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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Unplug ur GCN while not using?

« on: January 13, 2004, 11:38:02 AM »

There is absolutely no problem to this.  I have had the NES, the 3DO, the N64, GameCube and Xbox and I never ever bothered to unplug them for any reason at all, even when power surges occur.

Everything works perfectly fine. Don't bother, it's just TOO precautious of a precaution.

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TalkBack / RE:GameCube’s Mid-Term Report Card

« on: December 24, 2003, 05:05:59 PM »

Online play is extremely successful on the PC, but I just don't see consoles suited for such a phase.  The average gamer out there will not care about online gaming.  The only reason why PC has a better shot at success is its incredibly large userbase of people who use it for games than on consoles, which is a lot less.  

So many people use computers for the past 5 years or so since the 'dot com' boom and all new computers have all the online gaming hardware provided in the box.  The internet connection is mainly purchased for networking (e.g. surf the internet), but can be used for online gaming at NO EXTRA COST other than the game itself.  

For consoles, the modem and internet service is extra and many people are not willing to put so much investment into it.