Harrison On Nintendo's Shortcomings, Hopes

Thanks to EGM for their interview with Nintendo vice-president George Harrison, discussing the current state of the GameCube, as well as plans for the future. Harrison is surprisingly honest, commenting: "I think we've had individual successes with things like Zelda: The Wind Waker and Smash Bros. and others. If there's a shortcoming for us on GameCube, it's not delivering enough consistent breadth and variety of software. That really is the key." He also explains the exact reasoning behind the GameCube's recent price drop: "We see people buying it for $99 as a second system; potentially someone who has owned a PlayStation 2 for three years already and know that they have another two or so years to wait [for the next console hardware generation]."

Comments

Like everything else

[xQuarkDS9x]

The XBOX and PS2 consoles are flooded full of crappy, boring titles with

A) Poor gameplay
B) Poor Graphics
C) Both

Sure, the Xbox and PS2 have some good titles (Halo on Xbox and I guess GTA series on PS2) but otherwise they are few and far between.

Whereas in the last year and a half alone Nintendo has dome some damn fine updates to classic games with sequels. Let's see, Metroid Prime, Zelda: Wind Waker, new Mario Kart next month, Mario Sunshine, F-Zero GX, Super Smash Bros Melee, Kirby Air Ride, and more. Some of those games will even have more sequels next year as well.

Heck, now you can even play Kirby and hopefully Mario later next month over the internet with the Warp Pipe Project, using a BBA (Broadband Adapter) a Windows or Linux box and your set.