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People are going away from stuff like Mario now. The market has moved on, and people are now "getting used" to games like GTA-VC, The Getaway, even Quake3 and Halo. This is what many people look for now.
Both the other consoles have DVD (bigger games, and can pay DVD movies). People do want this on a console. It's handy for playing movies, since not everyone has a standalone dvd player, and even in homes with such a machine, the games console may often be kept in a different room, so the dvd capability is still useful. Even if dvd is not for you, since it's so popular, whenever there is a review of consoles, they will always say the Gamecube is not so good because "it aint got DVD".
The Gamecube is some what limited in terms of upgrades. It's 2 high speed serial sockets can't compare with the internal expansion bay of the PS2, or the USB, or FireWire. And Xbox even has a hard disc and broadband already in there.
Nintendo has the wrong image. The appearance of the unit generally is "toy like", and appears to have been designed with younger kids as the target audience.
If indeed Nintendo are/were trying to make the GC appeal to the younger audience, then they got that wrong. Everyone knows by now, that it's the older ones who are more likely to spend the money on products such as this.
> Slaveunit wrote:
> I got a cube next to my ps2, and I havent played it in months.
>
> anyone want to buy it off me?
>
> Alright. 5 quid for the PS2.
Can I have the PS2 then?
Alright 10 quid (you drive a hard bargain).
> I got a cube next to my ps2, and I havent played it in months.
>
> anyone want to buy it off me?
Alright. 5 quid for the PS2.
anyone want to buy it off me?
But, there is that question about whether/where Nintendo belong in the fast-moving modern games industry, the industry that now uses hype and PR spiel to lure gamers into false ideas about great gaming instead of relying on the game being good on its on merits (The Getaway and Enter the Matrix to name but two), and Nintendo can’t really compete in that kind of industry.
Funnily enough it reminds me of Japan itself; the traditional way of life and rich culture and history (Nintendo) against the new style flashy nature of modern Japanese society (Playstation generation). Yet in Japan they still have fondness for their history, and it still has a place, so too hopefully will Nintendo.
We’ll just have to see in a few years time if the old masters are still around, either producing the same old stuff or conforming to new style gaming concepts, or if they’d have disappeared completely. Only time, or Mystic Meg, will tell.