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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. Not to complain.... by brkello · · Score: 3, Informative

    But you could have just stated the whole article by adding, "Acclaim noted that Cousens comments were taken out of context. Cousens was just explaining how Acclaim is re-evaulating what consoles to release their games on." So in other words, this is a bit of a non-issue. If they can profit on the gamecube, they will, if they can't, then it won't be supported.

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  2. Re:The trouble with the cube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Elaborating on this:

    There's an interesting article posted today over on N-Sider called "Nintendo's Missing Mojo" that discusses Nintendo's relationship with 3rd Party developers, including Acclaim. The article basically says that in order to capture a larger market share, the big N needs to stop viewing 3rd party developers as competitors and needs to view them as partners.

  3. Re:My vote by andyt · · Score: 2, Informative

    And most important, find a way to kick the (undeserved) just for kids image.

    Wouldn't say it is underserved, not when they did crap like this.

    Might not be true now but some of us have long memories.

  4. Re:The trouble with the cube by Sparkinator · · Score: 2, Informative

    Psst, you can use your PS2 controller with the Gamecube with a simple converter cable, which can be found at various stores like CompUSA etc...