GameCube's Timeline, Accomplishments Charted

Thanks to GameSpy for its article charting the progress of Nintendo's GameCube console from launch to the present day, as part of an ongoing series that has also included the Xbox. The piece starts with the bold statement: "Despite being the wrong product at the wrong time, Nintendo's durable GameCube game console has demonstrated lasting power in a market for which it was not well targeted", and ends by noting: "GameCube will certainly end this generation in second place internationally -- the virtual shutout that Xbox received in Japan settles that part of the race, and it may yet challenge Microsoft in the U.S. and European markets." What's your view of the success of the GameCube and its software titles in the current console generation?

Comments

Re:Some notable GC exclusives...

[Johnso]

Don't forget:

Metroid Prime
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Animal Crossing
The Resident Evil series

and many other excellent first-party games (Mario Golf, etc.)

And that's not counting the thousands of Game Boy games you can play with the Game Boy Player. There's an endless supply of classics to sift through.

Re:Some notable GC exclusives...

[PainKilleR-CE]

The Resident Evil series arent exclusive to the Gamecube, quite the opposite in fact.

Resident Evil 0 and the remake of Resident Evil are Cube exclusives. I believe they're going to release one more Cube-exclusive RE title, as well.

hate the griping about the look.

[kisrael]

I hate the griping that the console looks "toylike". I have all 3 consoles, (admittedly GC first, because of the games) and the GC is the only one that I like having out in the open. The Xbox is this hulking monstrosity with giant 80s-era fins, and the PS2 is just dull, as squared off as is PS2 logo...only its vertical stand woud make it interesting, and I heard that's not great for the alignment, so I don't do that.