The "General Games Chat" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
Nearly everytime a milti-console game is released, Gamecube gets it last. Like Ghost Recon: its coming out late November for the Xbox and on the
6th December for the PS2, but apparantly its not coming out until
31st January 2003 for the Gcube.What's happening? Can somebody please explain to me why games companies are releasing games last for the 'Cube.
Even Hitman 2 is not coming out until early Spring.
(Is it true that GTA: Vice City is coming for the Xbox? Bet it's not coming out for the Gamecube.)
Many of you will say, ah, but the GCs got Super Mario Sunshine. Yes, and its amazing but its the companies who promise a milti-console game and us GC fanatics don't get it until the game has come, conquered and gone.
6th December for the PS2, but apparantly its not coming out until
31st January 2003 for the Gcube.What's happening? Can somebody please explain to me why games companies are releasing games last for the 'Cube.
Even Hitman 2 is not coming out until early Spring.
(Is it true that GTA: Vice City is coming for the Xbox? Bet it's not coming out for the Gamecube.)
Many of you will say, ah, but the GCs got Super Mario Sunshine. Yes, and its amazing but its the companies who promise a milti-console game and us GC fanatics don't get it until the game has come, conquered and gone.
Page:
ellisuk wrote:
> I don't want Mario cos its too childish for me now
*
However "childish" you might think it is, Mario Sunshine is a brilliant game and one that I'd rather play before any GTA: Vice City nonsense.
> I don't want Mario cos its too childish for me now
*
However "childish" you might think it is, Mario Sunshine is a brilliant game and one that I'd rather play before any GTA: Vice City nonsense.
GTA will be coming to the GBA though, not sure how it wil work but,,...could be good
my theory is (for timespliters at least)
you wait for games because they will be better on the cube than on other formats!
like all reviews have said timesplitters 2 is best on GC than any other console!
you wait for games because they will be better on the cube than on other formats!
like all reviews have said timesplitters 2 is best on GC than any other console!
yer, what happened to Burnout 2? Colin Mcrae 3?
> And no, no Grand Theft Auto of any kind, shape or colour is coming to
> the Xbox in the forseeable future. Sony have personally bought the
> exclusive rights to the series.
Thanks for making that clear, I no way in hell want GTA to come out on the $H!Tbox! I have a PS2 and a GC and I can't wait until tomorrow!
> the Xbox in the forseeable future. Sony have personally bought the
> exclusive rights to the series.
Thanks for making that clear, I no way in hell want GTA to come out on the $H!Tbox! I have a PS2 and a GC and I can't wait until tomorrow!
I'll tell you what really annoyed me was that they wanted to get Mario out a week earlier than it was originally said but to do this they had to put eternal darkness back a week! I don't want Mario cos its too childish for me now and the fact is I wanted eternal darkness a week earlier than it was released.
Who gets what game first depends on the develloper.
Often, they put more into the PS2's version's devellopment because the PS2 has a larger user base to sell to, so naturally the PS2 gets most games first.
Other times, it's because the develloper is fully aware of the expected standard of Gamecube games and try to make the Gamecube version the best one of all - like Timesplitters 2 and Turok Evolution.
And no, no Grand Theft Auto of any kind, shape or colour is coming to the Xbox in the forseeable future. Sony have personally bought the exclusive rights to the series.
Often, they put more into the PS2's version's devellopment because the PS2 has a larger user base to sell to, so naturally the PS2 gets most games first.
Other times, it's because the develloper is fully aware of the expected standard of Gamecube games and try to make the Gamecube version the best one of all - like Timesplitters 2 and Turok Evolution.
And no, no Grand Theft Auto of any kind, shape or colour is coming to the Xbox in the forseeable future. Sony have personally bought the exclusive rights to the series.
Right now, I think Gamecube owners have got it pretty good. We've got a decent amount of Nintendo exclusives and just the right amount of third party multi-format titles. Bonza, I say!
Nintendo doesn't decide when a third party game is released... And games have delays as most often a game is designed on one console, then ported to the others. Porting takes time. The developer however will likely want to release the game as soon as possible on the format it was designed on rather than bothering to wait for the game to be ported to the other format(s)...
Who knows why Cube gets some games last. Maybe developers have trouble with the architecture of the Cube when converting a game from Xbox/PS2 to Cube, maybe they see it as lower priority as they believe the game will sell better on other formats, maybe MS or Sony are giving them a bit of financial help to aid in the porting of the Xbox/PS2 version... who knows?
Anyway, just be thankful Nintendo are getting the majority of multi-format games, at least Ninty have plenty of third party backing on the Cube as well as all their first and second party stuff.
Who knows why Cube gets some games last. Maybe developers have trouble with the architecture of the Cube when converting a game from Xbox/PS2 to Cube, maybe they see it as lower priority as they believe the game will sell better on other formats, maybe MS or Sony are giving them a bit of financial help to aid in the porting of the Xbox/PS2 version... who knows?
Anyway, just be thankful Nintendo are getting the majority of multi-format games, at least Ninty have plenty of third party backing on the Cube as well as all their first and second party stuff.
Page: