article just made me laugh so much i don't mean to offend any playstation or sega people here, but nintendo seems to be A LOT better than any other company that's to my understanding, and that proves what company is the smartest. and it ain't one starting with "S" >From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." >Reply-To: n64@lists.xmission.com >To: N64 Mailing List >CC: "vgames@egroups.com" >Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? >Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:18:21 -0500 (EST) >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [198.60.22.7] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBBE5C3A400C04004310FC63C1607F3B10; Wed Nov 22 17:53:47 2000 >Received: from domo by lists.xmission.com with local (Exim 2.12 #2)id >13ye4T-0006wg-00for n64-gooutt@lists.xmission.com; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 >10:52:37 -0700 >Received: from [128.8.10.123] (helo=po3.glue.umd.edu)by lists.xmission.com >with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2)id 13ye4R-0006wU-00for n64@lists.xmission.com; >Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:52:35 -0700 >Received: from y.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:root@y.glue.umd.edu [128.8.10.68])by >po3.glue.umd.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAMHIPm28164;Wed, 22 Nov >2000 12:21:07 -0500 (EST) >Received: from y.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1])by >y.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA18310;Wed, 22 Nov 2000 >12:18:25 -0500 (EST) >Received: from localhost (mccoyjr@localhost)by y.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) >with ESMTP id MAA18303;Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:18:21 -0500 (EST) >From owner-n64@lists.xmission.com Wed Nov 22 17:54:38 2000 >X-Authentication-Warning: y.glue.umd.edu: mccoyjr owned process doing -bs >In-Reply-To: <3A1B59B8.861E756@home.com> >Message-ID: >Sender: owner-n64@lists.xmission.com >Precedence: bulk > >Nintendo must be doing something right. :) > >Nintendojo had an interesting article on the Big N's marketing >plan. While it might fustrate gamers Nintendo is ensuring it will be >around for a long time. Initially the 1.5 gb mini-disc format irritated >me but the losses that PS2 might incur off of piracy(there are teams >working on it as we speak) will be great. DC had a good anti-piracy >format and only now, a year later, has it been cracked. I sincerely >believe Nintendo will outlast Sony. > > > > On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Dexter Sy >wrote: > > > >From Reuters. > > > > Year-ago comparisons are unavailable since this will be the first time > > Nintendo releases interim results on a consolidated basis. > > > > For the full year to March 31, it forecast a 46 percent jump in > > consolidated net profit to 82 billion yen from the previous year, with > > sales rising 1.8 percent to 540 billion yen. > > > > Domestic sales of the Nintendo 64 have been slack, hurt by rival Sony's > > recently launched PlayStation 2, while Gameboy sales have been brisk. > > > > Shares in Nintendo closed on Monday down 2.81 percent at 18,300 yen. > > They have risen eight percent so far this year, but they are 31 percent > > down from this year's peak at 26,400 > > yen. > > > > Nintendo's solid profit performance is expected to contrast with the dim > > results of rival game makers. > > > > Last month, Sony Corp reported a group net loss of 68.47 billion yen in > > the six months, against a 64.94 billion yen net profit a year earlier, > > due to the strong yen and the heavy cost of the > > roll out of the PlayStation 2, the successor to the world's top-selling > > home video game player. > > > > A day later, Sega Corp , the world's third-largest video game maker, > > issued a loss warning, forecasting a group net loss of 29 billion yen > > against its initial estimate of a 600 million yen > > profit, blaming a cut in the overseas sales price of its mainstay > > Dreamcast game consoles to fend off competition from PlayStation 2. > > > > > > -- > > Dexter S. > > Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine > > Http://www.tendobox.com > > > > > > > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > >sx > > >[ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] >[ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:03:01 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? - --part1_6.e528673.274eb5d5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <> If Nintendo were smart, they never would have lost so much marketshare to Sega or Sony to begin with. If Nintendo were smart, the n64 would have been a disc-based system. If Nintendo were smart, the GBA would have 2 more buttons on it, making it a duplicate of the SNES controller. Nintendo has made it's share of mistakes, and it better thank God that they have such a healthy portable business, otherwise they'd be dead in the water. ~Matt "It only makes sense that every facet of our daily lives should depend upon the position of celestial bodies hundreds of millions of miles away." - Calvin and Hobbes - --part1_6.e528673.274eb5d5_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <<that article just made me laugh so much

i don't mean to offend any PlayStation or SEGA people here, but Nintendo
seems to be A LOT better than any other company

that's to my understanding, and that proves what company is the smartest.

and it ain't one starting with "S">>

If Nintendo were smart, they never would have lost so much marketshare to
Sega or Sony to begin with. If Nintendo were smart, the n64 would have been a
disc-based system. If Nintendo were smart, the GBA would have 2 more buttons
on it, making it a duplicate of the SNES controller. Nintendo has made it's
share of mistakes, and it better thank God that they have such a healthy
portable business, otherwise they'd be dead in the water.

