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Eidos To Stop GameCube Development

Posted by simoniker on from the lara-and-kirby-not-chums dept.

Thanks to The Times Online for their article indicating that Eidos has announced that they will no longer develop GameCube titles. The article, based on comments made as the company announced their financial results, explains that "...there were no plans for Eidos, Europe's second largest games developer, to release any games for the struggling GameCube, which has sold about 1.8 million units in Europe compared with sales of 15 million for Sony's PS2." Eidos CEO Mike McGarvey commented: "The GameCube is a declining business... If other companies follow us [Nintendo] will have a hard battle to fight." This follows similar anti-GameCube comments by Acclaim a couple of months back.

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  1. Not Sega, just Sega Sports (ESPN) by sladelink · · Score: 1, Troll

    The lack of ESPN Sega Sports games on Gamecube has far less to do with slagging sales and more to do with the fact that Gamecube's memory cards are tiny compared to what a big sports game with a Franchise mode really needs for storage. If the Gamecube had a larger storage standard, they'd probably still have Sega Sports games. Saying that Sega won't continue supporting the Gamecube would be wrong.

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  2. Re:oh no not eidos! by bigman2003 · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you really want to feel like a Game Cube owner, make sure you hit the 'next' button at the bottom of the cartoon....

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    No reason to lie.