WEll in my experiance i always here the "PS2 or xbox" argument at my schoo, at work, on the internet, and by game developers choosing to make games for systems. Nintendo dug themselves a grave this gen by announcing no online support. although online support may or may not be profitable... this doesent mean its not a factor that help people decide which platform to buy a game on. LEts take the Upcoming goldeneye. Who is honestly even going to consider a purchase for this game on the gamecube if they also own a ps2 or xbox? I mean the xbox and ps2 versions will have online multipleyer and more.
I have been a nintendo fan for life but the gamecube is like the last straw.. I was much more impressed with the N64s offerings.. Now with todays advanced features (onliune, hard drive voice etc) I just feel that my "n64 with better graphics" (aka gamecube) just doesent cut it.
I still own my GC and i wont sell it (i need it to play MP2 and zelda
) but thats the problem.. I (and thousands more) only bought a gamecube to play the marios zeldas and metroids.. we feel no need to play any other type of game on the GC... i mean.. thats what my xbox with more features is for?
Personally I know alot of nintendo fanboy would hate me for this.. but I think Nintendo and M$ should merge or M$ buy out nintendo. M$ showed interest i remember a while back of a buy out but of course nintendo would never sell. Im hoping that nintendos "revolution" will fail horribly and put nintendo at so much a $ loss that they will be forced to sell to M$. Then with nintendos great Everyone and 1st party support.. combined with M$ older gamer audiance, 3rd party games and use of lattest technology (specifically thier strong online stance) , it would be the greatest system ever and Would finally bring that Sony down to second (I dont like sony). Of course something like this would take another 2 gens and sony is gonna win the next gen.. peoples opinions dont just change the next generation unless sony screwes up and chooses to ignore the lattest technology and switch to some sort of unwanted game format limiting game Features. Sony is here to stay (as #1) unless some1 takes them down.. and its not gonna be nintendo or M$ alone unfortunetly... PS3 will reign supreame next gen i can garuntee. Of course lots will argue with me.. but Ps is just too powerful in the market
Well any way.. im looking forward to playing halo 2 online 16 players with my smart joy frag keyboard and mouse adaptar.. I suppose i can take a break from halo for a day or 2 to beat metroid Prime 2.. shelve it.. and get back to my halo 2. I just wish nintendo would stop focusing on profits and focus on the fans. I know thier a company and need profits... but I say just sacrafice a few $10s of millions of dollars profit (like xbox with live etc and sony did) to please the fans. This actually helps in the long run. I mean.. its just stupid small things nintendo does to make money that gets on my nerves like create GBA NES games for $20 each when u can clearly fit Every single NES game out on 1 damn cartridge. Remember Mario all-stars for SNES? Instead of porting that they port all the marios speratly to make more $.. err. Another example is the GBA headphone adaptar u need for the GBA SP... Just more profit for big N and another way to get me angry.