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The biggest threat to nintendo's success is of course (sorry microsoft) sony, and the consideration that if the attractive titles (like GTA3) of late keep on coming, everyone will be attached to a ps2 controller come the GC launch date.
What do nintendo do about this? They keep us hungry, just as our attention wavers to the shop shelf and the prospect new games right now, they pull out a reminder of what they want us to wait for. Sometimes it's news of a new game, screen shots or company networking offering recognised titles. Of late the japanese and american releases of the console have contributed, and maybe gba has been adding to the lure by satisfying the need for new releases and touting the proposed like to the gamecube itself.
But the question is this: Does anyone care any more? Are we tired of the (recently tepid) news? The activity of the nintendo forum suggests so.
We now know about the capabilities of the machine. Hard to stay excited these days.
We've seen the (hopefully) great release games, maybe even played them. More of the same won't big news.
We've seen most of the little things, like the controllers, and they never managed to generate a very big fuss.
So with christmas coming, what can nintendo do to keep us hanging on?
Pursuade us to get GBA instead of PS2, perhaps. It'd need marketing though... don't hold your breath.
Confirmation of release colours would get people talking about gamecube again at least. And it'd be an incentive to know there would be a nice colour at uk launch.
Internet gaming. It looks certain to happen, but do it with enough flair, and people will be interested.
Perhaps the only other thing (the only one i can think of anyway. Feel free to suggest anything else), and probably the most effective, would be a confirmation of a release date. At least it'd end the uncertainty, and give us a fixed date to count down to. Of course, if it's too far away, it won't have that much impact.
Surely even the most tactical use of these snippits of information can't get us all the way to the springtime (early march?) launch. And even a bombardment of information couldn't get a large number of the more fickle proportion of the market through the annual accumulation of expensive stuff we call christmas... could it?
One thing i know, if everyone is as disinterested in gamecube as i am at the moment, and they can't afford ps2 AND gamecube, it'll take a minor miracle to see a successful european launch.
What do nintendo do about this? They keep us hungry, just as our attention wavers to the shop shelf and the prospect new games right now, they pull out a reminder of what they want us to wait for. Sometimes it's news of a new game, screen shots or company networking offering recognised titles. Of late the japanese and american releases of the console have contributed, and maybe gba has been adding to the lure by satisfying the need for new releases and touting the proposed like to the gamecube itself.
But the question is this: Does anyone care any more? Are we tired of the (recently tepid) news? The activity of the nintendo forum suggests so.
We now know about the capabilities of the machine. Hard to stay excited these days.
We've seen the (hopefully) great release games, maybe even played them. More of the same won't big news.
We've seen most of the little things, like the controllers, and they never managed to generate a very big fuss.
So with christmas coming, what can nintendo do to keep us hanging on?
Pursuade us to get GBA instead of PS2, perhaps. It'd need marketing though... don't hold your breath.
Confirmation of release colours would get people talking about gamecube again at least. And it'd be an incentive to know there would be a nice colour at uk launch.
Internet gaming. It looks certain to happen, but do it with enough flair, and people will be interested.
Perhaps the only other thing (the only one i can think of anyway. Feel free to suggest anything else), and probably the most effective, would be a confirmation of a release date. At least it'd end the uncertainty, and give us a fixed date to count down to. Of course, if it's too far away, it won't have that much impact.
Surely even the most tactical use of these snippits of information can't get us all the way to the springtime (early march?) launch. And even a bombardment of information couldn't get a large number of the more fickle proportion of the market through the annual accumulation of expensive stuff we call christmas... could it?
One thing i know, if everyone is as disinterested in gamecube as i am at the moment, and they can't afford ps2 AND gamecube, it'll take a minor miracle to see a successful european launch.
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The biggest threat to nintendo's success is of course (sorry microsoft) sony, and the consideration that if the attractive titles (like GTA3) of late keep on coming, everyone will be attached to a ps2 controller come the GC launch date.
What do nintendo do about this? They keep us hungry, just as our attention wavers to the shop shelf and the prospect new games right now, they pull out a reminder of what they want us to wait for. Sometimes it's news of a new game, screen shots or company networking offering recognised titles. Of late the japanese and american releases of the console have contributed, and maybe gba has been adding to the lure by satisfying the need for new releases and touting the proposed like to the gamecube itself.
But the question is this: Does anyone care any more? Are we tired of the (recently tepid) news? The activity of the nintendo forum suggests so.
We now know about the capabilities of the machine. Hard to stay excited these days.
We've seen the (hopefully) great release games, maybe even played them. More of the same won't big news.
We've seen most of the little things, like the controllers, and they never managed to generate a very big fuss.
So with christmas coming, what can nintendo do to keep us hanging on?
Pursuade us to get GBA instead of PS2, perhaps. It'd need marketing though... don't hold your breath.
Confirmation of release colours would get people talking about gamecube again at least. And it'd be an incentive to know there would be a nice colour at uk launch.
Internet gaming. It looks certain to happen, but do it with enough flair, and people will be interested.
Perhaps the only other thing (the only one i can think of anyway. Feel free to suggest anything else), and probably the most effective, would be a confirmation of a release date. At least it'd end the uncertainty, and give us a fixed date to count down to. Of course, if it's too far away, it won't have that much impact.
Surely even the most tactical use of these snippits of information can't get us all the way to the springtime (early march?) launch. And even a bombardment of information couldn't get a large number of the more fickle proportion of the market through the annual accumulation of expensive stuff we call christmas... could it?
One thing i know, if everyone is as disinterested in gamecube as i am at the moment, and they can't afford ps2 AND gamecube, it'll take a minor miracle to see a successful european launch.
What do nintendo do about this? They keep us hungry, just as our attention wavers to the shop shelf and the prospect new games right now, they pull out a reminder of what they want us to wait for. Sometimes it's news of a new game, screen shots or company networking offering recognised titles. Of late the japanese and american releases of the console have contributed, and maybe gba has been adding to the lure by satisfying the need for new releases and touting the proposed like to the gamecube itself.
But the question is this: Does anyone care any more? Are we tired of the (recently tepid) news? The activity of the nintendo forum suggests so.
We now know about the capabilities of the machine. Hard to stay excited these days.
We've seen the (hopefully) great release games, maybe even played them. More of the same won't big news.
We've seen most of the little things, like the controllers, and they never managed to generate a very big fuss.
So with christmas coming, what can nintendo do to keep us hanging on?
Pursuade us to get GBA instead of PS2, perhaps. It'd need marketing though... don't hold your breath.
Confirmation of release colours would get people talking about gamecube again at least. And it'd be an incentive to know there would be a nice colour at uk launch.
Internet gaming. It looks certain to happen, but do it with enough flair, and people will be interested.
Perhaps the only other thing (the only one i can think of anyway. Feel free to suggest anything else), and probably the most effective, would be a confirmation of a release date. At least it'd end the uncertainty, and give us a fixed date to count down to. Of course, if it's too far away, it won't have that much impact.
Surely even the most tactical use of these snippits of information can't get us all the way to the springtime (early march?) launch. And even a bombardment of information couldn't get a large number of the more fickle proportion of the market through the annual accumulation of expensive stuff we call christmas... could it?
One thing i know, if everyone is as disinterested in gamecube as i am at the moment, and they can't afford ps2 AND gamecube, it'll take a minor miracle to see a successful european launch.