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SuperOstrich

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  1. The Great White at Monterey is the first GW to ever eat in captivity. It has only been there about a week I guess. Since it is eating, it may end up being the first success story ever. It's less than 5 feet long currently, smaller than many of its tuna tankmates. They are actually concerned that the tuna may harm the shark.

  2. I don't know. I have a strong feeling this is going to end up like Starship Troopers a horrid adaptation of a great book.

    I actually found the Starship Troopers movie to be quite good, even though it barely had a passing resemblence to the book. Basically, just think of them as two different stories and it's all good. The biggest problem with the movie is that it didn't do anything to dispel the untrue conspiracy that Heinlein was a fascist. I mean, they had the military guys wearing nazi-inspired uniforms.

    What's better than fresh-faced teenagers getting ripped apart by bugs? :)

  3. I thought the point was to see how many units they sold, not how many units are out there functioning.

    Why? They sell hardware for either a loss or no-profit. They make ALL the money on the games, not the hardware. If most of those systems are not functioning or locked away in a closet, what's the point of printing the numbers? I'll tell you why. It makes the system appear more successful than it really is, which looks good to retailers. That's it.

    The only numbers worth printing are software sales.

  4. I'm gonna say that without a doubt those numbers are misleading. How many people here had to buy more than one PS1 due to malfunction?

    But still, even if someone had to buy another unit because one became kaput, they still bought another unit and Sony still sold another unit.

    That's irrelevant. The numbers they print up during the lifetime of a system are used to show retailers how many potential game buyers there are out there. When in fact there are far less due to this very reason. There might be 100 million PS1's manufactured and shipped to stores, but I'll bet that less than a quarter of them still exist.

  5. CoryHolmes,

    I just want to point out that this thread was about information until your post. If any RT-related flame wars start from this, it was your doing. Your post was meant to cause an arguement. Please leave it alone. If you want to add to the discussion, go right ahead. Leave your thoughts as to the nature of thte people on this board out of it.

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