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What are your thoughts on EA's plans to develop for the GameCube?
We can expect to see SSX, FIFA and a Madden game for launch, or certainly by the end of next year.
EA Canada are working on development tools, and depending on their success, EA may decide to release many more games for the GCN!
We can expect to see SSX, FIFA and a Madden game for launch, or certainly by the end of next year.
EA Canada are working on development tools, and depending on their success, EA may decide to release many more games for the GCN!
Why didn't I understand that?
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It means a causual gamer would not buy a machine that only had 5 games available for it, they'd plump for the machine with many games, some of dubious quality.
I think.
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I think.
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"More casual gamers wouldn't really care if every single game out on GC was brilliant, but there were only 5 of them"
Sorry, what does this mean?
Sorry, what does this mean?
EA's (semi-)decision to develop for GameCube can only be seen as a good thing. Unfortunately, whilst those of us who are pro-Nintendo are justified in saying that we have some of the best games available on any system, as the last console wars has shown - great games do not a successful console make.
Relying on old franchises is not the way forward either - sure, it may pull in those people who were probably already going to buy a GC, but what about the new buyers? More casual gamers wouldn't really care if every single game out on GC was brilliant, but there were only 5 of them. They'd still just end up buying a PS2, rightfully surmising that of the 100's of titles that are available by the time of GC's release, that some of them must be good. In the casual gamers eyes, less is most definitely less. Nintendo have to woo 3rd party developers big time - and getting EA to develop would be a significant step in the right direction. Don't agree with me? Well look at Dreamcast!
Relying on old franchises is not the way forward either - sure, it may pull in those people who were probably already going to buy a GC, but what about the new buyers? More casual gamers wouldn't really care if every single game out on GC was brilliant, but there were only 5 of them. They'd still just end up buying a PS2, rightfully surmising that of the 100's of titles that are available by the time of GC's release, that some of them must be good. In the casual gamers eyes, less is most definitely less. Nintendo have to woo 3rd party developers big time - and getting EA to develop would be a significant step in the right direction. Don't agree with me? Well look at Dreamcast!
*COUGHIGNCOUGH*
: )
Anyway, the lineup isn't over yet. EA have a lot more to announce, as does Nintendo.
: )
Anyway, the lineup isn't over yet. EA have a lot more to announce, as does Nintendo.
What are your thoughts on EA's plans to develop for the GameCube?
We can expect to see SSX, FIFA and a Madden game for launch, or certainly by the end of next year.
EA Canada are working on development tools, and depending on their success, EA may decide to release many more games for the GCN!
We can expect to see SSX, FIFA and a Madden game for launch, or certainly by the end of next year.
EA Canada are working on development tools, and depending on their success, EA may decide to release many more games for the GCN!