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Juts wanna counter a few points here.

Originally posted by Vicious_2003
The Gamecube...put simply, weather you like it or not, is geared towards a younger audience. Thats not where the gaming market is going. Its going towards games like GTA, not friggin Mario or Billy Hatcher. While I can respect that they havent just sold out and started mass producing games that display blood and guts, its just not smart. The kiddy market (Obviously) isnt keeping them in the running sales wise with Microsoft and Sony.

Sadly Nintendo do have the stigma of being a 'kiddy' console maker which is not all that deserved. For example, from Super Mario 3 onwards, there are certain features within the game (secrets, etc)that a 'kiddy' would have great difficulty with but cos it's presented as a 'cute' platform game it's perceived to be 'kiddy'.

With the Cube, Ninty have taken a more adult oriented approach. Games such as Soul Caibur 2, Res Evil, Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Burnout and so on are definitely not 'kiddy' games (I can't help but notice the irony in that SC2 is so simple to play yet not considered 'kiddy' - much more simple than Super Mario World in my opinion), and a lot of the big releases are multi-format (SSX, SC2 and so on).

Unfortunately the stigma is still attached and will take some time still for the casual gamer to ignore this.

And lets talk features.

Is it capable of playing DVD's like the PS2 and X Box. NO

Early Online support like Sony and MC ? NO

A descent controller ? NO

Nintendo have always maintained that the Cube would be a games machine and that's it - and as a piece of hardware it's got great specs. As for the controller, I think thats something that can only be measured by personal preference. I know people who hate the PS2 controller. Different strokes for different folks.

And they dont have a whole lot of great games for the Cube. Maybe as many as the X Box. Every game rental place I go too has less Cube games than X Box games and most of the GC games either suck or feature little animated kids or cute fuzzy animals.

As I said before, the Cube has its fair share of more 'adult' games that feature no furry animals at all. They're there if you look hard enough for them.

You can argue for Nintendo all you want. But they arent selling well....and thats the bottom line. They arent dropping prices as an out of the blue strategic move. They are doing it because they havent sold half as many systems as they projected . Im not saying it isnt a good move, it is, im sure they will sell more . Im just saying its a desperate move. It doesent mean theyre going to fold, who knows, they very well might come out with an awesome next gen system in 2006 that blows sony and MC out of the water. The Gamecube is a good system it just doesent stack up, and thats why it isnt selling well.

You're right, the Cube isn't selling as well as it should be and I blame that mostly on the 'kiddy' image Nintendo has gained over the years. However, whilst the casual gamer is prone to such falicies, should the likes of us guys/gals, who have a greater interest, be affected too?

I say no. A good game is a good game whether it be cute looking or not. I would class a kiddy game as something that is simple to play rather than how it looks. And for me, the Cube offers games that appeals to me.

Don't get me wrong, PS2 is still my fave system. But I do own PS2, Cube, Dreamcast, PC, PSOne and GBA. I play games - not systems.

- S