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It would appear that developers are getting increasingly concerned at the way the Gamecube has cemented it's place as the 3rd console of choice and it's poor performance.
Sega recently shelved all it's GC sports titles in development due to poor performance of its GC titles.
Now one of the big hitters THQ has thrown doubt on the viability of developing for the Gamecube due to the more expensive (non standard discs) developement costs, but mostly to do with the GC continued poor performance particularly compared to the PS2.
Quote taken form Gamepro.com
"Our GameCube portfolio did not perform up to expectations," CEO Brian Farrell said during the conference call. "In response to this, we have reduced the number of products in development for the GameCube platform."
Sega recently shelved all it's GC sports titles in development due to poor performance of its GC titles.
Now one of the big hitters THQ has thrown doubt on the viability of developing for the Gamecube due to the more expensive (non standard discs) developement costs, but mostly to do with the GC continued poor performance particularly compared to the PS2.
Quote taken form Gamepro.com
"Our GameCube portfolio did not perform up to expectations," CEO Brian Farrell said during the conference call. "In response to this, we have reduced the number of products in development for the GameCube platform."
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It would appear that developers are getting increasingly concerned at the way the Gamecube has cemented it's place as the 3rd console of choice and it's poor performance.
Sega recently shelved all it's GC sports titles in development due to poor performance of its GC titles.
Now one of the big hitters THQ has thrown doubt on the viability of developing for the Gamecube due to the more expensive (non standard discs) developement costs, but mostly to do with the GC continued poor performance particularly compared to the PS2.
Quote taken form Gamepro.com
"Our GameCube portfolio did not perform up to expectations," CEO Brian Farrell said during the conference call. "In response to this, we have reduced the number of products in development for the GameCube platform."
Sega recently shelved all it's GC sports titles in development due to poor performance of its GC titles.
Now one of the big hitters THQ has thrown doubt on the viability of developing for the Gamecube due to the more expensive (non standard discs) developement costs, but mostly to do with the GC continued poor performance particularly compared to the PS2.
Quote taken form Gamepro.com
"Our GameCube portfolio did not perform up to expectations," CEO Brian Farrell said during the conference call. "In response to this, we have reduced the number of products in development for the GameCube platform."
THQ GC portfolio:
BattleBots
Dark Summit
Hot Wheels Velocity X
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael
Rocket Power Beach Bandits
Rugrats Royal Ransom
Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
SpongeBob Squarepants Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
Summoner®: A Goddess Reborn
Tetris Worlds
WWE ® Wrestlemania X8
And "coming soon" (or hopefully not):
Finding Nemo
Rocket Power Zero Gravity Zone
SpongeBob SquarePants
Tak and the Power of the Juj
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion
WWE™ Crush Hour™
Now, please tell me, other than Tetris Worlds, which of these titles did they expect to get major sales?
BattleBots
Dark Summit
Hot Wheels Velocity X
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael
Rocket Power Beach Bandits
Rugrats Royal Ransom
Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
SpongeBob Squarepants Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
Summoner®: A Goddess Reborn
Tetris Worlds
WWE ® Wrestlemania X8
And "coming soon" (or hopefully not):
Finding Nemo
Rocket Power Zero Gravity Zone
SpongeBob SquarePants
Tak and the Power of the Juj
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion
WWE™ Crush Hour™
Now, please tell me, other than Tetris Worlds, which of these titles did they expect to get major sales?
Go to http://www.thq.co.uk/ and tell me that there's a decent game shown there.
So what if THQ aren't realeasing as many GC games, big deal, no more Jimmy Neutron, Rugrats and Hot Wheels games for the Gamecube.
Where will the Gamecube be without Rugrats games? Better off I think.
So what if THQ aren't realeasing as many GC games, big deal, no more Jimmy Neutron, Rugrats and Hot Wheels games for the Gamecube.
Where will the Gamecube be without Rugrats games? Better off I think.
Just think what kind of message this sends to other GC developers and the game industry. Not a good sign.
Insane Bartender wrote:
Now, please tell me, other than Tetris Worlds, which of these titles
did they expect to get major sales?
Obviously none of them due to the Gamecube pathetic
installed user base.
Now, please tell me, other than Tetris Worlds, which of these titles
did they expect to get major sales?
Obviously none of them due to the Gamecube pathetic
installed user base.
Touché.
Their games got less sales than expected. They never said they're thinking twice about developing for the Cube.
Looking at the THQ games released on Cube, it's no wonder that the mediocre crap that they so happily call games is not selling.
It seems to me that the developers who are getting a bit scared are the ones releasing the mediocre toss. Someone needs to tell them that their games won't sell unless they're actually fun to play. They might sell on other consoles but the majority of Cube owners are hardcore gamers who actually do a bit of research into the games they buy and wont plump for mediocre toss just because it has a big license stuck on the front.
Looking at the THQ games released on Cube, it's no wonder that the mediocre crap that they so happily call games is not selling.
It seems to me that the developers who are getting a bit scared are the ones releasing the mediocre toss. Someone needs to tell them that their games won't sell unless they're actually fun to play. They might sell on other consoles but the majority of Cube owners are hardcore gamers who actually do a bit of research into the games they buy and wont plump for mediocre toss just because it has a big license stuck on the front.
Top score wrote:
> Obviously none of them due to the Gamecube pathetic
> installed user base.
I'm sorry, but if you produce games that are essentially nothing more than chaff, then the only console you can expect to sell them on is the PS2.
> Obviously none of them due to the Gamecube pathetic
> installed user base.
I'm sorry, but if you produce games that are essentially nothing more than chaff, then the only console you can expect to sell them on is the PS2.
The latsest NGC has a review of THQ's awful Jimmy Neutron game, tis' a funny one.
It is a wonder why someone who criticises so heavily owns an old, mouldy, out-of-date PS2 that got boring after the 40th game spewed onto the market not long after release.
GameCube has huge potential, as does XBox, but the PS2 is far too boring and lacks any kind of excitement.
GameCube has huge potential, as does XBox, but the PS2 is far too boring and lacks any kind of excitement.
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