View Full Version : Less than 1000 people on last night
vgi_vinnie
11-03-2002, 12:35 PM
Doesn't that number seem a little low to you?
How many modems has nintendo shipped?
I know a lot of people can't get on because of connection problems but less than 1k still seems low. I guess it might seem low because we can't play with the japanese though.
sparktenks
11-03-2002, 12:49 PM
That doesn't mean anything. 4000 people could have bought the game and modem/bba. But it doesn't mean there all going to be on at the same exact time. People do have work and school somtimes other things to do. But ieven if it's close to a 1k is good. Because there is always people to play with. Which was somthing I missed having late in the V2 days.
vgi_vinnie
11-03-2002, 12:51 PM
I guess your right, it just seems REALLY low compared to how it was on DC.
Maybe in a week or two 5000+ will be on.
MagicPink
11-03-2002, 01:48 PM
Yup, those ships are pretty barren. I think I've seen about 3 people in the last week.
st4pl3s
11-03-2002, 01:51 PM
but hey... the game has only been out for about a week.. and those online fees are more than most teenagers without a job can afford... and most of those teenager blow all there money at pc cafes playing counter-strike.... but give it a month more people should join up
shinokou
11-03-2002, 02:14 PM
It'll speed up soon. It's different this time around: the console doesn't come with a modem packed in. I know about 3 people with the game, none of which have a modem just yet. Once people get the time to actually connect, it'll speed up.
vgi_vinnie
11-03-2002, 02:25 PM
Yea Nintendo needs to ship more out ASAP http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Luckily there are a lot of veterans playing to keep the newbs happy til ton's of people are on.
Eh, well let's see... Many people probably bought it for thr 4 player aspect. Not to mention it costs 9 bucks a month, which is way too much for a Casual PSOunknown.
I'm probably going to lower my initial sales projections of PSO in the US from 150,000 to about 50,000...
Who knows though... The numbers will get bigger... but that damned license fee, the fact that no one advertised it, and the no keyboard aspect pretty much means High Sales werent expected.
Dangerous55
11-03-2002, 03:41 PM
Well lets just pray it sells well, cause if it doesnt, we might not get Episode 3...
*edit- Episode 3!!1 Not 2!
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ginko990
11-03-2002, 05:17 PM
On 2002-11-03 11:51, st4pl3s wrote:
but hey... the game has only been out for about a week.. and those online fees are more than most teenagers without a job can afford...
ITS 9 DOLLARS! IF YOU CANT COME UP WITH 9 DOLLARS A MONTH YOU SHOULD JUST KILL YOURSELF!
Friggin' 9 bucks. You should be able to make that much in a month even if you were dead.
Castelak
11-03-2002, 06:01 PM
I don't have my BBA yet so... :/ maybe once more BBA/Modem come out like someone said, then the number will increase.
Castelak
11-03-2002, 06:02 PM
I don't have my BBA yet so... :/ maybe once more BBA/Modem come out like someone said, then the number will increase.
The Game is almost impossible to find up here in Canada.Big stores who did get them last week received like 5 copies..Wal-Mart,Zeller's,EBGames,Compucenter etc up here don't even have the game yet,let alone the modem and BBA and no one can buy a keyboard.The casual gamer will pick this game up for the offline modes...i'm not sure this game will sell more then it did on the DC,sadly,because like some mentionned you need to buy add-ons to play online and V1 was free to play online.
Agent_Reav
11-03-2002, 08:16 PM
On 2002-11-03 15:17, ginko990 wrote:
On 2002-11-03 11:51, st4pl3s wrote:
but hey... the game has only been out for about a week.. and those online fees are more than most teenagers without a job can afford...
ITS 9 DOLLARS! IF YOU CANT COME UP WITH 9 DOLLARS A MONTH YOU SHOULD JUST KILL YOURSELF!
Friggin' 9 bucks. You should be able to make that much in a month even if you were dead.
Just about everyone could defintely get $9 a month... but why would they use it for PSO? Earth and Beyond (a far more comprehensive title) is about $10 a month. SEGA is getting greedy and this unreasonable license fee has bit em in the ass. Either they swallow their pride now and lower the fee or PSO GC won't be an online success.
Bluedeath
11-03-2002, 08:45 PM
Well i just got the game today, and i dont have the modem yet, its probably the same way for lots of people.
Shrevn
11-04-2002, 12:03 AM
If you think thats bad... try searching for a OPEN game thats V. Hard.... Phew... you barelly see them
CorneliusPower
11-04-2002, 04:46 AM
I remember the old days of PSO vers 1 and 2. Lobbys were so full, even in the first week. Well i guess it goes to show how many ppl canT afford $8.95 a month, OR, just cant afford the expense of buying a BBA or a Modem, a copy of PSO, a Gamecube, a memory card, and yet but not least something i havent gotten yet, a damN keyboard! to maximize PSO's experience is expensive! luckily only thing I'm missing is a K-Board.....
vgi_vinnie
11-04-2002, 04:05 PM
I got on 2 hours ago to see 1300+, which is pretty good considering it was 230 eastern time, and the US servers are blocked off. Kids on west coast are just getting home too.
faceless
11-04-2002, 07:12 PM
i bought the JP version as soon as i heard the US one would be $8.95 a month... not because i can't afford it, but because i don't want to support SEGA USA's price raping...
Alot of people who purchased the game haven't been able to get online. ISP incompatibility, or server problems.
faceless
11-04-2002, 11:05 PM
i remember having that problem with PSOv2...
Ruby-chan
11-05-2002, 01:38 AM
Well those problems can be more attributed to people who don't know a thing about setting up their connection not knowing what's what...
But as to the $9 a month charge, let's be frank, the reason the US version is this expensive per month is because it's expected that most will cancel their license after they realize how bad the service will be. The Japanese will be paying less because unlike us, they'll actually get the decent service, and thus will keep playing. When your business strategy supports players quitting after they get suckered by the first charge after their free month, that really helps explain why we don't have a keyboard, doesn't it?
CorneliusPower
11-05-2002, 04:49 AM
No problems here! W00t!
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