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I recently contacted Nintendo regarding the exact specifications of the gamecube.

As a result i can officially say that Nintendo revealed to me that the gamecube games are made on 1.5gig cd's using a special compression system.

So how can the Gamecube compete with Xbox and Ps2 in the console market when xbox and ps2 games have the ability to be up to 11 times bigger?

let me know what your thoughts are.........

yes it does, we live in fikkle times with many people waiting for an excuse to diss gamecube.

I wasn't saying that its a bad thing that the capacity is so small, but this is going to lead to smaller games.
Not all games can be made multi disc, none of the current U.S or jap lineup are, and as impressive as Star wars rouge squadron is (waverace is very poor compared to blood wake) i wonder if nintendo will do a sega........

I really hope not

Why does this matter at all? So long as the medium is cheap to make (unlike carts), then it's fine.

After all, Shenmue was FOUR GD discs in length- it could have come on 1 DVD... but does that make a difference??!?

Sonic

Multiple discs.

not even an issue.

if it was still cartridge based then it would be, but disc switching really isn't a problem, and developers seem to agree.

X-box Games: donkey raiders 9
GC Games : Wave race and star wars

I think we win.

I recently contacted Nintendo regarding the exact specifications of the gamecube.

As a result i can officially say that Nintendo revealed to me that the gamecube games are made on 1.5gig cd's using a special compression system.

So how can the Gamecube compete with Xbox and Ps2 in the console market when xbox and ps2 games have the ability to be up to 11 times bigger?

let me know what your thoughts are.........