[adwight]

Well, I just recently learned that NCAA Football 2006 is not coming out for my gamecube, but it is rather coming out on the other two systems.  There seems to be absolutely no sense to this move, as the previous 3 were on gamecube.  Why would EA do this, making me get another console just to play NCAA Football 2006.  I love the NCAA Football franchise, but I do not want to have to get an entire different console to play it.  Screw you EA, you and your PS2 and XBOX bandwagoness.

[Mefustae]

Hey, it's great to see another person with the much under-appreciated Cube, not many around these days...

[Solatar]

I'm getting one when the new Zelda game comes out...

It actually looks pretty good, not like some stupidass little kid running around.

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by adwight
Well, I just recently learned that NCAA Football 2006 is not coming out for my gamecube, but it is rather coming out on the other two systems.  There seems to be absolutely no sense to this move, as the previous 3 were on gamecube.  Why would EA do this, making me get another console just to play NCAA Football 2006.  I love the NCAA Football franchise, but I do not want to have to get an entire different console to play it.  Screw you EA, you and your PS2 and XBOX bandwagoness.

It's called "economics". It's probably more profitable to give Cube users the finger. Deal with it.

[Ford Prefect]

Well, your first mistake is enjoying sports video games. Be mindful of your feelings, Padawan. Sports games are the path to the Lame Side. You must shed your fear of losing these games, and concentrate on cool games with killing and explosions.

[achtung]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Well, your first mistake is enjoying sports video games. Be mindful of your feelings, Padawan. Sports games are the path to the Lame Side. You must shed your fear of losing these games, and concentrate on cool games with killing and explosions.

gamecube sorta lacks those games too:doubt:

But I hope revolution kicks arse!

[BlackDove]

Gamecube is done with.

As soon as Nintendo announces a new box coming out, everything they made thus far is left behind.

People who know more about this (I personally don't give a **** myself), took a days time to talk about it, such as Absath over at CAD.



I'm also betting in the case of EA, it's much more profitable to make the game for PS2 or Xbox, seeing as how those two systems are what the general "gaming" society owns. By now, everyone knows that signing up a game with Nintendo on the Gamecube, is signing a game with the losing team.

[kode]

the cube has better graphics than the ps2, and has sold more than the box...

[aldo_14]

I think the Gamecube has sold 1 million less (globally) than the Xbox.  I couldn't give a monkeys about NDADFDSSDCSFSDFG Footbal (which isn't football, of course), for myself it was a lack of Pro Evo that screwed the Gamecube.

Although i think the Nintendo DS is outselling the PSP and PS2 combined in Japan at the moment, so I doubt Nintendo will really care.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Admiral LSD


It's called "economics". It's probably more profitable to give Cube users the finger. Deal with it.

simple fact: in tasmanian stores, the gamecube is simply not sold here.. at all.. most stores don't even stock the games.

[Roanoke]

Shame really as a pure, for-games-only machine was a good idea, especially when it was new.

[Ransom]

The only good things that ever came out for the Gamecube as far as I'm concerned were Twin Snakes, Resident Evil 4 and Eternal Darkness. And possibly the new Zelda game, but if it's as frustrating as Wind Waker (I personally couldn't care less about the childish graphics) it's getting sold too.

The Revolution has backwards compatibility with the Gamecube though. But even then I'm not sure I'm going to buy it, considering how much of a disappointment the Cube was for me.

Originally posted by kode
the cube has better graphics than the ps2

That's really only in theory. There are very few games which actually take advantage of the Gamecube's technology from what I've seen, most of the games look like PS2 games.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Ransom Arceihn
The only good things that ever came out for the Gamecube as far as I'm concerned were Twin Snakes, Resident Evil 4 and Eternal Darkness. And possibly the new Zelda game, but if it's as frustrating as Wind Waker (I personally couldn't care less about the childish graphics) it's getting sold too.

The Revolution has backwards compatibility with the Gamecube though. But even then I'm not sure I'm going to buy it, considering how much of a disappointment the Cube was for me.


That's really only in theory. There are very few games which actually take advantage of the Gamecube's technology from what I've seen, most of the games look like PS2 games.

indeed, look at the amount of graphics pushing the latter generation of PS2 games do these days.. RE4 is aparrently the only GC game that really pushes the hardware, as it were.

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by Turnsky


simple fact: in tasmanian stores, the gamecube is simply not sold here.. at all.. most stores don't even stock the games.

Are you sure they haven't just, you know, not come out down there yet?

[Grug]

Never buy an EA game, they are corporate whores and deserve to die.

I reckon the new Nintendo Revolution might actually make a good buy vs the new consoles. Although the graphics will probably only be similar to Xbox1, it will probably cost half as much compared to the other new ones. Plus its so small.

If it's cheap enough I'll grab one, just so I can carry it around my pocket and whack fanboi's over the head with it.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Black Wolf


Are you sure they haven't just, you know, not come out down there yet?

oh har har.. no, it's because harvey norman are being console elitist bastards about it.

[Grug]

LoL.

Never buy from Harvey Norman, they are corporate whores and deserve to die.

[Janos]

Originally posted by Grug
Never buy an EA game, they are corporate whores and deserve to die.

I reckon the new Nintendo Revolution might actually make a good buy vs the new consoles. Although the graphics will probably only be similar to Xbox1, it will probably cost half as much compared to the other new ones. Plus its so small.

If it's cheap enough I'll grab one, just so I can carry it around my pocket and whack fanboi's over the head with it.

i don't know i have enjoyed quite a few EA games

Nintendo is stuck with the "cute console" syndrome. "Cute games", even if they are ingenious and revolutionary, rarely sell as well as Halos and GTAs. GCs sales are low outside of Japan, and it's not economically profitable to make some types of games for Cube. It doesn't matter if it's a superior system - the marketing sucks, the console has weird reputation and quite a few people - even myself - rather play Halo 2 than Pikmin. Sucks to be Gamecube.

[Grug]

Pikmin was the one game I was considering getting Gamecube for, and I own and am an abid fan of Halo2...

[Janos]

Originally posted by Grug
Pikmin was the one game I was considering getting Gamecube for, and I own and am an abid fan of Halo2...

Doesn't matter. It's just an example - that's what people think of when GC is mentione (if they think anything at all). If you say PS2, people go all "ooooh, GTA:SA!". If you say XBOX people go "oooh! Halo [huge]!" If you say Gamecube, people stare at you with their blank cowlike stares, thinking of mating, food and maybe Super Mario.

Bad reputation, managment and marketing has destroyed bunches of good franchises, while the bad yet well marketed just march on.