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« on: October 26, 2004, 05:48:01 AM »
This is an issue that I talk about frequently on my radio show (by the way this is my first forum post, HI). I, too, am very frustrated by people ignoring the Gamecube and just writing it off as a kiddy console. I used to work in the electronics department for a big store in the town I live in, and I would always try to convince parents that for Christmas they should get their kids a Gamecube. I'd sell them a Gamecube, a Wavebird and a game like Eternal Darkness or Metroid Prime. Most of them would come back, returning the system and buy a ps2 with GTA. It's just sad to me. We have this mentality of the typical ignorant gamer that if you play certain games, your friends will make fun of you. Just the other night I had my window open after going to bed and overheard a conversation in the parking lot of my apartment complex. Two guys were talking about how they went to the store and the store only had "f-ing Gamecube. That's for f-ing 5 year olds." Most people won't even notice a game like Donkey Konga, because it has kids songs on it. Pikmin 2 involves flowers.
But think about it this way, do we really want these kinds of people playing our good games? I know that Nintendo relies on SALES and everything, but I like the fact that these people stay to their Maddens and their GTAs sometimes. At least at E3 it meant that they all passed over the Nintendo booth and allowed me and my friend to play Metroid Prime 2 multiplayer for almost a full day.
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