- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Egh...gamecube...to me and to a few others, they've yet to shake off their "kiddie" image. I mean, it's nice and all if you try to cater to all audiences, but when you don't please your home market, the true-to-form gamer, you've got a huge problem on your hands there.
What Nintendo's been doing is steering the company so that it tries to please all crowds, from the soccer moms to the little tots. In doing so, they've lost focus of their target, most reliable audience, gamers like you and me. Hence, the shoddy-looking Gamecube (Purple? They made a console PURPLE???), that was outstripped by both the Xbox and PS2 in sales, and the gimmicky DS.
Hopefully, their next move'll be a smart one with the release of the Wii...this time around, it's Nintendo with the better-looking console in terms of aesthetics out of all three. And as for the controller...it's either going to win big or it's going to flop completely. There's not really an in-between with this controller. I've got my bet that it'll win, though. Remember Duck Hunt?