Are gamecube fans slowly slipping to xbox?

raindog wrote:
It's not a matter of Gamecube fans "slipping to XBox".
It's more a matter of GAMING fans wanting to be where all the good, new, exciting games are. Traditionally, perhaps that's been on Nintendo platforms. But right now, it's XBox.

It's not set in stone, but it does emphasise what a huge task Nintendo have ahead of them, in order to claw back some ground in the next generation.

[ Edited by Rickard on 2004/11/10 20:32 ]

HOLY CHRISTWAGONS!

Rickard, you're really irritating me... "Edit"; top-left corner of your post; avoid multiposting... and this is a discussion, not an AA meeting! You are allowed to multiformat. you make it sound like cheating on a partner or something....

ahhh... that edit button.
well and about my behavor.... I sorry, but some thing happend to day that really pisst me off. so to all that I have been agry on ... sorry

If you could point out where he put "X-Box rules", I could discuss it with you.

And please, USE THE EDIT BUTTON!

It doesn't matter,i've got a GC,it's not going anywhere.I was just thinking of getting an xbox for xmas that's all.Now can someone answer my question a few posts up

X-box rule?
and if I do use the edit buttom how do it helps me?

Rickard wrote:
X-box rule?
and if I do use the edit buttom how do it helps me?

*SCREAMS*

EDIT!!!!!! USE GODDAM EDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's up a few posts from my last one

have you heard of a noose rickard?

i think raindig pointed it out pretty well.

the only games im looking forward to on GC are MP2 and the new Zelda, anything else is multiplatform. the gamecube isnt a bad console it has loads of good 1st party games however 3rd party is a disaster, which could be another contributing factor as to why more people are looking at getting an x-box. i only want an x-box for 5 maybe 6 titles which i cant get on GC and i know for a fact are amazing games - Halo, Shemnue, GTA Double Pack, Fable etc. The best bet is to get an X-Box and GC and have the best of both worlds. the ps2 doesnt even come into the equation.

About your question the chance is not very big.

Yeah but I do not think I understand the question.

yeh....

noose??

KingBob-bomb wrote:
It doesn't matter,i've got a GC,it's not going anywhere.I was just thinking of getting an xbox for xmas that's all.Now can someone answer my question a few posts up

I wouldn't say its a case of Nintendo fans going over to Microsoft but more a case of Nintendo fans broadening their tastes. Nintendo and Microsoft cater to different markets and there's a lot of games, like Halo2, which you cannot find on the GC.

Check through the countless posts in these forums and you'll notice the majority of those getting an Xbox are like you. They're getting an Xbox in ADDITION to their gamecube, very few of them are actually selling their cubes. So no, Nintendo supporters aren't slowly going to Microsoft.

As a wise man said to me once. Shut the H*LL,
as we all can agree on GC and X box are both
very good systems. and if you want an X box
for cristmas then you get it.

No offence likes- but that post was poo poo seriouly shiiit who da fuck cares

Kamikazi, I'm going to end up running out of images at this rate..

Lack of 3rd party support is what's killing the Cube. If I could played PES4 and Burnout 3 on Gc it's very likely I would never have bought an XBox. It's not as though these are the only games I'm interested in on XBox, but it certainly made the decision easier. Plus when the console is a mere

I suppose you're right.What are the chances of importing a ds from america to the uk from a decent website and it coming broken or damaged?

As far as I can tell, it'll probably be ok, but the warranty will be void, so if you do import and it doesn't work, youre screwed. up the ass. with a large sharp pointy spiky object. like a broken baseball bat. ouch...

And Rickard, EDIT! ED-IT! EEEDDDIIITTT

edit!

I dont think people are slipping at all.
The lowering price makes every console attractive; i know several ps2 owners who are now buying cheap Cubes for Mario Kart and FZero.

I also see the huge Third Party suuport for DS as a good sign that Nintendo are learning from their mistakes with N64 and Cube.

