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The first impression of consoles often stick in your head, the PS2 still reminds me of a 'Hi-Tech Sky-Scraper' when I look at a picture of it on a vertical stand! I am not a big Playstation fan but I do appreciate what it could do for the industry.
Back to the topic, I think that when Nintendo market the Gamecube in England, and for that matter the rest of the world, despite the 'Child's Building Block' look, it will still win the good impression points from most of the public.
I would say that the parents of the children will go for the Gamecube, not because I want them to but because I think that they will see it as a 'nice' console, they are not going to buy their son/daughter an X-Box, because the X-Box IS for mature - grown-up gamers.
It is not like the SNES that a 6 year-old could play. The Gamecube's Simple and 'inviting' design will win the hearts of the children in my opinion and the power and ability will win the hearts of the hardcore gamers....and for those in between I guess they'll take a bit of both!
I also think that if Nintendo can get the gaming fans to get the Gamecube, for the reason that it is a good console with good graphics etc, then the little kids will get them without much persuasion, the expected cheap price may influence this but I would have to say that the parents of the 5-10 year old are so concerned with TV and Computer games that they will persuade their children to get Mario and Yoshi based games that they have deemed suitable for their children to play.
The Game
PS: Do you agree?
Back to the topic, I think that when Nintendo market the Gamecube in England, and for that matter the rest of the world, despite the 'Child's Building Block' look, it will still win the good impression points from most of the public.
I would say that the parents of the children will go for the Gamecube, not because I want them to but because I think that they will see it as a 'nice' console, they are not going to buy their son/daughter an X-Box, because the X-Box IS for mature - grown-up gamers.
It is not like the SNES that a 6 year-old could play. The Gamecube's Simple and 'inviting' design will win the hearts of the children in my opinion and the power and ability will win the hearts of the hardcore gamers....and for those in between I guess they'll take a bit of both!
I also think that if Nintendo can get the gaming fans to get the Gamecube, for the reason that it is a good console with good graphics etc, then the little kids will get them without much persuasion, the expected cheap price may influence this but I would have to say that the parents of the 5-10 year old are so concerned with TV and Computer games that they will persuade their children to get Mario and Yoshi based games that they have deemed suitable for their children to play.
The Game
PS: Do you agree?
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The first impression of consoles often stick in your head, the PS2 still reminds me of a 'Hi-Tech Sky-Scraper' when I look at a picture of it on a vertical stand! I am not a big Playstation fan but I do appreciate what it could do for the industry.
Back to the topic, I think that when Nintendo market the Gamecube in England, and for that matter the rest of the world, despite the 'Child's Building Block' look, it will still win the good impression points from most of the public.
I would say that the parents of the children will go for the Gamecube, not because I want them to but because I think that they will see it as a 'nice' console, they are not going to buy their son/daughter an X-Box, because the X-Box IS for mature - grown-up gamers.
It is not like the SNES that a 6 year-old could play. The Gamecube's Simple and 'inviting' design will win the hearts of the children in my opinion and the power and ability will win the hearts of the hardcore gamers....and for those in between I guess they'll take a bit of both!
I also think that if Nintendo can get the gaming fans to get the Gamecube, for the reason that it is a good console with good graphics etc, then the little kids will get them without much persuasion, the expected cheap price may influence this but I would have to say that the parents of the 5-10 year old are so concerned with TV and Computer games that they will persuade their children to get Mario and Yoshi based games that they have deemed suitable for their children to play.
The Game
PS: Do you agree?
Back to the topic, I think that when Nintendo market the Gamecube in England, and for that matter the rest of the world, despite the 'Child's Building Block' look, it will still win the good impression points from most of the public.
I would say that the parents of the children will go for the Gamecube, not because I want them to but because I think that they will see it as a 'nice' console, they are not going to buy their son/daughter an X-Box, because the X-Box IS for mature - grown-up gamers.
It is not like the SNES that a 6 year-old could play. The Gamecube's Simple and 'inviting' design will win the hearts of the children in my opinion and the power and ability will win the hearts of the hardcore gamers....and for those in between I guess they'll take a bit of both!
I also think that if Nintendo can get the gaming fans to get the Gamecube, for the reason that it is a good console with good graphics etc, then the little kids will get them without much persuasion, the expected cheap price may influence this but I would have to say that the parents of the 5-10 year old are so concerned with TV and Computer games that they will persuade their children to get Mario and Yoshi based games that they have deemed suitable for their children to play.
The Game
PS: Do you agree?
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