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""...And Nintendo GameCube.""

Ever noticed how whenever you see a new advert for a newly-released video-game, and it's multi-format, the GameCube is always mentioned last?


"Available now on PlayStation 2, X-Box, PC... and.., er.... Nintendo Game.... uh... Cube!"


I always thought it was bad-enough with the average gamer and their neglection for the GameCube and Nintendo, but this only appears to make things worse!

Imagine little "I-own-all-3-consoles" Timmy, sat at home watching TV one-day, when the an advert for the latest Harry Potter game comes out, and he can't decide for which of the 'Big 3' consoles to get it on...
First thing he hears - PlayStation 2 - "the gamer's choice!"

And before the narrator's even got the the final 'X' in "X-Box", he's in the kitchen whining to his mum about how he "must have this game on PS2 NOW!!!"... GameCube doesn't even get a look-in.


Okay, so maybe that's going a bit too-far, but it's crystal clear to the world that Nintendo's GameCube is getting left-behind in last-place, no matter where you look.

Will we ever hear "Nintendo GameCube" at the front of that list??
("I don't think so, Tim!")



Surely Nintendo-Europe themselves could do something about this??
And while it may not instantly - or even at-all - help sales of the 'Cube and its latest releases, it would show at least SOME people that Nintendo ain't the "pushovers" they appear to be!

And to make things worse, they seem to just 'ALLOW' Microsoft's Robbie Bach to continue spewing-out all that "RUBBISH" about how their X-Box "is" in second-place behind the PS2, when clearly, the sales-figures show it's the GameCube... Why don't Nintendo fight-back?
(It's not like anyone could be short on come-backs and insults for Microsoft, Bill Gates and their X-Box!! ;D )

I dislike the buttons on the PS controllers.

The four action buttons are enough to give you pains after a time (for me anyway). And the D-Pad is absoloutely atrocious. Better with analogue though.

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Whitestripes DX wrote:
> What I really dislike is how SR summons up all it's retardedness and
> advertises multi-format games as only being on the PS2 and Xbox.
>
> Example please.

There are none in the banners currently on display, but like someone else said, there have been a few in the past.

I get cramp sometimes from the Xbox controller. I have done on PGR quite a few times.

I find the Playstation controllers ill concieved, they give me sore wrists.

I wouldnt mind at all if they used the dual shock for the PS3. After using the controller regulary for over 2 years now, i find it perfect.

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Whitestripes DX wrote:
> What I really dislike is how SR summons up all it's retardedness and
> advertises multi-format games as only being on the PS2 and Xbox.
>
> Example please.

I can't remember any exact ones, but I have seen them around.

Dringo wrote:
> I will laugh myself to death if the PS3 uses dual shock again.

Yet there is a splinter in my mind telling me that they will.

Don't mind the Xbox controller at all. I do prefer the GameCube one for most games but for FPS games and Racing games I like the standard Xbox controller.

Saving up for the Wireless Logic 3 Xbox controller though :)

Whitestripes DX wrote:
> The Xbox controller really is badly designed.
>
>
> The D-pad is the worst I've ever used, it doens't have specific
> directions, just sort of turns vaguely. And I don't care how big your
> hands are, the black and white buttons are totally unreachable without
> compltely moving your hand up; which also means you can no longer use
> the right thumbstick, a bit of a bad move when you can't use it to
> look around in FPS and the like.
>
>
> Don't suppose anyone is crazy enough to swap an Xbox pad for an S pad
> are they?

I find it brilliant. But then I'm a guitarist and can dislocate all my fingers pretty much at will. It's a great controller in my opinion. Hate the PS controller though, I get sore hands after using it for a long time.

Whitestripes DX wrote:
> What I really dislike is how SR summons up all it's retardedness and
> advertises multi-format games as only being on the PS2 and Xbox.

Example please.