Gamecube If you ask me, the Gamecube deserved the L... But at least it tried. A little ramble about the 6th gen console war.

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's iconTamagotchiTamaHero24]

1. Discs (say what you want but mini discs held less data and meant no dvd compatibility. They also meant more expense in manufacturing for Big N)

Imagine being so paranoid about piracy that you end up making a product that literally cripples your own system in the process.
At least the XBox HAD DVD support. I could rant about how they locked that feature away (a very Microsoft move), but Nintendo didn’t even give it the time of day. And when your competitor is actively proving why a DVD drive is good idea, I don’t know why you wouldn’t take a step back and at least make it an add on at launch, you feel?

 

[ThatOneLum]

Imagine being so paranoid about piracy that you end up making a product that literally cripples your own system in the process.
At least the XBox HAD DVD support. I could rant about how they locked that feature away (a very Microsoft move), but Nintendo didn’t even give it the time of day. And when your competitor is actively proving why a DVD drive is good idea, I don’t know why you wouldn’t take a step back and at least make it an add on at launch, you feel?

Yeah, while the focus on gaming is touted by "hard-core gamers" reality makes it pretty obvious that those secondary features can really sell a system.

It almost felt a bit like they used the mini discs to give the platform some uniqueness, but standing out by doing something insane is a good way to get ignored, as I learnt in high school.

 

[Leo-Dash]

It's ok! Everyone have opinions and I respect that even if Game Cube was my childhood, Nintendo did a lot of dumb choices with it that sabotaged it!

I have to say tho
SHOUT OUTS TO GAME CUBE'S INDIGO COLOUR! Gotta be my fav colour

Imagine being so paranoid about piracy that you end up making a product that literally cripples your own system in the process.

FOR REAL! Such a Dumb decision!
That's why Games like Tales of Symphonia was in 2 GC Discs

 

[SoraSquood]

Still wish Nintendo kept the indigo color scheme.

Like yeah, they're the Red of the trio with PS and Xbox being blue and green, but indigo just felt different and then they just swerved to stark white for two gens.

 

[Leo-Dash]

Still wish Nintendo kept the indigo color scheme.

Like yeah, they're the Red of the trio with PS and Xbox being blue and green, but indigo just felt different and then they just swerved to stark white for two gens.

Modern technology after 2010 is so boring! They all ditch colours
They are all either White or Black... and still only nintendo sells colourful consoles
For limited time editions

 

[Sinmenon]

When my friend at university said "I'm bringing my lunchbox," we all knew he was bringing his GC along.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight]

Why I oughta take my GameCube by it's cute little handle and

 

[Graw]

and the nostalgia needle moves up to the Wii era. People with a soft spot for the Gamecube will be lumped in with bizzare weirdos like myself who have a soft spot for the Dreamcast.

Except the GameCube has a bunch of good games that weren't released on other systems. Any time I go to play a Dreamcast game there's usually a better version of the game on a different system. The Wii is silly and gimmicky. There's maybe a small handful of Wii games I would actually bother with.

 

[moonbits]

Why? It was more powerful than the other two consoles.

it wasn't more powerful than the Xbox.

 

[Ikagura]

it wasn't more powerful than the Xbox.

The Xbox came after. I was referring to the Dreamcast and PS2 back when it got released.