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May 17 2004 09:15pm

Dicemaster
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Dicemaster
What are your opionions on the three? favorite one? that type of stuff.
Personally i like xbox and PS2 equally. I was originally planning on getting a PS2, then i started playing all my friends in halo, and realized tons of friends had xbox's and halo was a sweet game. So i got an xbox

i think gamecubes are a big paperweight and thats all they are good for, but thats just me
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Poll
Well what do you like best?

vote results
Xbox Xbox [6 votes] [40%]
PS2 PS2 [2 votes] [13%]
Gamecube Gamecube [7 votes] [47%]
All three equal All three equal [0 votes] [0%]

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May 18 2004 02:47pm

Silencio
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 Silencio

I love my gamecube, and nintendo in general. I'd never get a ps2 due to the crappy graphics and overwhelming load times. I'd like to get an Xbox due to all the modding you can do on it, but seeing as how hard drives cost money, I'm gonna postpone that for a while
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May 18 2004 01:39pm

Janus
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 Janus

Cube and PS2, but Nintendo holds tired and true to the heart, it's where I was raised, and that's where my loyalties lay. Although kiddish with other companies, the main titles we've grown up on continue to kick butt, and that's where the fun is anyways!
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May 18 2004 07:48am

Aron
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 Aron

I don't have any of these things, but I'm a Nintendo fan too :)

Sure, a lot of the games might seem "childish" even, with all the fancy rainbow colors and all, but once you have the guts to step over that line and just play it, you will discover what great games they are :)

Nintendo games are revolutionary, but often basic. That does not make them less addictive :)

May 18 2004 07:27am

Monteeeeeee
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 Monteeeeeee

Gamecube pwns man, super mario smash bros melee weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hehe, mario sunshine pwns, windwaker pwns, the new zelda is gonna kick butt, and final fantasy chrystal chronicles looks awesome too :D
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May 18 2004 06:19am

Dicemaster
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 Dicemaster

San andreas realeses on xbox first...last i heard anyway
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May 18 2004 02:25am

Fire
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 Fire

The only system I have is ps2, my bro owns an XBox. My friend has a gamecube :P Well, technology-wise, Gamecube probably has the best graphics capabilities for your needs :D, xbox, then ps2. Although it has a lot of kids games, it still has some really great games. XBox is great because of it's online package, the only reason I don't like it much, is because it doesn't have any of the EA Sports games :( PS2 is my favorite because of the games, like the GTA series especially :P San Andreas, here we come!!! :D

May 18 2004 01:01am

Orion
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 Orion

I'm a Nintendo Fan boy, always have and always will be. They make great hardware, the GCN is a great piece of hardware, I have a PS2, only for the FF series and GTA series and DVDs. I like Nintendo's approatch to keep their hardwarey to gaming not try to branch out in to home media. I like haveing a box that does one thing, and does it good. I enjoy the games Nintendo puts out. The PS2 is ok..they only got the marketing of sony that got them to where they are. I will never buy an xbox, why support a monopoly? this is the next indutry microsoft is going to reach its claws into. they alright bought Bungie and RareWare whos next?
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May 18 2004 12:48am

Buzz
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 Buzz

I've always been a nintendo fan so I stick by their products. They are very good quality products and I can usually find games I enjoy playing. I don't really mind PS2 and stuff. Xbox though is a big bulky heavy object that the best games for the system you can find the majority of those games for another console or on PC. I'll buy a sony console before an X-box
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May 18 2004 12:37am

(Jedi)Obi-JK
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 (Jedi)Obi-JK

Nintedo could be a lot better with very little, effort if they would just pull thier head out thier ass. They still have some of the best licenses around, they just need to stop putting out so much crap. I mean to N64 and the GC must have the most outrageous ratio of good games to shit games.


EDIT: I apologize about the formatting for the games list, but I just copied and pasted it from the ign site, I am not about to make it all look extra pretty, it will still get the point across.

For a quick reference, I went to "www.ign.com" and looked at only GC games that they gave a 9.0 or greater:

