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The latest sales figures do not read good for the Nintendo Gamecube at all.
GC sold 10,000
Xbox sold 21,000
and PS2 sold a staggering 95,000 3 times as may as the other two put together.
Pretty poor reading if you are an Xbox owner, but far worst for Ninty fanboys.
Less than half the amount of Xbox, why is the GC doing so poorly well thats is obvious to everyone except hardened Ninty fanboys.
No dvd people would rather pay a little extra for that function.
GC packages are actually no cheaper than the Xbox or PS2.
Rubbish games line-up that prove the gamer has moved on from
games like Mario. Dont take my word for it look at the figures, Starfox was hardly a resounding success either.
Games are taking far too long to produce (I thought the GC was a sinch to program for), people sick of waiting.
Xbox and PS2 get all the really big titles because they have the bigger, better and industry standard format .
GC sold 10,000
Xbox sold 21,000
and PS2 sold a staggering 95,000 3 times as may as the other two put together.
Pretty poor reading if you are an Xbox owner, but far worst for Ninty fanboys.
Less than half the amount of Xbox, why is the GC doing so poorly well thats is obvious to everyone except hardened Ninty fanboys.
No dvd people would rather pay a little extra for that function.
GC packages are actually no cheaper than the Xbox or PS2.
Rubbish games line-up that prove the gamer has moved on from
games like Mario. Dont take my word for it look at the figures, Starfox was hardly a resounding success either.
Games are taking far too long to produce (I thought the GC was a sinch to program for), people sick of waiting.
Xbox and PS2 get all the really big titles because they have the bigger, better and industry standard format .
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Dave is his wife?
I thought TS married his PS2?
Remember? I tink it was Wookiee or reported 'Man weds console'
I thought TS married his PS2?
Remember? I tink it was Wookiee or reported 'Man weds console'
Top score, how's the wife...I mean DaveRJR. I haven't seen 'him' for ages. Does he still have those awful problems with comprehending simple concepts?
uuhh...what does a front loading tray have anything to do with anything?
The Gamecube's disk tray is by far supieror to the other consoles, it's smooth, it has style, the whole thing gently depresses slightly as you push the disk in to make sure you don't use too much force and break it, when you want it come out you gently push on the button in the middle and it pops up redy to be removed.
That was the first thing I noticed when I got my GC, I went to put my very first game in and thought just how cool the whole process had been.
All you do on a PS2 is wait for it to out, throw the disc on a hard plastic surface and wait for it to go back in again. Not to mention the fact that it actually breaks if you stand the PS2 upwards.
The Gamecube's disk tray is by far supieror to the other consoles, it's smooth, it has style, the whole thing gently depresses slightly as you push the disk in to make sure you don't use too much force and break it, when you want it come out you gently push on the button in the middle and it pops up redy to be removed.
That was the first thing I noticed when I got my GC, I went to put my very first game in and thought just how cool the whole process had been.
All you do on a PS2 is wait for it to out, throw the disc on a hard plastic surface and wait for it to go back in again. Not to mention the fact that it actually breaks if you stand the PS2 upwards.
Top score wrote:
> It is actually more likely to go wrong because of the laser being
> exposed to fingers, dirt, dust and children which make most of the GC
> users. Not a particularly good idea to use a cheap as chips system
> that allows children to get at the laser then.
Back before you were born in 1996, my house got its first PC with a front loading CD tray. Within a month the tray motor was screwed, because my sister had practically sat on the loading bay when it was extended.
Moving parts break, much much faster than optical parts. A front-loading CD tray may protect the lens from damage, but no part on your PS2 is more likely to get damaged than the CD tray.
> It is actually more likely to go wrong because of the laser being
> exposed to fingers, dirt, dust and children which make most of the GC
> users. Not a particularly good idea to use a cheap as chips system
> that allows children to get at the laser then.
Back before you were born in 1996, my house got its first PC with a front loading CD tray. Within a month the tray motor was screwed, because my sister had practically sat on the loading bay when it was extended.
Moving parts break, much much faster than optical parts. A front-loading CD tray may protect the lens from damage, but no part on your PS2 is more likely to get damaged than the CD tray.
*yawns*
Miserableman wrote:
It's less likely to go wrong. It just fits the GameCube
It is actually more likely to go wrong because of the laser being exposed to fingers, dirt, dust and children which make most of the GC users. Not a particularly good idea to use a cheap as chips system that allows children to get at the laser then.
It's less likely to go wrong. It just fits the GameCube
It is actually more likely to go wrong because of the laser being exposed to fingers, dirt, dust and children which make most of the GC users. Not a particularly good idea to use a cheap as chips system that allows children to get at the laser then.
Top score wrote:
> Update2.01 wrote:
> I have even seen portable stereo's with front loading tray
> CD drives - why no tray loading drive for GC?
>
>
> That's because it's as cheap as chips.
Any idea why the PS2 has no supplied hard disk, broadband modem/router, and only two controller ports?
> Update2.01 wrote:
> I have even seen portable stereo's with front loading tray
> CD drives - why no tray loading drive for GC?
>
>
> That's because it's as cheap as chips.
Any idea why the PS2 has no supplied hard disk, broadband modem/router, and only two controller ports?
Update2.01 wrote:
> At least the PS2 (and XBox) have a *proper* disc loading tray, not the
> cheap top loader drive found on the GC.
>
> BTW, I know PS/PS1 had a top loading drive, but that was 1995 - in
> this day and age, we should expect tray loading drives on all
> machines. I have even seen portable stereo's with front loading tray
> CD drives - why no tray loading drive for GC?
The disk drives look neat, but once the novelty wears off they're a pain!
You have to press the button, wait for the disk to stop spinning, wait until the tray SLOWLY comes out, put the new disk in, wait for it to SLOWLY go back in...
With the GC, instant open when you press the button, stop disk spinning with finger, take it out a slam the next one in and get playing again.
No silly time wasting. You see, Nintendo remembered that people like to PLAY games, not wait for a disk drive to come in and out...
> At least the PS2 (and XBox) have a *proper* disc loading tray, not the
> cheap top loader drive found on the GC.
>
> BTW, I know PS/PS1 had a top loading drive, but that was 1995 - in
> this day and age, we should expect tray loading drives on all
> machines. I have even seen portable stereo's with front loading tray
> CD drives - why no tray loading drive for GC?
The disk drives look neat, but once the novelty wears off they're a pain!
You have to press the button, wait for the disk to stop spinning, wait until the tray SLOWLY comes out, put the new disk in, wait for it to SLOWLY go back in...
With the GC, instant open when you press the button, stop disk spinning with finger, take it out a slam the next one in and get playing again.
No silly time wasting. You see, Nintendo remembered that people like to PLAY games, not wait for a disk drive to come in and out...
Which keeps development and production costsdown. Which enables Nintendo to sell their machines at a cheaper price than the X-BOX or PS2. Plus the GC is the best looking console of all the three next gen consoles.
Why doesn't the PS2 have four joypad ports? We're living in the 21st century remember?
Why doesn't the PS2 have four joypad ports? We're living in the 21st century remember?
Top score wrote:
> That's because it's as cheap as chips.
lol I thought only that guy from bargain hunt says 'cheap as chips'
> That's because it's as cheap as chips.
lol I thought only that guy from bargain hunt says 'cheap as chips'
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