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Theres quite a few Nintendo fans about...
And equally.. quite a few people intending to buy a GC...
However... What IF... a couple of years down the line... As a result of business tactics by both Sony and MS...
Nintendo goes the way of Sega and is pushed out of console gameing...
I'm not trying to say the GC is doomed... or that Sony and MS need to do dodgy business dealings in order to survive...
What I was wondering was what would you do if Ninty were taken off the field...
Would you buy another console... or give up on gaming altogether? ... Stick with the GC's released titles until the next gen consoles come around?
The same question goes to PS2 gamers... What would you do if the GC and X-Box releases next year kill off Sonys machine... with more developers jumping ship to other platforms as the days go by?
And equally.. quite a few people intending to buy a GC...
However... What IF... a couple of years down the line... As a result of business tactics by both Sony and MS...
Nintendo goes the way of Sega and is pushed out of console gameing...
I'm not trying to say the GC is doomed... or that Sony and MS need to do dodgy business dealings in order to survive...
What I was wondering was what would you do if Ninty were taken off the field...
Would you buy another console... or give up on gaming altogether? ... Stick with the GC's released titles until the next gen consoles come around?
The same question goes to PS2 gamers... What would you do if the GC and X-Box releases next year kill off Sonys machine... with more developers jumping ship to other platforms as the days go by?
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Cyclone wrote:
> Ant - Gamecube has more chance of being phased out? With at least
> 100 games already in the pipe (last time I checked anyway) I don't
> think the Gamecube will be phased out at all. If Sony don't get the
> PS2 to be in some way better than the GC and X-Box, what will happen
> to PS2?
The PS2 doesn't need to get any better. Just look at the list of titles to be released for it.
Also, the PSX and N64 survived the DC, right?? The X-Box and Gc may be powerful (marginally), but they're not released for another year or so, and even when they are, the PS2 will still be one of the best around.
> Ant - Gamecube has more chance of being phased out? With at least
> 100 games already in the pipe (last time I checked anyway) I don't
> think the Gamecube will be phased out at all. If Sony don't get the
> PS2 to be in some way better than the GC and X-Box, what will happen
> to PS2?
The PS2 doesn't need to get any better. Just look at the list of titles to be released for it.
Also, the PSX and N64 survived the DC, right?? The X-Box and Gc may be powerful (marginally), but they're not released for another year or so, and even when they are, the PS2 will still be one of the best around.
M16 wrote:
> IF the gamecube did fail in some way or another, I would just wait
> for PS3 :-)
I am 99.2% sure the Gamecube will not fail.
I am 102% the GC will not fail....
> IF the gamecube did fail in some way or another, I would just wait
> for PS3 :-)
I am 99.2% sure the Gamecube will not fail.
I am 102% the GC will not fail....
Ant - Gamecube has more chance of being phased out? With at least 100 games already in the pipe (last time I checked anyway) I don't think the Gamecube will be phased out at all. If Sony don't get the PS2 to be in some way better than the GC and X-Box, what will happen to PS2?
fogmaster wrote:
> The Gamecube is the same as the Xbox in many ways, if the sales
> start to fall Nintendo and Microsoft have enough money to keep up
> appearances, just because the PS2 sold millions of units before
> being released
The thing is, the Playstation 2 didn't sell millions of units before release!
In fact the total amount of Japanese sales, up to the end of the 4th day after release, only 70,000 (Can't remember exact number) were sold.
The Gameboy advance sold over 550,000 units in the same amount of time!
> The Gamecube is the same as the Xbox in many ways, if the sales
> start to fall Nintendo and Microsoft have enough money to keep up
> appearances, just because the PS2 sold millions of units before
> being released
The thing is, the Playstation 2 didn't sell millions of units before release!
In fact the total amount of Japanese sales, up to the end of the 4th day after release, only 70,000 (Can't remember exact number) were sold.
The Gameboy advance sold over 550,000 units in the same amount of time!
Edgy wrote:
> At the moment, it looks like Sony's Playstation 2 has more chance of
> being kicked out of the gaming market!
X-box is owned by
> Microsoft so a drop in sales would mean that it wouldn't effect the
> console so much.
The PS2 has lost a lot of it's third party
> exclusivity and there are plenty of developers who have decided to
> make for the Gamecube!
Well, considering the large list of releases for the PS2, and the fact that top class games like ZOE and StarFighter have already been released, I would be very suprised if the PS2 was kicked out of the market.
I reckon the GC has more chance of that.
> At the moment, it looks like Sony's Playstation 2 has more chance of
> being kicked out of the gaming market!
X-box is owned by
> Microsoft so a drop in sales would mean that it wouldn't effect the
> console so much.
The PS2 has lost a lot of it's third party
> exclusivity and there are plenty of developers who have decided to
> make for the Gamecube!
Well, considering the large list of releases for the PS2, and the fact that top class games like ZOE and StarFighter have already been released, I would be very suprised if the PS2 was kicked out of the market.
I reckon the GC has more chance of that.
Pointless to ask this really, the Gamecube has all the features to make it a good machine, but without a DVD player not everyone will buy it.
But that doesn't mean there is alot of gamers in the world that want to buy this.
But that doesn't mean there is alot of gamers in the world that want to buy this.
The Gamecube is the same as the Xbox in many ways, if the sales start to fall Nintendo and Microsoft have enough money to keep up appearances, just because the PS2 sold millions of units before being released and the PSX was the most popular console of the last generation, doesn't mean the PS2 owners are happy, I know alot of them are but the overall word is that it's underated. How can you jusge the GC when it's not even being released until next year!?
+ the GBA will be good!
+ the GBA will be good!
Never heard of Hot House.
At the moment, it looks like Sony's Playstation 2 has more chance of being kicked out of the gaming market!
X-box is owned by Microsoft so a drop in sales would mean that it wouldn't effect the console so much.
The PS2 has lost a lot of it's third party exclusivity and there are plenty of developers who have decided to make for the Gamecube!
X-box is owned by Microsoft so a drop in sales would mean that it wouldn't effect the console so much.
The PS2 has lost a lot of it's third party exclusivity and there are plenty of developers who have decided to make for the Gamecube!
Oops.....:P
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