So is the GameCube dead?

[mojo1701]

Our only complaint about the GC is the cost for a broadband adaptor. CND$60 each and a minimum of 2 is a little much, considering the only game we would be playing is Double dash.

Not so much price, but value. Luckily, I was able to get my hands on a C$40 one from Future Shop, since it was opened, but I thought that the cost for a new one was $50?

 

[Panthanas]

As an ex (thank GOD!!) manager of an EB Games I have to say that GC tended to sell less systems than PS2 and XB, although its first party titles more often than not were considered great games. I personally have a GC and an XB but rarely play either one since I like playing PC games more (damn you WoW!!)

I would never spend my own money on a PS2. We used to get so many of them returned defective I had difficulty understanding how Sony could deny there was a problem with those things. But no one ever believed me about that when I let them know about the store warrenty. My assistant manager had one break on her and one of the part timers did too. They made out okay since they worked there...note to all of you...make friends with the poor schleps that work at those places...they may hook you up if they like you...

 

[mojo1701]

...note to all of you...make friends with the poor schleps that work at those places...they may hook you up if they like you...

Reminds me of "Clerks."

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

Which system is best

After having worked in a Game Rush, and talked with many gamers, the general impressions I've gotten about the systems are as follows:

GameCube - Good, family titles. Quality over quantity. Still - it doesn't function as a DVD player, and the online abilities are lacking.

PS2 - Quantity over quality. Graphics are ok, but lag behind the XBox. PS2 is not very durable. The new slim tower style units tend to over heat as well. nline is decent. DVD player a plus.

XBox - Big, ugly, and durable. Great internal memory, graphics, and somewhere inbetween quantity vs quality. Online features are awsome and make the system worthwhile. And it is a DVD player (though the remote is sold seperately). And one word - FABLE. Awsome game


I've got an XBox. My friends have the PS2. No one I know (friends) has a GameCube.

Taren Nighteyes

 

[Zulithe]

As long as Nintendo produces excellent first-party games (as they always have) then Gamecube ain't dead. It will definitely lag behind the PS2 and Xbox but it is still a great choice. And since you can buy it brand-new for $99 (or less?) it's a bargain. The new Zelda game that is coming out later this year will really make owning a Gamecube worthwhile (in the meantime you can play Wind Waker which I love, it's not the best Zelda game but it still beats 90% of the action games out there)

I fear for Nintendo. I don't see how it will compete with PS3 and XBox2. Unless it does much better than the Gamecube, this may be Nintendo's last console, and they'll focus more on their handheld stuff from then on (while still releasing console games as a third-party developer for other systems)

 

[mojo1701]

(while still releasing console games as a third-party developer for other systems)

Nintendo has said repeatedly that if they drop out of the console market, it'll be a total drop.

But that can change if they'll still make money.