8th April 2003, 9:57 PM
Quote:HDTV sales are rapidly rising and sound systems that support at least Dolby Digital 5.1 are pretty common in America. I could get you actual sales figures, but that would take work. I have a bunch of friends and one sibling who are in consumer electronic sales and they could probably get me some nationwide sales figures, but that would be a silly thing to ask, don't you think?
You care, but I couldn't care less about either one...
Quote:Yes, it does. But when Nintendo was advertising the Gamecube in 2001 and the first half of 2002 they always showed the purple one.
True... it should definitely have been the black one... it might have helped sales too...
Quote:The problems that I have with the GameCube controller are as follows:
- Not enough face buttons. The N64 had six face buttons, how come we went backwards in time to the SNES era and only four face buttons?
Yeah... it was awful to see it with just 4. As you said, why the time warp? I thought we'd progressed past the era of just 4 face buttons... it was good while it lasted I guess...
Quote:- The lack of double shoulder buttons. The Z-button is awkward to use, and completely unbalanced, meaning you either have to hold your controller differently in each hand, or you have to take your finger off the R-button in order to use the Z-button. Unacceptable.
Double shoulder buttons are the worst thing added to gamepads since... well ever... the Z is useless, and the 2nd shoulder buttons the PS2 has are the worst placed and hardest to use gamepad buttons I've ever had the displeasure of using... except that Z button of course.
It should have 12 buttons (both PS2 and X-Box have 12...), in the X-Box style: 6 face, 2 start/select, 2 shoulder, 2 clickable analog sticks... that'd be awesome!
Quote:- There is no expansion slot on the controller, whether for memory cards, microphone connection (for future online play), etc.
Yeah... another flaw. It was very nice in the N64 to have that port... it allowed the Rumble, Memory, Transfer, and Microphone Paks... and the NGC? None of those...
Quote:On a slightly different subject:
My webcam is acting up, so I had to use a picture off the web, instead of one I made personally. The N64 just looks so cool! Don't you love how the curve of the casing perfectly matches the curve of the cartridge. It's so sleek and smooth. Even the Q doesn't beat it in terms of visual appeal. I especially enjoy being able to tell at a glance what game is actually in my console. With my GameCube, I have to open the lid to check, which gets annoying.
Yeah, another advantage... though I like it most just because of how cool it looks... :)
The other stuff (quiet, can see the game, power block is attached to the system, and THE CONTROLLERS DONT PULL OUT CONSTANTLY (man is that annoying with the NGC!)) are just more reasons its the best. :)
Oh, and I think in many ways I still like the original name of Ultra 64 more...