~Matt

"It only makes sense that every facet of our daily lives should depend upon
the position of celestial bodies hundreds of millions of miles away." -
Calvin and Hobbes - --part1_6.e528673.274eb5d5_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:21:22 EST From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: [N64] OT Thanksgiving - --part1_84.d9fc24a.274eba22_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, fellow listers. No one's said it yet, so I'll be the first. To all US residents: Happy Thanksgiving!!! - -Eric- - --part1_84.d9fc24a.274eba22_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, fellow listers.  No one's said it yet, so I'll be the first.  To all US
residents: Happy Thanksgiving!!!
-Eric- - --part1_84.d9fc24a.274eba22_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:17:33 -0800 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? - --------------C9572BFA5C0D3C8A932B25BD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > If Nintendo were smart, they never would have lost so much marketshare > to > Sega or Sony to begin with. Market share isn't everything. On one hand it gives you the critical mass you need to make your profits, but if you spend say, a billion dollars to capture that market and you earn 500 million in profits from subsequent game sales, you've still lost a 500 billion dollars. That's why businesses that go after market share aggresively often run out of cash and either is forced to withdraw or has to restructure. Nintendo's made some mistakes which has certainly cost it market share, but that doesn't mean its going to start losing money. Sega on the other hand is another story. > If Nintendo were smart, the n64 would have been a > disc-based system. If Nintendo were smart, the GBA would have 2 more > buttons > on it, making it a duplicate of the SNES controller. I agree on the n64 part, but I hold my judgement on the GBA until i've actually touched it and see more games on it. > Nintendo has made it's > share of mistakes, and it better thank God that they have such a > healthy > portable business, otherwise they'd be dead in the water. It's the same thing as saying Sony is doing so well with the playstation or it would be dead in the water. You can't turn around and take someone's success away only to prove how weak it is. So, is it fair to say if the United States had lost World War 2, America, and most certainly England and the whole of western europe would be dead in the water? I'm sure those who dislike the West would like to spend their time postulating such scenarios, but history is written on what's happened, not on what could have happened. - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com - --------------C9572BFA5C0D3C8A932B25BD Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 
If Nintendo were smart, they never would have lost so much marketshare to
Sega or Sony to begin with.
Market share isn't everything.  On one hand it gives you the critical mass you need to make your profits, but if you spend say, a billion dollars to capture that market and you earn 500 million in profits from subsequent game sales, you've still lost a 500 billion dollars.  That's why businesses that go after market share aggresively often run out of cash and either is forced to withdraw or has to restructure.

Nintendo's made some mistakes which has certainly cost it market share, but that doesn't mean its going to start losing money.  Sega on the other hand is another story.

If Nintendo were smart, the n64 would have been a
disc-based system. If Nintendo were smart, the GBA would have 2 more buttons
on it, making it a duplicate of the SNES controller.
I agree on the n64 part, but I hold my judgement on the GBA until i've actually touched it and see more games on it.
Nintendo has made it's
share of mistakes, and it better thank God that they have such a healthy
portable business, otherwise they'd be dead in the water.
It's the same thing as saying Sony is doing so well with the playstation or it would be dead in the water.  You can't turn around and take someone's success away only to prove how weak it is.  So, is it fair to say if the United States had lost World War 2, America, and most certainly England and the whole of western europe would be dead in the water?  I'm sure those who dislike the West would like to spend their time postulating such scenarios, but history is written on what's happened, not on what could have happened.
 
 

--
Dexter S.
Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine
Http://www.tendobox.com
  - --------------C9572BFA5C0D3C8A932B25BD-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:24:42 -0800 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." wrote: > Nintendo must be doing something right. :) haven't read it. > > > Nintendojo had an interesting article on the Big N's marketing > plan. While it might fustrate gamers Nintendo is ensuring it will be > around for a long time. Initially the 1.5 gb mini-disc format irritated > me but the losses that PS2 might incur off of piracy(there are teams > working on it as we speak) will be great. DC had a good anti-piracy > format and only now, a year later, has it been cracked. I sincerely > believe Nintendo will outlast Sony. The 1.5 gig format also allows Nintendo to make a backwards compatible GameCubeBoy handheld console. Nintendo's been very coy about that when asked and they've openly admitted that it is a possibility. Handhelds are still seen as the bastard brother of the industry, and with some good reason. But Comdex this past week proved once and for all portable computing is here to stay and GameBoy certainly proved portable gaming is here to stay as well. I'm in no way suggesting home gaming is dying, and infact, i'd argue agains't that, but then again, in the early 80s, the arcades looked so unstobbale they were a quarter a dozen. Videogame buffs of the time, would have found it hard to believe if you tell them the arcade industry would shrink from being the dominant segment of the industry into a shadow of its former self. > - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:25:25 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] OT Thanksgiving - --part1_36.e7500b2.274f0165_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yeah, happy Turkey Day to all you fellow Yankees. And don't forget, today is the anniversary of the Battle of Chattanooga during the American Civil War. ~Matt "Blinky lights are the essence of technology. Everything else is fluff." - --part1_36.e7500b2.274f0165_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yeah, happy Turkey Day to all you fellow Yankees. And don't forget, today is
the anniversary of the Battle of Chattanooga during the American Civil War.

