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In my never-ending quest to find, hold and use a GameCube controller, I travelled to Leeds today. However, I still couldnít find one. Anywhere. Strange, that.
Stranger still though, is the apparent lack of anything to do with the GameCube at all. I am right in thinking that itís going to be released in March? Thatís 5 months away, yes? But still, thereís no sign that it even exists in G*me, Electronics Bout*que or V*rgin. Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know what the hell I was going on about, and the checkout bloke at G*me could only tell me it was made by Nintendo, and still there were 2 people standing behind me with GT3 bundles in their grip and parents twisted round their little finger.
So, am I missing something here? I mean, People were raving about the PS2 back in March 2000 at the Jap launch. Well, the Jap launch of the GC has been and gone but still the public are virtually unaware.
In my eyes, there are two possibilities as to why this is going on:
1. Nintendo are failing in their duty. They are supposed to make console and get people to buy them. At the moment, theyíre only doing half that. The N64ís advertisement campaign was virtually non-existent, and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda one, which was utter pants anyway. It seems to me that Nintendo donít actually want to win this war, because theyíre just not trying. Apart from the magazines, thereís nothing to let the public know that the GameCube even exists, never mind what itís all about. Also, it appears the public donít care either. Everyone was dying to hear more news on the PlayStationís successor, but not so with the GameCube apparently.
2. Nintendo are failing full stop. One of my regular hangouts in Leeds is a place called Just Men Barbers. I know the owner and he puts a little web design business my way. Now, that shop is very, very busy. It takes 5-10 minutes to cut someoneís hair and thereís always a queue. Being called Just Men as well, all the customers are lads, and by lads I mean proper lads, the kind who go to footy matches, get ratted on Saturday night and rarely get home before 10pm, whatever the day. Those kind of lads. Iíve always found it fascinating, though, how every single one of the guys who came in owned a PlayStation 2. Also, the subject of ìHow far have you got on GT3/ISS/Red Factionî always crops up. Itís obvious that this is standard barbershop banter that goes on. Thereís nothing ìchildishî or ìgeekyî about it. However, in all the years Iíve gone there (about 5 then), theyíve never talked about Nintendo machines, only PlayStations. I think that Nintendo have given up on the older market, and are sticking to the <18 range. The problem is, you donít get the media attention that Sony do, and consequently, if the machine was right for >18 gamers, they wouldnít be aware of it. As far as the publicís concerned, Nintendo donít have a 128bit console and they donít care either. Nintendo are going to have a big, big problem beating Sony, and my honest opinion is that theyíre not going to, even if the GameCube is a better console, because Nintendo have totally the wrong image and the wrong sort of people like them.
The impending release of the GameCube is having no impact on the world at all (In Leeds, at least) and the poor launch in Japan only backs me up. Nintendo need to get their butts in gear and let the public know they exist, and if they donít do it within the next couple of months, theyíre going to get beaten to a bloody pulp by Sony.
Stranger still though, is the apparent lack of anything to do with the GameCube at all. I am right in thinking that itís going to be released in March? Thatís 5 months away, yes? But still, thereís no sign that it even exists in G*me, Electronics Bout*que or V*rgin. Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know what the hell I was going on about, and the checkout bloke at G*me could only tell me it was made by Nintendo, and still there were 2 people standing behind me with GT3 bundles in their grip and parents twisted round their little finger.
So, am I missing something here? I mean, People were raving about the PS2 back in March 2000 at the Jap launch. Well, the Jap launch of the GC has been and gone but still the public are virtually unaware.
In my eyes, there are two possibilities as to why this is going on:
1. Nintendo are failing in their duty. They are supposed to make console and get people to buy them. At the moment, theyíre only doing half that. The N64ís advertisement campaign was virtually non-existent, and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda one, which was utter pants anyway. It seems to me that Nintendo donít actually want to win this war, because theyíre just not trying. Apart from the magazines, thereís nothing to let the public know that the GameCube even exists, never mind what itís all about. Also, it appears the public donít care either. Everyone was dying to hear more news on the PlayStationís successor, but not so with the GameCube apparently.
2. Nintendo are failing full stop. One of my regular hangouts in Leeds is a place called Just Men Barbers. I know the owner and he puts a little web design business my way. Now, that shop is very, very busy. It takes 5-10 minutes to cut someoneís hair and thereís always a queue. Being called Just Men as well, all the customers are lads, and by lads I mean proper lads, the kind who go to footy matches, get ratted on Saturday night and rarely get home before 10pm, whatever the day. Those kind of lads. Iíve always found it fascinating, though, how every single one of the guys who came in owned a PlayStation 2. Also, the subject of ìHow far have you got on GT3/ISS/Red Factionî always crops up. Itís obvious that this is standard barbershop banter that goes on. Thereís nothing ìchildishî or ìgeekyî about it. However, in all the years Iíve gone there (about 5 then), theyíve never talked about Nintendo machines, only PlayStations. I think that Nintendo have given up on the older market, and are sticking to the <18 range. The problem is, you donít get the media attention that Sony do, and consequently, if the machine was right for >18 gamers, they wouldnít be aware of it. As far as the publicís concerned, Nintendo donít have a 128bit console and they donít care either. Nintendo are going to have a big, big problem beating Sony, and my honest opinion is that theyíre not going to, even if the GameCube is a better console, because Nintendo have totally the wrong image and the wrong sort of people like them.
