Friday, September 23, 2005
No surprise there
Breaking News:
"If you take one thing away from this conference, then it must be that Perfect Dark Zero will be to 360 what Halo was to the original Xbox," said Microsoft this week as it revealed its Xbox 360 retail launch plans.
Hmmm.... where have I heard that before?
April 25, 2005
"If Perfect Dark Zero lives up to the hype (the G-Pinions hype since on one else is talking about it now...) it will sell systems. It will sell many, many systems. In fact, word is MS is trying to ship between 3 and 5 million Xbox 2 by the end of this year. If those systems sell you can bet that the majority of them will be bought with the expressed purpose of playing PDZ. Microsoft will push PDZ to be the next Halo: CE. How many people do you know who own an Xbox and don't own Halo?"
Heck, loyal readers of G-Pinions have known since March 8 of 2004 that Perfect Dark Zero would launch alongside the next Xbox:
"I fully expect PD0 to be an XBox 2 launch title."
Ok, I admit that I did have my doubts that Perfect Dark Zero really would live up to the hype I created. After a lackluster debut on that horrible MTV unveiling followed by a complete no-show at E3, it was hard to be optimistic. Rare has been down for so long that, at times, it seems impossible that they would ever get up again. Has there ever been a time in the history of human existence where a person or company was on top of the world for a long stretch, fell like a meteor back to earth, and then somehow regained that top spot? Perfect Dark Zero sitting at the throne of the First Person Shooter Castle and vaulting Rare back into the limelight would be akin to Rome rebuilding its empire or Eric Lindros winning MVP. To say the least, the odds are stacked against them.
"If you take one thing away from this conference, then it must be that Perfect Dark Zero will be to 360 what Halo was to the original Xbox," said Microsoft this week as it revealed its Xbox 360 retail launch plans.
Hmmm.... where have I heard that before?
April 25, 2005
"If Perfect Dark Zero lives up to the hype (the G-Pinions hype since on one else is talking about it now...) it will sell systems. It will sell many, many systems. In fact, word is MS is trying to ship between 3 and 5 million Xbox 2 by the end of this year. If those systems sell you can bet that the majority of them will be bought with the expressed purpose of playing PDZ. Microsoft will push PDZ to be the next Halo: CE. How many people do you know who own an Xbox and don't own Halo?"
Heck, loyal readers of G-Pinions have known since March 8 of 2004 that Perfect Dark Zero would launch alongside the next Xbox:
"I fully expect PD0 to be an XBox 2 launch title."
Ok, I admit that I did have my doubts that Perfect Dark Zero really would live up to the hype I created. After a lackluster debut on that horrible MTV unveiling followed by a complete no-show at E3, it was hard to be optimistic. Rare has been down for so long that, at times, it seems impossible that they would ever get up again. Has there ever been a time in the history of human existence where a person or company was on top of the world for a long stretch, fell like a meteor back to earth, and then somehow regained that top spot? Perfect Dark Zero sitting at the throne of the First Person Shooter Castle and vaulting Rare back into the limelight would be akin to Rome rebuilding its empire or Eric Lindros winning MVP. To say the least, the odds are stacked against them.
// posted by Tom @ 8:32 AM 
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