Seriously, what the hell is this?
Nintendo
must have asked themselves that question when they realized the
Gamecube was behind both the Xbox and the PlayStation 2 for the crown
of a generation.
The
Gamecube is an interesting system. I remember a bunch of my friends
looked away because they thought the Gamecube was for kids. You really
can't blame them for looking away. A majority of gamers have been
saving Princess Peach since they were kids. Gotta grow sometime right?
Just look at the launch titles for each system.
PS2
had 29 launch titles in the United States. 11 games were rated E for
Everyone, 16 games were rated T for Teen, and 2 games were rated M for
Mature.
Xbox
had 18 launch titles in the United States. 9 games rated E for
Everyone, 8 Games Rated T for Teen, and 1 game with a Halo around it
was rated M for Mature.
Gamecube
had 12 launch titles in the United States. 7 games were rated E for
Everyone and 5 games were rated T for Teen. Not a single launch title
was rated M for Mature.
The PlayStation 2 had the benefit of a
year to release more games. The Xbox started off with a Halo. The
Gamecube began it's life with Luigi cleaning a dirty house. Fun
Sales of the Nintendo Switch have been higher than those of PS5 in Japan since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2.
There was a worldwide chip shortage when PS5 released so not an apples to apples comparison.
Pretty sure Japan had plenty of PS5 on the shelves to buy no matter what. The fact is, Japan has moved to mobile gaming over standard home console. Software sales alone show that.
Ys X: Proud Nordics is a rebalanced version of 2024's action JRPG Ys X: Nordics, with loads of added gameplay features.
Aion 2 receives major updates in Korea with a new dungeon, Libra system, Abyss changes and progression improvements ahead of global release plans.
I think it was aiming more for the old school/casual gamer market then the Xbox and PS2. Interesting blog post, tad small though, and bit out of date.
Uhhh....why are you talking about the GameCube??
Anyway, I liked that system.
the point of this blog is.... where's your opinion? Camecube was pretty dammned good uh but still... i don't get this blog at all.
I was pretty much bored as hell because I had nothing to play and I started writing. Never thought it would get approved, but since it did I'm mad I didn't get to respond to the comments earlier... Thanks for your input and from now on I'll post things that have a point.
Later