| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 21 Mar 2001 at 20:28:21 |
| Subject: | Re: Pirate Sites (Was T - 11 Days.) |
hi,
> Not really. The Nintendo Gamecube - the world's coolest little not-a-cube
> console - has a guaranteed release date in Japan, some time in June or July
> if I rememeber rightly.
hmm, its quite much a cube in my eyes. that, coupled with a Mac G4 cube
would make a great set of dice on a living room table :-)
> They were mumbling about a simultaneous US release, with the UK release
> being in November rather than next Easter, but while Nintendo is confident
> none of the analysts are because they're bound to not have made enough
> consoles to fit demand.
..the only downer as i see it is their custom CD route...it puts a large
block up to developers and stops the console being used for other
purposes...eg a great little DVD, DivX or MP3 player. I guess we have to
see what extra cost this puts on developers
> the months AFTER the initial launch. But the analysts know better: the
> GC is a guaranteed hotcake.
..so long as the launch titles are good. after all, look at PSX-2, the
console was in short supply AND the launch games pretty much all sucked.
> (Nintendo are also worried about the Gameboy Advance, which is almost
> on a simultaneous release with the Gamecube, and they think they're
> bring THAT out in the US at the same time as well :)
oh yes please! a better GC controller, local personal screen AND portable
game device
alan
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