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Activision, Codemasters and Electronic Arts are stopping all development for the Gamecube.
They all make pretty crappy games on the whole, but EA support pretty much guarantees software sales in the west. Gamecube looks to be on shaky ground now, which is a real shame.
They all make pretty crappy games on the whole, but EA support pretty much guarantees software sales in the west. Gamecube looks to be on shaky ground now, which is a real shame.
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EA to stop development? On no! No more FIFA!
*sighs in relief*
since when have EA bought out any decent games?
No Activision? Damn! No more generic Hawks type games.
Codemasters is the only one I'm aggrieved about but they've never had a good relationship with Nintendo anyway so i'm not surprised.
*sighs in relief*
since when have EA bought out any decent games?
No Activision? Damn! No more generic Hawks type games.
Codemasters is the only one I'm aggrieved about but they've never had a good relationship with Nintendo anyway so i'm not surprised.
idlewild wrote:
> Anyway, shouldn't this be in the Nintendo forum? Or did the author
> just want a Gamecube - hatred thread? Most likely.
Actually I thought if I posted it in the Gamecube forum I would look like a gloating PS2 owner. Which I'm not.
God these forums p!ss me off! I really need to try going cold turkey or something.
> Anyway, shouldn't this be in the Nintendo forum? Or did the author
> just want a Gamecube - hatred thread? Most likely.
Actually I thought if I posted it in the Gamecube forum I would look like a gloating PS2 owner. Which I'm not.
God these forums p!ss me off! I really need to try going cold turkey or something.
Suuuuuuure
Tóm wrote:
>doesn't mean we're biast.
*biased
God damn, I always make that mistake late at night.
>doesn't mean we're biast.
*biased
God damn, I always make that mistake late at night.
idlewild wrote:
> Need I say anymore?
Just because the website is xboxrules.com, doesn't mean we're biast. We even have people who don't own Xboxes, and PS2 lovers on the site.
it's the gamerules network. It also consists of Playstationrules.com, Gamecuberules.com, and PCrules.com.
In conclusion, shut up.
> Need I say anymore?
Just because the website is xboxrules.com, doesn't mean we're biast. We even have people who don't own Xboxes, and PS2 lovers on the site.
it's the gamerules network. It also consists of Playstationrules.com, Gamecuberules.com, and PCrules.com.
In conclusion, shut up.
Tóm wrote:
> From Xboxrules.com: :-)
Need I say anymore?
> From Xboxrules.com: :-)
Need I say anymore?
Maverick42 wrote:
> Does it really
> matter? Not really.
Personally, I don't care. I don't often wonder if the Xbox is outselling the Gamecube while I challenge Americans, and race in PGR.
But it seems a lot of people do care, judging by this thread - which has gone horribly off topic.
> Does it really
> matter? Not really.
Personally, I don't care. I don't often wonder if the Xbox is outselling the Gamecube while I challenge Americans, and race in PGR.
But it seems a lot of people do care, judging by this thread - which has gone horribly off topic.
That's what Microsoft claim. Nintendo think otherwise. Does it really matter? Not really.
From Xboxrules.com: :-)
Coming off an impressive holiday season, the Xbox video game system continues to show strong North American sales and solidify its position in the highly competitive video game industry. Microsoft Corp. today confirmed that Xbox got off to a very happy new year, with outstanding January sales.
According to NPD Group/NPD Funworld, Xbox maintained a 24 percent next-generation market share in January, double the share of Nintendo's GameCube system.
With January sales, Xbox increased its cumulative software-to-hardware attach rate to an impressive 4.9 units, the highest for any next-generation console after 15 months on the market.* In addition, the Xbox Live TM service continues to excite gamers around the world. Microsoft has now sold 44 percent more Xbox Live starter kits than Sony has sold of its PS2 network adapters during their first three months in the market.*
The biggest noise in the month of January was made by "Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball," the highly anticipated title from Tecmo Inc., developed exclusively for Xbox. Released on Jan. 22, "DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball" immediately became the month's No. 1 selling Xbox title, selling as many units in 10 days as GameCube consoles sold during the entire month.* When the game launched in Japan during the same period, it rose to the No. 2 bestseller position across all platforms for the week with just two days of sales behind it (Media Create Co. Ltd.).
Overall, the strength of Xbox helped propel the industry to a stellar January performance. Next-generation hardware sales increased 26 percent year over year, while software sales rose an astounding 46 percent.
Coming off an impressive holiday season, the Xbox video game system continues to show strong North American sales and solidify its position in the highly competitive video game industry. Microsoft Corp. today confirmed that Xbox got off to a very happy new year, with outstanding January sales.
According to NPD Group/NPD Funworld, Xbox maintained a 24 percent next-generation market share in January, double the share of Nintendo's GameCube system.
With January sales, Xbox increased its cumulative software-to-hardware attach rate to an impressive 4.9 units, the highest for any next-generation console after 15 months on the market.* In addition, the Xbox Live TM service continues to excite gamers around the world. Microsoft has now sold 44 percent more Xbox Live starter kits than Sony has sold of its PS2 network adapters during their first three months in the market.*
The biggest noise in the month of January was made by "Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball," the highly anticipated title from Tecmo Inc., developed exclusively for Xbox. Released on Jan. 22, "DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball" immediately became the month's No. 1 selling Xbox title, selling as many units in 10 days as GameCube consoles sold during the entire month.* When the game launched in Japan during the same period, it rose to the No. 2 bestseller position across all platforms for the week with just two days of sales behind it (Media Create Co. Ltd.).
Overall, the strength of Xbox helped propel the industry to a stellar January performance. Next-generation hardware sales increased 26 percent year over year, while software sales rose an astounding 46 percent.
ssxpro wrote:
> Actually I don`t think that's true anymore, except perhaps in Japan.
> Over the last few months at least, the X-Box has been outselling the
> GC about 2 to 1 every week. (Though those figures came from Digitiser
> which isn`t all that reliable).
Heh heh heh. It's very easy to misinterpret facts these days, but at the end, it's worth the effort to read between the lines and see the actual figures. In the UK, the X-Box outsells the GC 2 to 1, every week - granted. But if you take sales from the whole of Europe, things get a lot tighter. The X-Box is still ahead, but not by much.
As for America - this is erratic. Sometimes the X-Box is ahead, sometimes it's the GC. At the moment, thanks to the timely releases of Resident Evil Zero and Metroid Prime, not to mention the Christmas boost, the GameCube is maintaining a strangely steady second place. As for Japan, Nintendo's console is just miles ahead. Overall, the GC is second :D.
> Actually I don`t think that's true anymore, except perhaps in Japan.
> Over the last few months at least, the X-Box has been outselling the
> GC about 2 to 1 every week. (Though those figures came from Digitiser
> which isn`t all that reliable).
Heh heh heh. It's very easy to misinterpret facts these days, but at the end, it's worth the effort to read between the lines and see the actual figures. In the UK, the X-Box outsells the GC 2 to 1, every week - granted. But if you take sales from the whole of Europe, things get a lot tighter. The X-Box is still ahead, but not by much.
As for America - this is erratic. Sometimes the X-Box is ahead, sometimes it's the GC. At the moment, thanks to the timely releases of Resident Evil Zero and Metroid Prime, not to mention the Christmas boost, the GameCube is maintaining a strangely steady second place. As for Japan, Nintendo's console is just miles ahead. Overall, the GC is second :D.
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