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I really can't believe how good the Gamecube is!
Does anyone know how may games Miyamoto made over the N64's 5-Year lifespan? I think it was 3: Mario, Zelda 1 and Zelda 2... and to think that on the Gamecube he's making 4 games within a year, two of which are new, and the other two which HAVE to be good, because history won't see it any other way, is amazing! It must be sooooo easy to develop for... I know he's had a good head start, but really, it's mad.
I've been reading up on the Gamecubes's Specs and I like what I see. A main pro for the Gamecube in my opinion seems to be the fact that a lot of the tasks and on board features can be performed by the hardware, where as with the PS2 these actions have to be done through the software, taking valuable processing power off the CPU and GPU. (I talk to Bonus lots... :D)
Developers also say that Nintendo's reserved polygon count estimate was too low and that the previous figures of 6-12 million were more like 20.
The GC will also use S3's 6-to-1 texture compression idea, bascially meaning that the textures needed in games can be reduced in size to a sixth of the original size with no appreciable hit on the hardware.
IBM got the contract to make the processor chips for the Gamecube...IBM's copper chips run faster than Intel's aluminum Pentium chips at the same clock speed, they also feature low power consumption and run much cooler than their aluminum counterparts. The X-Box has an Intel processor with aluminium chips, at least i'm pretty sure it does, but I don't know about the PS2... either way, the GC is fast enough!
But leaving specs there for now... well talk about err... developers...
Who isn't on board would be an easier question than who is! I mean Kojima wants a crack, Square need a Nintendo contract to make FFXI work on-line for profit, Enix and loads of other developers from Japan have ties with Nintendo ala the Gameboy Advance. Developing games is VERY expensive nowadays, so multi-platform games are what companies will make... and to think that Nintendo will have a fair amount of the decent PS2 developers on board and their own franchises spanning from Retro and Rare to (The) Shigsy (Team) and Silicon Knights I don't think they're worrying too much... oh, and one other thing: PokÈmon!
Kids will go mad for it, and as soon as the PokÈmon GC game is out, which I estimate at Christmas 2002, Gamecubes will literally FLY off the shelves! In fact, they probably won't even make it on them!
I started this topic for all of us to keep a running account of the Gamecube until we want to stop or until it dies down, which won't be for ages. Everything right now is PS2, PS2, PS2, but as soon as Gamecube hits America we'll see some action!
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Does anyone know how may games Miyamoto made over the N64's 5-Year lifespan? I think it was 3: Mario, Zelda 1 and Zelda 2... and to think that on the Gamecube he's making 4 games within a year, two of which are new, and the other two which HAVE to be good, because history won't see it any other way, is amazing! It must be sooooo easy to develop for... I know he's had a good head start, but really, it's mad.
I've been reading up on the Gamecubes's Specs and I like what I see. A main pro for the Gamecube in my opinion seems to be the fact that a lot of the tasks and on board features can be performed by the hardware, where as with the PS2 these actions have to be done through the software, taking valuable processing power off the CPU and GPU. (I talk to Bonus lots... :D)
Developers also say that Nintendo's reserved polygon count estimate was too low and that the previous figures of 6-12 million were more like 20.
The GC will also use S3's 6-to-1 texture compression idea, bascially meaning that the textures needed in games can be reduced in size to a sixth of the original size with no appreciable hit on the hardware.
IBM got the contract to make the processor chips for the Gamecube...IBM's copper chips run faster than Intel's aluminum Pentium chips at the same clock speed, they also feature low power consumption and run much cooler than their aluminum counterparts. The X-Box has an Intel processor with aluminium chips, at least i'm pretty sure it does, but I don't know about the PS2... either way, the GC is fast enough!
But leaving specs there for now... well talk about err... developers...
Who isn't on board would be an easier question than who is! I mean Kojima wants a crack, Square need a Nintendo contract to make FFXI work on-line for profit, Enix and loads of other developers from Japan have ties with Nintendo ala the Gameboy Advance. Developing games is VERY expensive nowadays, so multi-platform games are what companies will make... and to think that Nintendo will have a fair amount of the decent PS2 developers on board and their own franchises spanning from Retro and Rare to (The) Shigsy (Team) and Silicon Knights I don't think they're worrying too much... oh, and one other thing: PokÈmon!
Kids will go mad for it, and as soon as the PokÈmon GC game is out, which I estimate at Christmas 2002, Gamecubes will literally FLY off the shelves! In fact, they probably won't even make it on them!
I started this topic for all of us to keep a running account of the Gamecube until we want to stop or until it dies down, which won't be for ages. Everything right now is PS2, PS2, PS2, but as soon as Gamecube hits America we'll see some action!