~Matt

"Blinky lights are the essence of technology. Everything else is fluff." - --part1_36.e7500b2.274f0165_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:58:01 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C05587.AF4ED920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree on the n64 part, but I hold my judgement on the GBA until i've = actually touched it and see more games on it. >>> More buttons is something you don't have to see in person to know it is = a better idea. I think it makes sense. =20 Nintendo has made it's=20 share of mistakes, and it better thank God that they have such a = healthy=20 portable business, otherwise they'd be dead in the water. It's the same thing as saying Sony is doing so well with the = playstation or it would be dead in the water. You can't turn around and = take someone's success away only to prove how weak it is.>> I think he was simply referring to their standing as a console maker. = Sega is in serious trouble because they don't have anything to really = fall back on except a poor arcade market. Sony will always have it's = consumer electronics and Nintendo it's GB. Stryder - ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C05587.AF4ED920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I agree on the n64 part, but I hold my judgement on the GBA until = i've=20 actually touched it and see more games on it. >>>
 
 
More buttons is something you don't = have to see in=20 person to know it is a better idea.  I think it makes sense. =20
 
Nintendo has made = it's=20
share of mistakes, and it better thank God that = they have=20 such a healthy
portable business, = otherwise they'd=20 be dead in the water.
It's the same thing as saying Sony is doing so well with the = playstation=20 or it would be dead in the water.  You can't turn around and take = someone's success away only to prove how weak it is.>>
 
I think he was simply referring to = their standing=20 as a console maker.  Sega is in serious trouble because they = don't have=20 anything to really fall back on except a poor arcade market.  = Sony will=20 always have it's consumer electronics and Nintendo it's = GB.
 
Stryder
 
- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C05587.AF4ED920-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:05:13 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? > The 1.5 gig format also allows Nintendo to make a backwards compatible > GameCubeBoy handheld console. Nintendo's been very coy about that when asked > and they've openly admitted that it is a possibility.>>> Well, it would allow it without a change in media...but the format is actually irrelevant to whether or not it could be made portable. You can take game code and put it on any type of media. > Handhelds are still seen as the bastard brother of the industry, and with > some good reason. But Comdex this past week proved once and for all portable > computing is here to stay and GameBoy certainly proved portable gaming is here > to stay as well. I'm in no way suggesting home gaming is dying, and infact, > i'd argue agains't that, but then again, in the early 80s, the arcades looked > so unstobbale they were a quarter a dozen. Videogame buffs of the time, would > have found it hard to believe if you tell them the arcade industry would > shrink from being the dominant segment of the industry into a shadow of its > former self. That is actually different...it makes perfect sense that arcades would die off. People will always prefer to do something at home instead of away if they can (i.e. the growth in online sales). Home gaming will always be around because that is where it will always be more convenient for people to entertain themselves with videogames. Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 21:46:59 EST From: Devil929@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] More dough for Do-- get it? - --part1_9b.d2cfc16.274f30a3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wouldn't say die off really. As you pointed out, there's a growth of online sales; but we still have loads of stores. They may diminish in number in general, but if the [at least] mild popularity of the local arcades are any indication, I don't think we'll see them go away. A little "get off your butt and interact" never hurt anyone (and I'm not implying you suggested such either). Besides, I love the arcades....the 80s anyone? Psh, cars. You want REAL wheels? Get a pair of rollerskates=) Back in my day... Aldo Merino - ------------------ Tendo Box http://www.tendobox.com In a message dated 11/23/00 8:05:58 PM Central Standard Time, thraxen@ipa.net writes: > That is actually different...it makes perfect sense that arcades would die > off. People will always prefer to do something at home instead of away if > they can (i.e. the growth in online sales). Home gaming will always be > around because that is where it will always be more convenient for people to > entertain themselves with videogames. > > > - --part1_9b.d2cfc16.274f30a3_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wouldn't say die off really. As you pointed out, there's a growth of online
sales; but we still have loads of stores. They may diminish in number in
general, but if the [at least] mild popularity of the local arcades are any
indication, I don't think we'll see them go away. A little "get off your butt
and interact" never hurt anyone (and I'm not implying you suggested such
either). Besides, I love the arcades....the 80s anyone?

Psh, cars. You want REAL wheels? Get a pair of rollerskates=) Back in my
day...

Aldo Merino
------------------
Tendo Box
http://www.tendobox.com

In a message dated 11/23/00 8:05:58 PM Central Standard Time, thraxen@ipa.net
writes:


That is actually different...it makes perfect sense that arcades would die
off.  People will always prefer to do something at home instead of away if
they can (i.e. the growth in online sales).  Home gaming will always be
around because that is where it will always be more convenient for people to
entertain themselves with videogames.


Stryder


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