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Acclaim - GameCube Not Worth Publishing For?

Posted by simoniker on from the maybe-no-great-loss? dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a GamePro report claiming that Acclaim Entertainment is dropping support for the Gamecube. The article quotes UK trade magazine MCV's interview with new Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens, who says "Why should we develop for platforms that don't deliver profits for us? We will still support the PS2 and Xbox, but Nintendo? No, not in the foreseeable future." Reportedly, this won't be true for the handful of in-development GameCube conversions at the troubled publisher, but these harsh words seem to imply that further Burnout sequels, amongst others, will not be coming to GameCube. Update: 06/23 22:08 GMT by S : Planet GameCube got an official comment from the publisher which says "Acclaim will now evaluate each title and decide which system(s) it best fits", but it's clear the CEO is still very down on GameCube.

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  1. Bah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This isn't the first time Acclaim has blamed its financial woes on a console instead of the fact that they make lots of derivative caca and think people will buy it because they saw it on a tombstone.

  2. Acclaim games... by bmorton · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I sit back and think about all the Acclaim games that I've ever enjoyed... ...nevermind. I can't think of any. Maybe I've forgotten a good one, but I can't see this is so much of a loss.

    My only disappointment is the unlikeliness of a Mary Kate and Ashley Gamecube game. :(

    1. Re:Acclaim games... by Rellik66 · · Score: 2, Funny

      No wait! Pitfall was made by Activision.

      Ok, there were no games made by Acclaim that I liked

      --

      Too many zeros, not enough ones

  3. This article should be called... by neostorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Sudden increase in quality of Nintendo Gamecube titles..."

  4. Oh no! by hibiki_r · · Score: 3, Funny

    We won't get a sequel to "Mary Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16" for the Gamecube! What are we going to do now?