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Harrison On Nintendo's Shortcomings, Hopes

Posted by simoniker on from the honesty-best-policy dept.

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]."

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  1. Reminds me... by ihatesco · · Score: 1, Troll
    of the announcements that Sega made before disbanding the Hardware section of their company. ("100 more videogames before the next Dreamcast arrives!").

    I begin thinking that something alien like a Nintendo branded X-Box is in the work...

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  2. *BZZT* WRONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    The PS2 I can agree with. It's gotten stale for me, and the only reason I'm not selling the damn thing is because of Dance Dance Revolution, Rez, Amplitude, Frequency and Tribes: Aerial Assault. Rest of the PS2 series is a yawner.

    But seriously, anyone who is bashing the Xbox''s library at this point in the game needs to find a new platform to troll on. There are many many awesome Xbox games, some of which don't get all of the media attention, but are still great. Games like Mechassault and Moto GP 2 may not be the most popular, but they're hella fun. I'm currently occupied with Crimson Skies and Tony Hawk's Underground (GOD DAMN NEVERSOFT FOR NOT SUPPORTING LIVE!!!! Why can't they at least give us online play...don't care if we cant download anything...), Amped 2 and Rainbow Six 3 just came out, and and coming out in mrere weeks is Counterstrike and Projet Gotham Racing 2, two eagerly anticipated titles (especially by me). And of course, next year, Halo 2 and True Fantasy Live are going to occupy all my free time. Now granted, if you're not an online gamer like me, it's not nearly as great, but hell at lesat give Xbox a little credit...

    It is a very good time to be an Xbox owner at this point in time. Find a new platform to troll about.

    1. Re:*BZZT* WRONG! by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 1, Troll

      THUG is not exclusive to the XBox so why did you bring that up?

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