The Shrine

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/metroi ... p">here</a>

And finally, Nintendo, those bastards, are up to it again. They're releasing a Metroid 2 demo (with a history of Metroid thing) in a system bundle. Only way existing owners can get it is by renewing Nintendo Power subs (never) and registering a system and 5 games (including the Zelda ones)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>If it was a collection of previous Metroid games, I'd do it, but for just a demo, I'm not going to bother. I can just wait and play the game when it comes out. (Helps that I don't even have five GameCube games.)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It's only a demo disc, you can pick it up on E-bay for 5 bucks if you want it that badly.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Why? I get it for free. Free is better than $5</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Errr how can you get it free?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>He has EB minions that keep them instead of handing them out to small children. In fact, I think Zeus and these EB minions eat small children.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>I didn't know there were that many GC games worth owning.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah well getting them bootleg is too much trouble. I have RE 0 &1, Mario, F-Zero, Beyond Good & Evil, Metroid, and that's it.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>lol. Or I get it by registering the games as mentioned above by either: 1) buying them or 2) stealing the PIN code from the used games at EB or Microplay :-)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>BTW, Ian is going to be running the new store on Fairway Rd. (by Winners) starting Aug 23. That means even more free shit for Zeus :-)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>That's because you don't pay attention. There's probably over 100 games worth owning on every system by now.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>He probley meant exclusive.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>And about 80% of them are on the PS2.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Well, according to Gamerankings.com, For exlusive titles there are 11 Gamecube titles, 10 Xbox titles, and 7 PS2 in the top 200. So I still don't see where is argument is coming from.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Let me refrase that: If you look, there are at least 100 games for each system worth getting.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'd be hard pressed to find 100 games for any system I'd want to play. Maybe 25-40 for the PS2, less for the Cube and Xbox.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>There are more PS2 owners in the world, therefore unless another system has alot of exclusive titles there's no point in buying it, it's not hard to figure out...stop defending the GC so much. sheesh.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Stop defending Sine's position "so much" then. It's that easy =)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I have a serious consumer problem, I buy way more games than I ever play, it began back around the time that I actually got myself out of debt in High School, and I replaced my other buying additions with videogame buying addiction =P

In the last 5 years or so I have bought over 200 games across 8 different systems, but I've only played about 20-30 of them all the way through. Some games that I did play through, I did years after I bought them.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>*snicker* Not even close. There's about 50-75 for the PS2, 35-60 for the 'Cube, and Xbox. Some movement in between for ports, but I put most of them in the Xbox category. For most, that's about all that'll be desirable</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Actually, the Xbox is quite popular with the casual gamers, there's a lot of them who got one of those instead of the PS2. I know of a number myself. GC seems to be for the hardcore gamers or children, and PS2 is in the middle (hardcores, children, & casuals), which is why it's the most popular.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>I've noticed that , too. It's weird, people who i dont usually associate as a gamer has an x-box, or people who i know who want to buy a system (because they arent gamer enough to already have one) dream of getting an x-box.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It's Microshaft's hold in the mass market, I'm convinced of it</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Why do you insist on not calling them Microsoft?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>it really makes you sound like an idiot, why not join the rest of the basement dwelling nerds and call it "M$"</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>This coming from a guy who calls people trolls. =P</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Didn't you say you had to renew Nintendo power on top of that? If not I can get it easily, I have plenty plenty of games =)</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>this is harmless trolling, leave me alone! :P</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>No, it's either or</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>For the same reason I insist on calling the Canadian Sportscentre "Sportsdesk" (it's old name), it just fits better</div>

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Zing! *Zeus pushes up duct taped black-rimmed glasses* Take that!!! ;)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>As well, I'm not a fan of the predatory, "king of the world" mentality a lot of bigger companies have towards their customers and competition, hence my extreme distaste for insurance companies, banks, and Rogers Cable (biggest cable TV and cell phone provider in Canada; they had a monopoly on cable)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hey, we call em like we see em :P</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>and just because I feel like it I think this thread needs another :p so :p</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Awesome. That's actually a good business plan, advertising to those customers who are actually serious about buying games. Like crazy Seeker =)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I don't like Microsoft's tactics either, but by taking an unoriginal shot at them every time you use their name, it detracts from your point.</div>