The impending release of the GameCube is having no impact on the world at all (In Leeds, at least) and the poor launch in Japan only backs me up. Nintendo need to get their butts in gear and let the public know they exist, and if they donít do it within the next couple of months, theyíre going to get beaten to a bloody pulp by Sony.
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i got the box in front of me, and i cant see the part where it says "at any one time".
anyways i'm off. cya...argue later.
anyways i'm off. cya...argue later.
Note the inclusion of the words "at any one time".
how do u mean not 32bit? by the fact the SCREEN only displays 32,000 colours?
Wow! On the box! Oooooooh!
On the subject of the box, if you look carefully, it mentions the amount of colours it can show at any one time, and proves that the console is not actually 32bit.
On the subject of the box, if you look carefully, it mentions the amount of colours it can show at any one time, and proves that the console is not actually 32bit.
On the GBA box it does show a picture of the Gamecube and the link-up capabilities.
But the thing is, the PS2 campaign started way before the launch date was announced. Nintendo really are being a bit slack with this. I should think that anyone with half a brain would have mention the link up capabilities of the GBA with the GC somewhere on the GBA adverts, it's such an obvious and intelligent thing to do.
Turbonutter wrote:
Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know
> what the hell I was going on about
The guys in dixons dont know anything anyway! i never go in my local dixons anymore, too many dodgy experiences.
and the checkout bloke at G*me could only
> tell me it was made by Nintendo,
maybe that was just unlucky, the bloke at EB told me (without me even asking him) that the Gamecube is expected in March, and also said that EA let slip of the SSX tricky launch for march 8th.
The N64ís advertisement campaign was
> virtually non-existent
Maybe that was becasue we did not have a Nintendo UK? Nintendo Uk has just been set up recently and becasue of this i feel the Gamecube will be much better marketed than the N64.
and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda
> one, which was utter pants anyway.
dont remember the F1 advert? "lets see that again!" it sold bucket loads of that game!
I think that Nintendo have given up on the older
> market, and are sticking to the <18 range.
Not really, what do u think they are trying to do by bringing the resi evil series to the Gamecube?
Just remember that the Gamecube doesnt even have a europeon release date yet. THe gamecubes europeon launch campaign will start to take plan soon after the american launch. Nintendo wont mess up the Gamecube launch, they have learned alot from mistakes they made with the N64.
Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know
> what the hell I was going on about
The guys in dixons dont know anything anyway! i never go in my local dixons anymore, too many dodgy experiences.
and the checkout bloke at G*me could only
> tell me it was made by Nintendo,
maybe that was just unlucky, the bloke at EB told me (without me even asking him) that the Gamecube is expected in March, and also said that EA let slip of the SSX tricky launch for march 8th.
The N64ís advertisement campaign was
> virtually non-existent
Maybe that was becasue we did not have a Nintendo UK? Nintendo Uk has just been set up recently and becasue of this i feel the Gamecube will be much better marketed than the N64.
and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda
> one, which was utter pants anyway.
dont remember the F1 advert? "lets see that again!" it sold bucket loads of that game!
I think that Nintendo have given up on the older
> market, and are sticking to the <18 range.
Not really, what do u think they are trying to do by bringing the resi evil series to the Gamecube?
Just remember that the Gamecube doesnt even have a europeon release date yet. THe gamecubes europeon launch campaign will start to take plan soon after the american launch. Nintendo wont mess up the Gamecube launch, they have learned alot from mistakes they made with the N64.
In my never-ending quest to find, hold and use a GameCube controller, I travelled to Leeds today. However, I still couldnít find one. Anywhere. Strange, that.
Stranger still though, is the apparent lack of anything to do with the GameCube at all. I am right in thinking that itís going to be released in March? Thatís 5 months away, yes? But still, thereís no sign that it even exists in G*me, Electronics Bout*que or V*rgin. Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know what the hell I was going on about, and the checkout bloke at G*me could only tell me it was made by Nintendo, and still there were 2 people standing behind me with GT3 bundles in their grip and parents twisted round their little finger.
So, am I missing something here? I mean, People were raving about the PS2 back in March 2000 at the Jap launch. Well, the Jap launch of the GC has been and gone but still the public are virtually unaware.