Metroid Prime Action Adventure Buy Now 9.8
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Adventure Buy Now 9.6
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Action Adventure Buy Now 9.6
Super Smash Bros. Melee Fighting Buy Now 9.6
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Action Adventure Buy Now 9.6
Viewtiful Joe Fighting Action Buy Now 9.5
Madden NFL 2004 Sports 9.4
Super Mario Sunshine Platformer Buy Now 9.4
F-Zero GX Racing Buy Now 9.3
SSX 3 Sports Buy Now 9.3
Soulcalibur II Fighting Buy Now 9.2
Tony Hawk's Underground Sports Buy Now 9.2
Wave Race: Blue Storm Racing Buy Now 9.2
Aggressive Inline Sports Buy Now 9.1
Animal Crossing Simulation Buy Now 9.1
NBA Street Vol. 2 Sports 9.1
NFL Street Sports Action Buy Now 9.1
Pikmin Strategy Buy Now 9.1
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader Flight Action 9.1
TimeSplitters 2 Shooter Buy Now 9.1
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Action Buy Now 9.1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Sports Buy Now 9.1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Sports Buy Now 9.1
Beyond Good & Evil Action Adventure 9.0
NCAA Football 2004 Sports 9.0
NFL 2K3 Sports Buy Now 9.0
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II RPG 9.0
Resident Evil Action Adventure Buy Now 9.0
Star Fox Adventures Adventure Buy Now 9.0
Super Monkey Ball 2 Puzzle Action Buy Now 9.0
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest Action Buy Now 9.0
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 Sports Buy Now 9.0
True Crime: Streets of L.A. Action Adventure Buy Now 9.0

Here are games that fall between 8.9 and 8.5

Def Jam Vendetta Wrestling Buy Now 8.9
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Action Adventure Buy Now 8.9
NCAA Football 2003 Sports Buy Now 8.9
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Action Adventure Buy Now 8.9
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 Sports Buy Now 8.9
Madden NFL 2003 Sports Buy Now 8.8
MVP Baseball 2004 Sports Buy Now 8.8
Need for Speed Underground Racing Buy Now 8.8
NHL 2004 Sports Buy Now 8.8
NHL 2K3 Sports 8.8
Madden NFL 2002 Sports Buy Now 8.7
NBA 2K3 Sports Buy Now 8.7
NBA Live 2004 Sports Buy Now 8.7
NHL 2003 Sports Buy Now 8.7
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Action Buy Now 8.7
FIFA Soccer 2002 Sports Buy Now 8.6
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Fighting Buy Now 8.6
NBA 2K2 Sports Buy Now 8.6
NBA Street Sports Buy Now 8.6
NHL Hitz Pro Sports Buy Now 8.6
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Racing Buy Now 8.5
Dr. Muto Platformer 8.5
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing Action Buy Now 8.5
James Bond 007: NightFire Shooter Buy Now 8.5
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Action Adventure Buy Now 8.5
MX Superfly Racing Buy Now 8.5
NASCAR Thunder 2003 Racing Buy Now 8.5
NBA Live 2003 Sports Buy Now 8.5
NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Sports 8.5
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution Card RPG 8.5
Rocky Fighting Buy Now 8.5
Skies of Arcadia Legends RPG Buy Now 8.5
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Action Adventure Buy Now 8.5
The Sims Simulation Buy Now 8.5
XG3 Extreme G Racing Racing Buy Now 8.5

That is a good amount of games, the problem is who has heard of 1/2 of them? The sports games, everyone I know says Xbox has the best sports games, most of these are available on all 3 platforms.

So these would be my suggestions for getting thier name out better.

1.) More advertising on networks watched by males from the ages 18-35.

2.) Find a way to make thier games appeal to this age group more. I don't know if people know this but games like Super Mario Sunshine, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Super Smash Bros Melee are really awesome games. The problem is they look like they are for children.

Side Comment: If you are a Zelda fan, that is what you can expect from the Harry Potter Game, the game play is just as good also.

About this shit-games:

1.) Stop making gay ass Disney games. Shrek, Monsters Inc, Shrek Super Party, omfg who approves this shit?

Also the Gamcube and Xbox are more power machines, and have better graphics than the PS2, the PS2 came out 1st, so Nintendo and Microsoft, felt they had to build more powerful machines to compete. Btw, this shouldn't mean much only the lowest of morons choose games based on graphics, if you truely enjoy video games, you'll agree that "gameplay" is the key, which is why people buy items like the Game Boy Advance, and that a regular NES is still one of the hottest items on ebay.

The one other thing that really hurt thier impact on the gaming market was the size of discs they used. Sure they held less info, but who cares, the PS2 and Xbox play DVD's so when you bought those, it was 1 less item to have to cram in your dorm room, plus it technically, made it a better buy, I bet like 10% more teenagers were ably to convince thier parents to buy them a PS2/Xbox if thier parents were looking for a DVD player around the same time.

There are like 5 more things I could list positive about the GameCube, they none of it matters honestly, until they start marketing to the right age group, and show people how fun thier games are to play ( that it isn't neccasary to have a game with a NC-17 rating for it to be fun) they are going to slowly get pummeled until they have to stop making hardware, and sell thier liscenes to Sony or Mirosoft.
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This comment was edited by (Jedi)Obi-JK on May 18 2004 12:38am.

May 18 2004 12:09am

Axion
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 Axion

xbox owns.. great games + xbox live=PWNAGE! :D
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