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Playstation 2 Outsells both Xbox and Gamecube

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cant-say-i'm-surprised dept.

Laurens writes "Despite various claims of both Microsoft and Nintendo, this article by the Los Angeles Times has the first independant salesfigures on all 3 next-gen consoles. And it seems the good ol' PS2 sold best this holiday season." I'm an hour into FFX and don't foresee turning my PS2 off much this week. Can't talk now. Must see Lord of the Rings, and then play more FFX. Is this a great time to be alive, or what?

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  1. I am getting worried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is not funny anymore.

    First of all, I've got a problem with alcohol. Ok. I can manage my drinking to some extent and I have been able to keep my job so far. I'm still worried about it.

    But what I'm really worried about is that I've started having dreams about demons, occultism and paranormal phenomena. Last evening, just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt like I was suddenly falling and heard a loud voice in my head saying "Satan".

    Now, in my youth I dabbled in occultism and witchcraft but soon found out that it was just about as stupid as any other religions and that killed my interest in the topic. Why am I dreaming about demons and my subconsciousness (?) is talking to my consciousness about satan?

    What if there really is God and Satan and now the dark side has come to collect me and my sanity?!

    1. Re:I am getting worried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Eat more cheese. It's a brilliant de-demonizer.

      It works - I tried it myself. Oh, and remember no to glue tennis balls or saucepans to your legs. Nothing to do with satan, it just fucking kills.

    2. Re:I am getting worried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There is a God and there is a Satan. Satan is the ruler of this world, but he does not have to be yours. Jesus rules the kingdom of heaven. Believe upon the name of the Lord and He will save you. The book of Romans says in 3:10 ""There is no one righteous, not even one." Romans 3:23 says that "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Admit that you are a sinner. you are. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans 6:23)." The Lord may be speaking to you and probably is. Believe upon Him and believe that Jesus died for the sins of all man and He will save you. "confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,'and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead," then, "you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." - Romans 10:9 - 10 "for, 'Whosoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." - Romans 10:13. My friend, ask the LORD to save you. He will save you. Jesus himself said in the book of Matthew 11:11 among all children born of women, a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen." And yet when Jesus goes on to says that "the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." dont be ashamed of what you might have done. Believe upon the Lord and ask him to save you and he will. Period. You will never regret it. Hell is not a nice place.

    3. Re:I am getting worried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      pray out loud for help.

      as god to send people to help you.

      he will.

    4. Re:I am getting worried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ...that's 'ask' not 'as'

  2. Tough choices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Must see Lord of the Rings, and then play more FFX."

    Wish I had those kind of choices to make. Mine are more like fix the routing mess caused by the ISPs eff up or punch yet another hole in the firewall so marketing will quit their damn screaming.

  3. Sir by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You, Sir, are unbelievably annoying spastic ring-tailed lemur with poor eyesight and Downs' syndrome.

  4. Re:Let me get this straight... by hatchet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Care for yourself, you are alive.. enjoy your life. But if you want to be frustratd all your life for few victims you never knew... go ahead. Close yourself in a room and moan. If you are such emotionally unstable person, you are totally useless in anything and the only thing you need is a shrink.

  5. Re:page lengthening post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    You are my god.

    I KISS YOU!

    Thank you very, very much for this.

  6. Re:True, but... by rseuhs · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And Microsoft, well, whatever, they'll probably just release the next version of office only for xbox so all their corporate customers have to buy them, so they're ensured of success.

    I know this was meant as a joke, but I'll comment anyway:

    Microsoft absolutely has to make sure that retail Windows and any WinPC programs do NOT run on XBox. Not (only) because they are losing money on the XBox, but more importantly, they would piss off PC-makers if they would start to become a competitor.

    Remember OS/2?

    Although the myths and sayings tell otherwise, the MAIN REASON for OS/2 failing was that PC-makers did not like the idea of being dependent on a direct competitor (IBM).

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    somebody is going to turn sour in the fatbabies.com forum !

  8. Re:page lengthening post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    It's not that good.

    A skilled troll would eliminate the "Read the rest of this comment..."

  9. Re:not redundant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    384 in fact

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