Hmm... I disagree to the opinion that Nintendo might die soon or they are "behind in the evolution with the PS2 and Xbox". What Nintendo did was a smart move, provide a plain and simple working console that rivals with the graphics of the PS2 and XBox. As today's technology progress, we must keep up with technology, true? Nintendo did keep up with the technology, minus the DVD player... How many of us here on this thread own a DVD player, it can be a PS2, XBox or a regular DVD player? Probably all of us. Suppose we want to buy a GCN, and it's about the same price as the PS2, when it first came out; $300 dollars and it's completely stripped of everything a PS2 have right now, or better yet, a XBox? Would you buy it? No... It was on sale for 200 dollars then dropped down to 150 dollars then now 100 dollars, making it the most affordable console on the market. You want to go online? Sure, buy their broadband adapter and hook it up then bingo, you are online. I didn't opt for the broadband connection because I don't see why I should get on cuz I don't play sports back then. Right now I might be considering getting one because most MMORPGS are making their way to the console systems like Phantasy Star Online, Ultima, World of Warcraft (yes I know some of them are already out but the point is, it's becoming more and more popular). Back then when I wanted to buy the GCN, I didn't want broadband connection, I don't want a dvd player because I already have umm 4 dvd players? I don't want the nook and crannies of what PS2 and Xbox have, I just want a system that runs games, plain and simple. To you, it may sound stupid but I'm old school, I grew up playing NES, SNES, Genesis and they all provided excellent game play value as well as graphics as opposed to today's graphics. How many of you guys played and beat a game in less than 20 hours? The Bouncer, anyone? They spent a lot of time pre-rendering everything to make it crystal clear and sharp to appeal the audience into thinking its a bad ass game but the game play value is lousy and short, which makes spending 50 dollars seem pointless and a waste of money. Things has changed and the better the technology become for the consoles, the lousy the game play value will become. It is a rarity to find some good games that provides a lot of fun and enjoyment for your bucks like GTA: San Andreas, DDR Revolution with the dance pad, several platform games I can't think of right now.
That's another story but that's what I think of the GCN, it's still coming up strong and hey before Microsoft dropped their price on the XBOX, GCN was the 2nd leading console next to the PS2. Xbox's price dropped to $179, and the price drop alone put it ahead in the race. Honestly, I would be looking at the XBox, will it succeed in the gaming console wars? I think not because not many good games are out for the XBox right now other than Ninja Gaiden... and that's probably about it. Microsoft seems to be afraid that they would lose in the war because they bought out several companies like Bungie (Halo) and made a lot of contracts to make elusive titles like Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive under Tecmo. It is the games that saved XBox's ass. If it was not for the games like Halo, Ninja Gaiden and DoA, XBox will be failing right now.
I go to many retail stores and I see a lot of games for the PS2, GCN and XBox and what I see the most is the XBox games are always in stock... GCN would most of the time be out of stock and the PS2 would also be always in stock but the new hottest games like GTA: SA, would be out of stock of course, but when I see a new game like Ninja Gaiden for the XBox, naturally I would expect it to be out of stock, but it's still in stock and collecting dust since it came out... This is both in Chicago at several Best Buys, Wal-Marts and Targets and here in Ohio at Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Of course, that's my opinion and I know many people would beg to differ with my opinion. XD
such a sad, sad story there, fellas.
And it's differcult to find out what's new with this console. I'm not sure if Nintendo will discontinue use of mini discs and throw in a new 15 GB hard drive includes features which DS had and a port to plug console to PC monitor. That's all I get information from Game Informer magazine.
