MO still in the top 20 Xbox Games (UK)

[Xavier]

I was amased but it is true, Oddworld Munch's Oddysee is still in the top 20 best selled Xbox games in the UK. Here is the complete list.

1. The Sims (Electronic Arts)
2. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon (Ubi Soft)
3. Halo (Microsoft)
4. Indiana Jones And The Emperor’s Tomb (LucasArts)
5. Metal Gear Solid 2 – Substance (Konami)
6. Kung Fu Chaos (Microsoft)
7. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
8. Project Gotham Racing (Microsoft)
9. State Of Emergency (Take-Two Interactive)
10. Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers (Electronic Arts)
11. FIFA 2003 (Electronic Arts)
12. TOCA Race Driver (Codemasters)
13. WWE Raw (THQ)
14. Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Microsoft)
15. Panzer Dragoon Orta (Sega)
16. Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Electronic Arts)
17. Shenmue 2 (Sega)
18. Moto GP (THQ)
19. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 (Electronic Arts)
20. Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee (Microsoft)

source:
GameSpy => http://www.gamespy.com/xbox/news.shtml#PQN421695

[paramiteabe]

That is amazeing Xavier. You would think it would be off the list by now ya know?

Paramiteabe...

[Xavier]

hmmm I think it's due to the new "classics" collection (called platinium in the US)
MO is now realy cheap

[Fez]

yeah, about £20.00 in some shops. Ghost recon!? 2nd place!? that puts even more pressure on me to get it! does any one here have ghost recon? i'm dying to know what its like.

[Majic]

Yes, its in the top 20... but really, X-Box doesn't have that many awesome-ish titles in the first place...

[Xavier]

Originally posted by Majic_Abe
Yes, its in the top 20... but really, X-Box doesn't have that many awesome-ish titles in the first place...

true... Microsoft realy need a bunch of big hits for the Xbox

[Disgruntled Intern]

Ghost Recon is excellent, albeit a bit glitchy.

What amazes me about australian retail shops is that they don't get american whole salers...then you could be buying games
[at a raised price, obviously] before they even 'came out' there.

[Cloverfield]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Intern
What amazes me about australian retail shops is that they don't get american whole salers...then you could be buying games [at a raised price, obviously] before they even 'came out' there.

Wish it were that easy. But unless you have a chipped machine, you can't play US games on Australian Xboxes and vice versa. Cause I got my Xbox from the US, I have to import all of my games. And likewise if I took one of my Xbox games over to my friend's Australian Xbox, they couldn't play it. I tried it already and you get a message saying the game you are trying to play is in the wrong zone or something like that. It really sucks. If there is one thing I am really against, it's zoning protecton on consoles.

Abe Babe...

[Facsimile]

Originally posted by Abe Babe
zoning protecton on consoles.

Does anyone even know why they have that? I mean who is it helping?

[Disgruntled Intern]

It's obviously to stop premature game release and bootlegging.

[Xavier]

probably the same reason as for film, commercial and release dates

[paramiteabe]

With my guess its probabaly just some sort of stupid security thing like "quote on quote" (someones going to rig a machine or a game when they ship the games over seas to places like Australia. But who knows why they do that.

Its rediculous really and a bad way I think to run business.

I mean if your going to make a profit on a product such as X-Box games or films wouldn't it be logical to allow these American products be sold around the world at the same time it is released in the States? Think how much money you would make then if it was like that. Why does it have to be strictly the States first, why not everyone at the same time?

That is one thing I don't understand about my country. We release movies and games on a certain date but the rest of the world has to wait. It just doesnt work I think.


And then you got the Zone protection on these games like what you said Abe Babe. I mean they are the same games right? So whats the difference? They are the same games and the same systems the States have only sold in Australia. It just doesn't make any kind of sense really. How does Australian systems, and games differ from their counter parts? That doesn't make any sense to me at all. I mean if its the same game and system then tell me where is the harm in putting American products in your products? If its the same game and system then why not you know?


Paramiteabe...

[Big_Bro_Slig222]

Kung Fu Chaos is #6!?

Jeez, abuncha kids form a 3rd world country could make a better game with 5 milk cartons. Kids that had never even SEEN a milk carton.

On the subject, glad to see MO is still movin' and shakin'.