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[Afro Thunder]

Sorry if old...

Console gaming has historically struggled to find room for three competing platforms. Sega ducked out of the ring after its ill-fated Dreamcast, but there was no relief for its Japanese peers. The (tight) corner Sega left had already been reserved by the considerable bulk of Microsoft.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=322&Itemid=2

 

[Monk]

Nice article, I agree with it entirely.

 

[Ulairi]

I'd make an arguement that the GC has weaker graphics than the PS2 and that they often look "flatter".

 

[Kiriku]

Eh, I don't know...for example:

"Deliberately shunning the developer-unfriendly complexities of PlayStation 2's Emotion Engine, GameCube's simpler custom chipsets also helped Nintendo deliver a cheaper machine. But it was also a less-capable machine - the proprietary disc format means it can't play DVDs, the graphics are often noticeably flatter, and there's no in-built Internet support."

I don't get this...there wasn't any built-in Internet support with PS2 either. And they're saying the graphics are often noticeable flatter in GC games...what exactly does that mean?

 

[Monk]

Eh, I don't know...for example:

"Deliberately shunning the developer-unfriendly complexities of PlayStation 2's Emotion Engine, GameCube's simpler custom chipsets also helped Nintendo deliver a cheaper machine. But it was also a less-capable machine - the proprietary disc format means it can't play DVDs, the graphics are often noticeably flatter, and there's no in-built Internet support."

I don't get this...there wasn't any built-in Internet support with PS2 either. And they're saying the graphics are often noticeable flatter in GC games...what exactly does that mean?

Yeah teh graphics argument was a bit ridiculous, but the rest of it was very good.

 

[midnightguy]

this new Next-Generation Online is really sucky compared to the old 1990s incarnation

even if some of the things in the article are true, I dislike what Next-Generation is focusing on. they used to be great about disecting technology and what it meant for games.

 

[trilobyte]

flatter probably means that GC textures aren't shimmering in the wind.

 

[speedpop]

GameCube means "Nintendo". If you don't know what "Nintendo" means.. go ask your gaming friend.. the one that salivates over the next big title with breasts in it, or the one that doesn't read gaming mags or bother to read anything related about gaming on the 'net. These are the guys that don't understand what "Nintendo" truly is - a gaming company who has lost touch with their own developments at the moment and their hardcore fans desperately wishing them to wake the hell up. Not only does "Nintendo" have to deal with countless of people who sledge them constantly over a fake image problem (as well as the ones who wish the company dead for some reason.. a complex issue Drinky?), they also have to deal with the hardest critics of all. Their own fans.

As much as I'd love to live through the glory days of SNES once again, it is long past and probably will never happen again.