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"To spark a bit of controversy"

Earlier today whilst I was having a two player on Pro Evolution Soccer with my brother, he asked me if I was going to get an X-Box. Here is the conversation :-

Brother - Are you getting an X-box?
Me - Why would I want one? I've got my PS2.
Brother - Yeah, but they look good.
Me - If you like them so much, why don't you get one.
Brother - I dunno, I might get one of them or a PS2.
Me - Or you could get a Gamecube.
Brother - What's a Gamecube?
Me - Nintendo's new console, havn't you heard of it?
Brother - No.

Now, my brother is getting on a bit now (17) and most of you will just call him an idiot for not knowing what a Gamecube is, and that's fair enough, or maybe there are more people like him. He doesn't come onto these forums or anything and only goes on the PC to play Championship Manager.

What I want to know is, if he hasn't gone out of his way to look for the next-gen consoles, how come he knows about the X-Box but not the Gamecube?

GameCube?

Monkey Of War wrote:
> Why don't you and your brother just share your PS2? That's what I do with my
> consoles, it makes more sense!

You having a laugh? I didn't pay £300 on a console and also £30+ for each game just to let my brother have half of it. I would be more than happy to if he would put half to what I have spent, but he would more than likely rather chew broken glass than do that.

Yeah, Nintendo really need to advertise more. At the moment, they have their heads stuck in the sand.

(that's the revised version, as this is a family forum. I was going to say they have their heads stuck elsewhere....)

Loads more people know about the X-Box than the GC. Nintendo have hardly advertised at all.

LOL

jimmy duck wrote:
> My consoles always get hijacked.

you have a lot in common with american airplane companies then! (sorry cack joke)
slik ~_~

My consoles always get hijacked.

slave2games wrote:
> Yeah, Monkey Of War is right. Sure, the particualr console might be owned by
> someone, but everyone should be able to use it, as the person letting everyone
> use his computer should be allowed to use everyone elses also

yeah but the person who forks out something like £300+ for their new console should be allowed to establish as many ground rulles as they like surely?
slik ~_~

Yeah, Monkey Of War is right. Sure, the particualr console might be owned by someone, but everyone should be able to use it, as the person letting everyone use his computer should be allowed to use everyone elses also

Why don't you and your brother just share your PS2? That's what I do with my consoles, it makes more sense! Coming from a 3-child family, I really can't understand why brother and sister can't just share consoles! I share a Dreamcast, an N64 and a PC. Granted, we have two PS1's, but there are four people who like to play it. That's something I can never understand.

*Applies thinking cap*