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Gamecube Hits US Early

Posted by Hemos on from the get-it-while-you-can dept.

semaj writes "It looks like retailers are being told they can sell them as they come in instead of waiting for the November 18 offical release date. PlanetGameCube has the story. Go!" So, anyone want to get us a review unit or two?

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  1. Why Not a PC? by Null_Packet · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hate to be a spoiler for this kind of great news, but...

    I seriously considered all three of the latest consoles for me and my family. I was open to spending up to about $500 on game stuff, but I came to these conclusions:

    • Playstation 2 has some great titles like Gran Turismo 3, etc. but has no native ethernet or storage.
    • XBox is cool too, but has absolutely zero kid's games. This is a biggie.
    • Nintendo is cheaper, has plenty of titles, and I probably wouldn't bother trying to hook it up to the internet.

    But these are all pretty much irrelevant. The PC makes a great platform, and I already have a couple very good gaming machines. The PC has more titles, cheaper games, downloadable demos, and can and already is connected to the internet. I for one am seeing the console industry getting closer to the closed-up boxen that I loathe. I like building some of my PC's, and the console seems to be heading in that direction.

    I am quite interested to hear what other Slashdotters think about just keeping their PC's (or getting a new one) instead of also getting a game console.