In my eyes, there are two possibilities as to why this is going on:
1. Nintendo are failing in their duty. They are supposed to make console and get people to buy them. At the moment, theyíre only doing half that. The N64ís advertisement campaign was virtually non-existent, and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda one, which was utter pants anyway. It seems to me that Nintendo donít actually want to win this war, because theyíre just not trying. Apart from the magazines, thereís nothing to let the public know that the GameCube even exists, never mind what itís all about. Also, it appears the public donít care either. Everyone was dying to hear more news on the PlayStationís successor, but not so with the GameCube apparently.
2. Nintendo are failing full stop. One of my regular hangouts in Leeds is a place called Just Men Barbers. I know the owner and he puts a little web design business my way. Now, that shop is very, very busy. It takes 5-10 minutes to cut someoneís hair and thereís always a queue. Being called Just Men as well, all the customers are lads, and by lads I mean proper lads, the kind who go to footy matches, get ratted on Saturday night and rarely get home before 10pm, whatever the day. Those kind of lads. Iíve always found it fascinating, though, how every single one of the guys who came in owned a PlayStation 2. Also, the subject of ìHow far have you got on GT3/ISS/Red Factionî always crops up. Itís obvious that this is standard barbershop banter that goes on. Thereís nothing ìchildishî or ìgeekyî about it. However, in all the years Iíve gone there (about 5 then), theyíve never talked about Nintendo machines, only PlayStations. I think that Nintendo have given up on the older market, and are sticking to the <18 range. The problem is, you donít get the media attention that Sony do, and consequently, if the machine was right for >18 gamers, they wouldnít be aware of it. As far as the publicís concerned, Nintendo donít have a 128bit console and they donít care either. Nintendo are going to have a big, big problem beating Sony, and my honest opinion is that theyíre not going to, even if the GameCube is a better console, because Nintendo have totally the wrong image and the wrong sort of people like them.
The impending release of the GameCube is having no impact on the world at all (In Leeds, at least) and the poor launch in Japan only backs me up. Nintendo need to get their butts in gear and let the public know they exist, and if they donít do it within the next couple of months, theyíre going to get beaten to a bloody pulp by Sony.
Stranger still though, is the apparent lack of anything to do with the GameCube at all. I am right in thinking that itís going to be released in March? Thatís 5 months away, yes? But still, thereís no sign that it even exists in G*me, Electronics Bout*que or V*rgin. Hell, the guy in Dixons didnít even know what the hell I was going on about, and the checkout bloke at G*me could only tell me it was made by Nintendo, and still there were 2 people standing behind me with GT3 bundles in their grip and parents twisted round their little finger.
So, am I missing something here? I mean, People were raving about the PS2 back in March 2000 at the Jap launch. Well, the Jap launch of the GC has been and gone but still the public are virtually unaware.
In my eyes, there are two possibilities as to why this is going on:
1. Nintendo are failing in their duty. They are supposed to make console and get people to buy them. At the moment, theyíre only doing half that. The N64ís advertisement campaign was virtually non-existent, and the only advert I can actually remember is the Zelda one, which was utter pants anyway. It seems to me that Nintendo donít actually want to win this war, because theyíre just not trying. Apart from the magazines, thereís nothing to let the public know that the GameCube even exists, never mind what itís all about. Also, it appears the public donít care either. Everyone was dying to hear more news on the PlayStationís successor, but not so with the GameCube apparently.
2. Nintendo are failing full stop. One of my regular hangouts in Leeds is a place called Just Men Barbers. I know the owner and he puts a little web design business my way. Now, that shop is very, very busy. It takes 5-10 minutes to cut someoneís hair and thereís always a queue. Being called Just Men as well, all the customers are lads, and by lads I mean proper lads, the kind who go to footy matches, get ratted on Saturday night and rarely get home before 10pm, whatever the day. Those kind of lads. Iíve always found it fascinating, though, how every single one of the guys who came in owned a PlayStation 2. Also, the subject of ìHow far have you got on GT3/ISS/Red Factionî always crops up. Itís obvious that this is standard barbershop banter that goes on. Thereís nothing ìchildishî or ìgeekyî about it. However, in all the years Iíve gone there (about 5 then), theyíve never talked about Nintendo machines, only PlayStations. I think that Nintendo have given up on the older market, and are sticking to the <18 range. The problem is, you donít get the media attention that Sony do, and consequently, if the machine was right for >18 gamers, they wouldnít be aware of it. As far as the publicís concerned, Nintendo donít have a 128bit console and they donít care either. Nintendo are going to have a big, big problem beating Sony, and my honest opinion is that theyíre not going to, even if the GameCube is a better console, because Nintendo have totally the wrong image and the wrong sort of people like them.
The impending release of the GameCube is having no impact on the world at all (In Leeds, at least) and the poor launch in Japan only backs me up. Nintendo need to get their butts in gear and let the public know they exist, and if they donít do it within the next couple of months, theyíre going to get beaten to a bloody pulp by Sony.
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