Re: Insane Gamecube price
Posted by Crono on Sun Mar 20th at 10:35pm 2005
Dark Killer, do you know what's actually out on the GameCube?
What you're saying applies to the N64 ... the console you probably have a chip on your shoulder from.
Most "kids games" on the console are too difficult for "kids" to play. Seriously, the GC has some of the hardest console games I've played in my life. Especially if it's a rendition from an older system. (Ikaruga is ten times harder then the DC version. So is Twin Snakes)
If GC has nothing but kids games then why is Sony the only company censoring games like BMX XXX and Killer 7? (BMX XXX is ridiculous. Sony "threatened" to not release Killer 7 on PS2 because of it's content.)
The Xbox has the least amount of exclusive titles I've ever seen. Not to mention, I don't think I've ever seen a 1st party game for the console. Every game, in some way or another, is ported to or from another platform. Especially the good ones, the games that are ?the reason for owning the system.?
As far as I can see the only thing "good" about it is the online play ... however, since the architecture of the machine is exactly the same as most home computers, most of the Xbox games are ported (more then ps2 or GC console games) and those usually carry online play as well, and that way you don't have to pay for live on top of a net connection ... so, Xbox is pretty useless in my eyes.
There's just an assloads of games for the PS2. Most of them are terrible, but there are enough good ones to justify owning the system. Combine that with backwards compatibility and you've increased the game base by an insane amount.
Beyond games, purely speaking about hardware, GC is the best out there. It's fast and efficient. Something every other non-cartage based console is missing.
I'm not being a fan boy about this. Look at the specs of all the machines and research the architectures, and if you don't agree then you probably don't understand the implications of each machine.
Not to mention, PS2 and Xbox are the only consoles that when they were first released actually damaged your discs. (First Xbox's ground the edge and the PS2 has/had to sit in a vertical stand otherwise it will/would scratch the discs leaving a perfect circular scratch.)
I suppose a hardware draw back in the GC is that it doesn't play DVD movies ... but I already have several DVD players.
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