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Those Nintendo didi discs have come under heavy fire recently especially from those in the Sony camp and so I ask why?

The major fault is it's size, nothing compared to a DVD. But you'll never fill a DVD anyway and it will be a while until you fill an Optical Disc. 1.5GB isn't that low!

And anyway, as Optical Discs are cheap anyway (approx £35 the games will cost), then they can always have more than one. Another advantage of this format is its price much less than the DVD games which retail at about £45!

That of course isn't it, the Gamecube has virtually non-existent loading times and why? Yep you guessed it, the discs. As they are a shocking 8cm, the laser doesn't need tot ravel far to read the data and so some games have unnoticeable loading times, and those that do are very very short.

The size of the disc also helps in the console's size, it is tiny, about 10 CD's stacked up - go on try it. About the same size of my alarm clock it really is amazing but if the Discs were bigger, then the Console will need to be.

And finally, piracy! Ok, the discs may still get copied but it isn't as easy to do as the PS or Dreamcast. They are a completely new format for starters. Also, on the Optical Discs there are little holes that the discs require so the Gamecube can read them and, if a copied disc doesn't have them, then they cannot be used.

So Piracy, Price, Size and Loading are all things that will benefit Nintendo and are all thanks to the Disc and even though they are small in comparison to DVD's they are a very clever and wise move by the big N.

Dringo

Yes thanks.

Congratulations on your win there Dringo, that was a nice topic, well done.

There's also the problem that the GCDVD looks like cack.

i heard that the GC/DVD combo thing will be aBOUT $318. this was the value generated wan converted from the japenese price.

Slaveunit wrote:
> So, people have the choice of buying a GC or a GC that plays DVDs?
> wont everyone buy the DVD one instead?

I imagine it will be more expensive. Plus I don't think it is being released at the same time.

People that already have, or don't want a DVD player won't want it!

So, people have the choice of buying a GC or a GC that plays DVDs? wont everyone buy the DVD one instead?

Yep, it's a different machine, made by Panasonic. Basically a DVD Player GAMECUBE hybrid.

Sorry giys, i havent been to Ninty farm for a while

Is the Gamecube DVD a second machine, the one made by panasonic or something?

Surely the DVD GAMECUBE will be pirated first, as they could trick it into beleiving that a DVD was a game, similar to the methos in which the DC was pirated.

The stand alone GAMECUBE will take a little longer, but surely it will be done!

The only problem is the Nintendo Gamecube DVD!