S1DC Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 GameCube Production to Halt http://www.slashdot.com Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday August 08, @07:58AM "Nintendo is to press the pause button on production of its GameCube consoles while it clears inventory of unsold machines. the company's president said on Thursday. But Satoru Iwata promised the struggling games company was developing a radical new product to be announced next year -- however he gave few details save to say it would be a departure from mainstream gaming consoles 'that will have a big impact on the world.'" Full story at slashdot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 yeah they're workin on next generation stuff now, the GCN came too late and there wasn't enough to fuel it against an already established PS2 and a Microsoft made X Box... say what ya want but i'll support Nintendo to the bitter end, i love the Metroid and Zelda series and nothing will stop me from buying Nintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 they just better not develop FFVII - FFIX remakes on a Nintendo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1DC Posted August 9, 2003 Author Share Posted August 9, 2003 Nintendo does not offer enough dynamic material for me. All of the games i see come out are either already done, ported, or too aimed at younger audiences. Personaly, i like alot of the PS2 stuff, lots of the cool action titles and whatnot. However, i am a HUGE power freak, and i love the framerates and effects the xbox can push out. And with games like Otogi, Halo 2, Fable, Hunter, Panzer Dragoon, Metal Gear Solid, Brute Force, Mechassault, Steel Battallion, blah blah blah, there are plenty of action games i can sink my teeth into without worry of dying in a slide-show framerate (agent under fire for PS2, anyone?). So Xbox and PS2 are what i like, xbox a bit more so. I used to like my PC, but PC gaming is going to hell. I prefer my PC for art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 all my money is going towards anime so the only thing i want are the things i really like, Rogue Squadron, Zelda, Metroid and some other stuff that i may find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 MGS2 Substence should have been developed for ps2 FIRST as for Mechwarroir based games, they sucked sense microsoft full obtained it from Mircopose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Bring on Metroid Prime, can't wait for the next Metroid game and the next Zelda game the next Zelda game will include Majora's Mask as the bonus, hey maybe they'll remix Majora's Mask like they did to Ocarina of Time when they put it for the bonus in Wind Waker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefo Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 My opinion of the Gamecube is: It seems a waste since most of its better titles can be found on the other systems, so why bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuuki Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Originally posted by Clefo My opinion of the Gamecube is: It seems a waste since most of its better titles can be found on the other systems, so why bother? PWNED! on Nintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Originally posted by Clefo My opinion of the Gamecube is: It seems a waste since most of its better titles can be found on the other systems, so why bother? actually most of it's better titles are nintendo exclusives. Metroid Prime didn't become Game of the Year in 2002 for nothing u know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 As long as they keep making GameCube games I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sad Shadow Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 i dunno, perhaps those are rummors, or only a matter of time *kisses GC only wait for RS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1DC Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 This is not a rumor, it was announced by nintendo earlier this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Nintendo painted themselves into a corner and then painted that corner too. They've made themselves into a company that makes niche products for a niche market and then made stupid decisions. I think Nintendo might make one more console and then follow Sega's lead. They'll keep making hand held machines and games though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 they should wait a little later, and blow the 2 other consoles away...wtf are they doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I don't think Nintendo will do what Sega does, unlike Sega, Nintendo looks like it'll hang on until the company goes completely dead and I can't blame them, their games are meant for their own systems and they would feel it to be WRONG to find Mario on a playstation and Samus running around on an X Box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Originally posted by Lynk Former I don't think Nintendo will do what Sega does, unlike Sega, Nintendo looks like it'll hang on until the company goes completely dead and I can't blame them, their games are meant for their own systems and they would feel it to be WRONG to find Mario on a playstation and Samus running around on an X Box. Here here! Agreed, They should wait until they can compact a DVD/CD-RW Player (Which doesn't take that much room), with a compacted, smaller 256MB GeForce FX, and if they're sticking with ATI, then at least a 128MB Radeon 9500, with SoundBlaster Audigy (1 or 2, doens't matter, s'all good.) And kill the memory cards, just slip a small notebook hard drive in there, they could get a 60 or even 80 Gig in there. Of course Put in a single 2 Ghz G5 chip like the new Apple PC (Dual 2Ghz G5 probably wouldn't fit) PS - There is a console in the making called "Phantom" or something that you can install computer games onto and other cool stuff, but I don't know the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Shutt Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Apart from stubbornness, I can't see any reason for Nintendo to keep at the console making business. They dicked around the third-party developers for too long, and now they aren't coming back. They need to focus on what they're best at, which is making good games, and that means going third party. That way they can go back to "it'll be out when it's ready" instead of rushing out an obviously unfinished game to fill gaps in their system's release schedule. Yes, I am still bitter about Super Mario Sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 lol. Problem is that the games they make are perfect on their own console because they know their own console inside out, that's one of the reason's their games were great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Gamecube doesn't have enough good titles. It seems to have several truly spectacular ones, and then a load of garbage or stuff that's been ported onto another console already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by Carl Shutt Apart from stubbornness, I can't see any reason for Nintendo to keep at the console making business. They dicked around the third-party developers for too long, and now they aren't coming back. They need to focus on what they're best at, which is making good games, and that means going third party. That way they can go back to "it'll be out when it's ready" instead of rushing out an obviously unfinished game to fill gaps in their system's release schedule. Yes, I am still bitter about Super Mario Sunshine. Indeed, Mario Sunshine was the worst Mario game ever. I'm stiil a big Nintendo supporter though... *Hugs Gameboy, GB Pocket, GB Color, GB Advance, Nintendo, N64, And Gamecube (no Super nintendo or GBA SP.... Yet )* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by Redwing Gamecube doesn't have enough good titles. It seems to have several truly spectacular ones, and then a load of garbage or stuff that's been ported onto another console already. Oh, and an Xbox doesnt? You can play most good Xbox games on a PC anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 *(Just got X-box.)* Ha-hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 You can play most of any systems good games on PC there chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 and the real winners in this war?... *points at a lonely figure in the corner* redwing... why? i have nooooooooo idea... cause I said so *nods* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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