8th April 2003, 5:36 PM
Quote:I don't know about you, but I love the look of my GCN (I got black, they didn't have any other color at that store). Nothing wrong with "indigo" (well technically, purple isn't listed in the colors of the rainbow, so maybe it's MORE accurate, since all you ever really need is seven colors, this statement was intented for laughs...idiots....don't tell me why we need more than seven colors, just laugh at the sillyness of what I said...) when others are there to get. I've never heard anyone make fun of the GCN's look, ever. That handle doesn't look like a lunch box handle (and what's wrong with that? Construction workers have lunch boxes!), it looks perfectly functional. The only problem is it's SUPPOSED to be a cube, but you don't even need a ruler to see that it's "deeper" than it is high or wide, thus meaning it's not a cube at all. For that matter, I do believe the Q is the nicest console I have ever seen, and others agree. ALL consoles look like toys compaired to the look of the Q.
Like I said, I like the look of the system. However mainstream America does think that it looks like a toy. Every single non-gamer friend that I have thinks that the PS2 and X-Box are the "cool" systems and that the Gamecube is the little kid's toy, and that it looks like a Barney lunch box.
Quote:The fifth thing is just fan service. Most casual gamers don't care about surround sound or HDTV support. In fact, most casuals I meet just hook up the ol' RF modulator to the new system they bought and hook that up to their 15' TV with VCR combo built in. I'm just BARELY above that with the advantage of not needing an RF modulator . This Digital 2 thing sounds pretty sweet from what I've heard in stores, and I can't really tell the difference between that and genuine stuff. Still, I can see that it would be a nice addition. Might as well make it support 6.1. If they are goign to bother with HDTV, they really need to get games supporting higher resolutions that new HDTVs are capable of. Push it to the thousands for starters, then higher. Still though, this isn't something that will sell systems to the masses. I don't know anyone who's ever used the surround sound or hdtv abilities of their PS2, XBox, or GCN.
Oh I disagree with that. While most people aren't hardcore a/v freaks, a lot of people have some sort of surround sound set-up in their homes, and HDTV's are becoming more and more popular. When Joe Casual goes to Best Buy looking for a new gaming system, the clerk is going to tell him the main differences between the consoles and will definitely use the 5.1 support as a strong selling point, even if Joe Casual does not yet have a 5.1 sound system. He will probably get one down the line and it would be nice to have a system that supports it. With DVDs being so popular more and more people are buying good surround sound systems, and game systems supporting 5.1 sound is becoming a standard.
Quote:"We need an 8th." Yes you do! Backwards compatibility! This REALLY helped sell the PS2 even when it had barely any games! People wanted to play many PS1 games, but realized the new system was out, why not buy that to play them? Same with the GBC and the GBA! People who never owned the old systems before those two bought them to play the old titles as much as they did to play the new! Nintendo has two experiences with backwards compatibility, and Sony has the success of one. Backwards compatility sells systems! So, just have a nice inner groove (well, most CD trays do) for GCN games and let us play them.
I forgot about that. Backwards compatiblity is definitely a must.