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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. Build your own Console! by Serapth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well... this is kinda off topic... kinda not... so what the hell, im posting it!

    Anyways, I see alot of people talking about the nostalga of the older game systems, and how the games themselves are what make a console great. If you truely believe that your going to love this!

    alt="X game station">XGameStation

    Its a build it yourself ( sorta... its actually pre-assembled) 16 bit console, that comes complete with instructions on how to build your own. Plus it ships with a full SDK, and a port GNU tool set. This thing could be fun as hell to play with... plus, its only 99$. I may just have to pick one of these up.

    On a side note... its design / distributed by Andre LeMoth (sp?)... basically the biggest author of game programming books. Ive always thought the guy was a bit of a loon... but his books are/were pretty good, at least for beginners.

    Enjoy.

  2. Re:With the handheld market pretty much tied up... by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NOT a typo - he did it TWICE

    it's called stupidity, different thing altogether

    --
    That was classic intercourse!