Finally laid down my hard earned cash for a console !

[Qroach]

That's not totally true captain. They will usually just try to get you to buy whatever has the biggest margin of profit. Occasionally they will try to sell you on something they personally like as well.

Despite what people say about MS, they certainly can't afford to pay of every employee for every retailer out there.

 

[Teasy]

Stores do infact give employee's bonuses for selling certain products. There was a guy from EB talking about this very thing on the IGN forums recently.

 

[Qroach]

Stores do infact give employee's bonuses for selling certain products. There was a guy from EB talking about this very thing on the IGN forums recently.

The key part of that sentace being "stores". stores do stuff like this often but that doesn't mean the manufacturer is going to be providing incentives. Also, I didn't say that this doesn't occur, I just said that there's no way MS would pay off "every" retailer with incentives to sell consoles.

As I said before, this could have been a case of them wanting to move a product with a higher margin, the clerk could actually like the product, or even make way for more recent stock/bundles. Whatever the reason, don't always assume (because it's Xbox) that MS is paying off all the retailers to sell their warez.

If the guy tried to sell him a gamecube, would that mean Nintendo was giving bonuses? It could, but I'd highly doubt it.

 

[randycat99]

Also forgot, that recent Medal of Honor game was a lot of fun, too, if you haven't played it aready.

 

[Kolgar]

Getting in a little late on this, but I have to chastise Chap - that was one stupid remark!

Please, enough with the trolling. No need to grease every thread with a slickery layer of sh*t.

Kolgar

 

[Ug Lee]

they get bonus's for selling Xbox consoles, MS knows what they are doing.

I'm working at EB during the holiday break over here (studying) and the only bonus that we are given is when we sell an ESA, nothing has been mentioned about incentives for selling Xbox consoles, or anything else for that matter.

 

[JacksBleedingEyes]

Good buy Aidan Pride!!
Have to say ICO and MGS2 are really up there with all my favs
Might not be your thing but try Kingdom Hearts (rent and decide)
Tekken is a bit overrated but looks ok
DOA2 has IMHO a better fighting system but i guess if you are new to consoles it does not really matter
And yes, Silent Hill 2 would do nicely in your cabinet if you only own MGS2 and ICO
You'll prob also like GTA3
Have fun!!

 

[Magnum PI]

I'm working at EB during the holiday break over here (studying) and the only bonus that we are given is when we sell an ESA,

what's an ESA ?

 

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

I manage to fix the DVD issue, the reason why I couldn't before is it won't allow it while the DVD is playing - it has to be stopped.

Some general thoughs:

- PS2 exterior design, very well done.
- The IR remote controller is very useless. It takes up a game port and it's
no where near as intuitive as the wired controller.
- MGS2 is extremely well executed. It uses low textures to its advantage.
Because the polygon use is quite good, it uses the same scheme of grey
blueish textures to create that tone/atmosphere and because the texture
detail is minimal, it keeps the frequency down and illiminates texture
shimmering. I am not saying this is good or bad, just that this is the final
effect. And I personally think it's very nice manipulation of graphics.
- MGS2 is a huge gimmick game. I have no idea how much hardcoding
went into the game but just the things you can do, most Carmack would
instantly put down as 'gimmicks'. No wonder so many people think
Carmack can't make games. But it's highly subjective really, I find
gimmicks, if done right, extremely amusing.
- ICO is a trip to a another world and back. Makes you sad when you
return to this world again. I want to be a 12 year old boy and explore
a castle with a ghostly girl!!! (no I don't need a girlfriend, you know they an't as good as ICO

Game most look'in forward to - Silent Hill 3.