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GameCube Production to Halt

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the all-caught-up-and-then-some dept.

avayre writes "Nintendo is to press the pause button on production of its GameCube consoles while it clears inventory of unsold machines. the company's president said on Thursday. But Satoru Iwata promised the struggling games company was developing a radical new product to be announced next year -- however he gave few details save to say it would be a departure from mainstream gaming consoles 'that will have a big impact on the world.'" My prediction is that it's just downtime until Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ships. That'll help move those units that are gathering dust.

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  1. Re:ganecube needs the killer games by BigDork1001 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Mario Kart is scheduled to be released on Nov. 17. Mario Golf which can be played with up to 4 people was just released. Mario Tennis will be out at some point. Smash Bros. has been out for a while. The GC version of Medal of Honor:Frontline has a multi-player feature. Can't forget the Monkey Ball games. Bomberman Generations is a lot of fun with 4 people.

    Seems to be a lot of multi-player games to me.

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  2. Re:Nintendo..xbox killer? by Dylan2000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I did see the numbers saying Gamecube was maybe 5-10% ahead of Xbox worldwide but I can't seem to find them. I found this though

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/31836.html

    ..the overall sales figures (which, interestingly, put Cube and Xbox almost neck and neck on a global level, with around 9.5 million units each - so why are so many US-based analysts desperate to write off the Cube?)

    Which means I can't say the Gamecube is outselling Xbox but neither is the reverse true. Surprised?

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  3. FUD by Rydia · · Score: 5, Informative

    NINTENDO IS NOT STRUGGLING. They were Nikkei's company of the year last year. The reason their stock has lost ground was because they are so heavily invested in the dollar, which took a beating by the yen. They have not operated at a loss in over two decades. They have, at last number I got, 3 billion in the bank, and last year they made more money than SCE. They are, as last I heard, neck and neck with Xbox in the US, but numbers are hard to come by because a lot of retail release figures exclude places such as Walmart, Nintendo's top distributor. Yes, in Europe they are struggling, but they are doing fine and dandy everywhere else.

    For a place that complains about so much FUD, you would think people would know the difference between Sega (operating at a loss for a decade with millions in red) and Nintendo. It's astounding.