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"My PS2 plays Nintendo discs."

I bought an Offical Nintendo magazine the other day and on the front it looked like the little Nintendo disc, so I thought I could play the demo disc on my GC. So imagine my surprise when I realised it was dvd disc lucky for me I had PS2 to play it on.

My point being didn't Nintendo say "they don't need fancy capabilities like dvd" funny that isn't it because without my PS2 I would not have been able to play it.

I cannot believe that this topic is still going.

Saying a console is rubbish because it doesn't plays DVDs is stupid. Saying a console is good because they've made it "purely for gameplay" is equally as stupid.

Not only are the console aimed at different markets, but to say that the addition of a DVD player has ANY effect on the quality of games on the console is absurd. It makes no difference.

Oh, and yes, you're PS2 WILL play the demo disc on the cube magazine. That demo disc isn't actually a Gamecube game disc- it's a small DVD. Hence it was made for people to look at on their DVD player/computer before the cube was launched as a promotional exercise.

I heard that Herc's PS2 also plays PS2 disks...... strange that.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
>Even the original batteries in the remote are still going strong.


heh. thanx for putting a little light on this conversation.

oh, and my PS2 plays PS2 discs

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
>Even the original batteries in the remote are still going strong.


heh. thanx for putting a little light on this conversation.

I watch NGC TV on my PC.

Hmmmmmm.............quality.


Oddly enough, my GC plays GC discs....

My XBox plays XBox discs.

Techno freak wrote:
> What part of a Movie could you get on a GC disc?
>
> The intro.

Since when have games consoles needed to play films?

The DVD format other than having more space on the disks adds absoloutly nothing to the actual way the games play. I think this is where people are getting confused, it's GAMES console as in it's sole purpose is to play games, Nintendo seem to be the only company who realise this.

Fog wrote:
> I'd rather have a GC + DVD player because then it looks like i've got
> more stuff :) clutter is essential to me, that and the fact that I
> hate Sony hardware because i've never heard of any that lasts well.

I'm sorry, but that's just nonsense. All of my stuff is Sony - TV, VCR, DVD, Hi-Fi, Camcorder and DSC. It's all very high-quality stuff, and easily the best you can get for the price.

The oldest piece of that hardware is the Hi-Fi, which is now six years old, and still functions as well as when it was new. Even the original batteries in the remote are still going strong.

Why does everyone keep saying "WHEN the UK version of the Q is released..." when Nintendo have announced that it never will get a release outside of Japan?

No, it's Nintendo sticking 2 fingers up at everyone - just for the sake of it. They bring out there own format (which would have cost them more to set up than if they had used DVD for games), and try to convince the public that their "idea" is the right way to go. But even at the early stages, it was clear DVD was the format to use - not just for film, but games as well. But as with the N64, Nintendo had to go "their own way". However, it (the GC) is at least "closer" to the standards than the N64 was in it's day. And The GC is the cheapest of all 3 consoles (even though the reason for it is the lack of DVD, USB, FireWire, expansion by). The Panasonic Q doesn't look half as nice as the GC, and i doubt it will get the press and shelf space in the shops (when the UK versions is eventually released). So while GC is still the "odd one out", it is closer to the standards than anything Nintendo have so far produced.