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"Developers thinking twice due to GC poor performance."

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."

Robin wrote:
> and like it said, it is poor performance...


Haha, you refer to Top Score as an 'it'... :D

Ha, ha, i tell my mate all the time that his Game Cube suck but he just does not believe me...
Sorry you guys who do have game cubes, i really just do not like them, and like it said, it is poor performance...

muh

Unbeliever wrote:
> Show me a true gamer who minds doing that and I'll show you an orange
> penguin.

Now wheres this orange penguin? If you mean the chocolate I'll slap you.

Updated wrote:
and most people didn't
> mind disc shuffle,


So I'm assuming 'most people' *looks at Updated* buy a seperate console and TV for each game they buy...? Oh, and a seperate DVD player and CD player for each one of those they buy...

Otherwise they'd have to switch discs. And we know people hate doing that... such a strain...

Tom, what you are failing to realise is that Updated won't concede a point no matter how wrong he is.

People seem to be forgetting that, as far as I am aware, there is only one game currently available which requires swapping disks.

And also, does it not seem a good idea for Nintendo to create their own media? Means they don't have to pay the people who created the DVD format, for a start...

The point thats being missed it its only two developers.
And they havent completely stopped Cube output, Sega have just stopped Sports games which were beaten by rival games by other companies most of the time. We still have other Sega titles like MOnkey Ball and Skies of Arcadia.
And THQ havent made a decent game in ages.

Updated wrote:
> What you have to ask yourself is, Why is GC not doing better?

Because people like yourself follow the crowd and then use ridiculous arguments to justify their own choice.

Updated wrote:
If GC were really that great, and most people didn't
> mind disc shuffle, lack of dvd, etc, etc, etc, etc, they (Ninty)
> should be taking over from PS2.

Crap sells by the bucketload, you only have to look at Gareth gates and all his bum-faced, muppet friends.