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Hmm, the PS2 proposition is becoming more and more attractive every day... it seems to have secured the present, and maybe a glimpse of the future too.
Bonus wrote:
> Very good post from Game, for a change. :D
He seems to be learning a little
> now, but he still has yet to grasp how powerful, but awkward the PS2 is, if
> anyone ever gets it spot on, people will be singing it's praises from every
> direction. With MGS2 only pulling in 65% of the PS2s ability, there is still
> massive room for improvement, it will come, just not as quickly as some people
> expect.
65%? WOW!
> Very good post from Game, for a change. :D
He seems to be learning a little
> now, but he still has yet to grasp how powerful, but awkward the PS2 is, if
> anyone ever gets it spot on, people will be singing it's praises from every
> direction. With MGS2 only pulling in 65% of the PS2s ability, there is still
> massive room for improvement, it will come, just not as quickly as some people
> expect.
65%? WOW!
This should so have won a game!
Resvilfan wrote:
> I wrote a topic on that in the PS forum, The PS2 can write to the v-ram faster
> than the gamecube and xbox put together, this allows alot of movement in the
> background with no effect to the gameplay.
Also wipes loading times of the
> face of the planet, well for us anyway :-D
That's different, that was the rate of transfer providing it goes for a certain amount of time.
In words you might understand better, it's got an alright acceleration, but it takes a while to operate at full speed, making it slightly inefficient for games.
The Gamecube on the other hand doesn't have quite the same max speed, but has a huge advantage in acceleration (almost 4 times as fast), making it more suited to games.
Read the article for more info.
> I wrote a topic on that in the PS forum, The PS2 can write to the v-ram faster
> than the gamecube and xbox put together, this allows alot of movement in the
> background with no effect to the gameplay.
Also wipes loading times of the
> face of the planet, well for us anyway :-D
That's different, that was the rate of transfer providing it goes for a certain amount of time.
In words you might understand better, it's got an alright acceleration, but it takes a while to operate at full speed, making it slightly inefficient for games.
The Gamecube on the other hand doesn't have quite the same max speed, but has a huge advantage in acceleration (almost 4 times as fast), making it more suited to games.
Read the article for more info.
Very good post from Game, for a change. :D
He seems to be learning a little now, but he still has yet to grasp how powerful, but awkward the PS2 is, if anyone ever gets it spot on, people will be singing it's praises from every direction. With MGS2 only pulling in 65% of the PS2s ability, there is still massive room for improvement, it will come, just not as quickly as some people expect.
He seems to be learning a little now, but he still has yet to grasp how powerful, but awkward the PS2 is, if anyone ever gets it spot on, people will be singing it's praises from every direction. With MGS2 only pulling in 65% of the PS2s ability, there is still massive room for improvement, it will come, just not as quickly as some people expect.
I sure hope that future Shemue games are released on Gamecube! I'm not too bothered about Shenmue 2 as i'll get this for my Dreamcast. But I do hope that the others will get released! Or actually, on second thoughts. They should port Shenmue 1, and 2, and then all the sequels onto Gamecube, cos that'd be GREAT!
:)
:)
I want to know how much the modem addon will be when it comes out???, and if shenmue 2 will ever make it to the purple shores of gaming bliss!?.
I wrote a topic on that in the PS forum, The PS2 can write to the v-ram faster than the gamecube and xbox put together, this allows alot of movement in the background with no effect to the gameplay.
Also wipes loading times of the face of the planet, well for us anyway :-D
Also wipes loading times of the face of the planet, well for us anyway :-D
Gamecube is actually faster than X-Box!
Can you believe it? - I didn't at first, but it's true...
It's all to do with the RAM... You can read the article at PlanetGamecube.com... worth the read... especially for PS2 owners, cause then we don't have to argue that Gamecube is faster!
:D
Can you believe it? - I didn't at first, but it's true...
It's all to do with the RAM... You can read the article at PlanetGamecube.com... worth the read... especially for PS2 owners, cause then we don't have to argue that Gamecube is faster!
:D
Turbonutter wrote:
> Resvilfan wrote:
> Do you mean the "are you sure you want to
> restart the race" trailer?
Yes.
aaa,I've got that on PSM2, graphics are a bit rough but they'll sort them out, class though innit :-D
> Resvilfan wrote:
> Do you mean the "are you sure you want to
> restart the race" trailer?
Yes.
aaa,I've got that on PSM2, graphics are a bit rough but they'll sort them out, class though innit :-D
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