[ Edited by RobTheBuilder on 2004/11/10 21:55 ]

I wish I could come with a better comeback - but yes, you have to make the observation that a lot of people are getting xboxes - and its not just here.

http://p067.ezboard.com/fnintendohq14987frm24.showMessage?topicID=334.topic

I think as has been said before, that even though people still love their GameCubes, people are buying them now because they're cheap and its got games that GameCube hasn't - not good games, mind, but what do people know?

What DO people know?

Anayways, Even I myself have swayed, and at one stage considered buying a 'box, but I though about it, and decided that the 'cube will rein true, because, in truth, there are already too many games that I want for the cube alone, and if I got and X-box, I'd probably get another 5.

I'd be broke!

The sad truth is, that I can thionk of hafl a dozen people who own PS2's, even a couple of people with an XBox, yet I am the only person I know who owns a GC.

I should really have read through this all but I'll work with what I've got:

Are gamecube fans slowly slipping to xbox?

No. Without a doubt in my mind the answer to your first question is no.

I for one am getting more and more tempted to buy an xbox.I am quite frankly fed up about worrying about Nintendo as they slip down the home console ranks and the way people accuuse the gc of being rubbish and havin to defend myself

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I mean no offence, but your at school yeah?

Your problem, and the GC's problem ONLY IN THE UK, is that our school children play games as much to be cool as they do to play games itself.

Somewhere and somehow the GC has been labelled as uncool in the UK to a massive detrimental effect for what is the best console.

Kids in the playground are obsessed with what's the current fad, if someone deems the GC to be uncool or 'rubbish' (both ludicrously wrong statements) then many misinformed people wont buy the GC or sell their current one.

This situation is plainly wrong but happens here in the UK for some odd reason.

Thankfully the GC is still recognised for its games and quality in the rest of the world, where people aren't such sheep as to listen to what their peers tell them.

Due to this wee see the GC being loved across Europe in Germany, France, Italy, Greece and all other European countrys where quality counts not 'fads' - and safe to say the GC is in the driving position ahead of XBOX.

And of course our friends accross the water in the good ole US of A love the GC because it's a great system regardless of what people have labelled it in some rival magazine/site.

And well, in the land of the rising sun, the home of gaming, just look how well they've taken to this new system. The XBOX will be lucky to sell 30, 000 units this year!

Anyway to sum up, no Nintendo fan would move to the XBOX, plainly because they are Nintendo fans. Yes some may buy an xbox for some reason, maybe the only possible and good one would be if they had a poor spec PC and wanted to play the FPS's or wanted a broader range of 3rd party games - that's about it. And to add to this, I'll go back:

I am quite frankly fed up about worrying about Nintendo as they slip down the home console ranks and the way people accuuse the gc of being rubbish and havin to defend myself

If this is your motivation to get an xbox, have a another look at your motivations. You'll find they are a bit daft.

1. Worried about Nintendo as they slip down the console ranks.

Where, there is a nice little flux between the GC and XBOX between 2nd, don't listen to anyone that says the XBOX is in second - it's not true!

2. You would change console because of what other people think - this baffles me.

You have the GC - yes. You obviously like the GC - yes. I'm sure you recognise Nintendo still make the best games - yes? So why would you ditch it just from what a few narrow minded fools think!

In fact the next time one of these fools says the GC is 'rubbish' you should just look them in the eye, burst out laughing turn and walk away lauging and shaking your head!!

Does anyone know what the current sales figures are for games consoles? Is there a site where they are shown and updated regularly?

Apparantly XBox sales had been around the 15,000 mark after it's price drop. In recent figures for total sales, PS2 had outsold the GC by 5:1. Even XBox was outselling GC, and this included the Japanese market that has little interest in buying anything games wise unless it's made in Japan, (or so it would seem).

[ Edited by Ikaruga on 2004/11/11 12:16 ]