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Note to anyone who doesn't like the systems I like:

I think you SUX.

 

[Ceb]

You don't have to like the Xbox but that's a bit harsh.

What about stuff like (off the top of my head)

Halo series
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Forza
Metal Slug 3
MotoGP series
Oddworld
Project Gotham series
Shenmue II
Crimson Skies

You may not personally like this stuff, but there is certainly plenty of good exclusive content on the Xbox other than Ninja Gaiden.

I dislike picking apart lists, but Shenmue II and Metal Slug 3 are not "exclusives", no matter how you interpret that term.

And I think what Himuro meant was that while there are many good games for the Xbox, hardly any of them scream "Buy me!".

 

[Scott]

N-Gage, but I plan to rectify that when I can find one in a garage sale for 25¢.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I got them all and then sold the PS2 and turned against it a little (due to hardware failures and eating my discs) I found xbox and GC to be the ultimate gaming combo as well.

heldheld I went ds, for the new nintendo system and I really wanted a gameboy. due to travel the $$ of a psp wasn't possible.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I owned all consoles this gen but...

I owned a Gamecube twice and then just gave up on it. Saddest console EVER.

...I could say the same about the PS2 but for different reasons. I'm guessing you got rid of your cubes because of the "poor" library. I got rid of my PS2s due to faulty hardware. Damn shitty Sony hardware.

 

[Drinky Crow]

"Poor" isn't the word that comes to mind when describing the GAMECUBE NINTENDO library. "Utterly wretched" writ in ten-story letters and set ablaze seems more appropriate. Did Nintendo actually make a game for that console that WASN'T significantly flawed in some fashion? The most fun I had was playing the Master Quest port of OoT and Skies of Arcadia Legends -- plain-Jane ports of an N64 game and a DC game, respectively!

Sad, because the Gamecube was my favorite hardware design.

 

[Ceb]

"Poor" isn't the word that comes to mind when describing the GAMECUBE NINTENDO library. "Utterly wretched" writ in ten-story letters and set ablaze seems more appropriate.

:lol :lol

 

[demi]

Note to anyone who doesn't like the systems I like:

I think you SUX.

OH SHUSH YOU.

 

[cvxfreak]

None, I played them all (even SwanCrystal). I don't count NGage.

I have barely played my Xbox, except for sessions of Shenmue II and the Silent Hill games.

 

[McValdemar]

Owned 'em all.

Mostly used Xbox, less used GCube.

And I own a PC and don't love FPS.

Sometimes I feel like MS relesed two Xboxs.

One with only FPS (at least most haters say so) and one that, along the best FPS and many PS2 titles (Sh2 &4 , Fatal Frame 1 & 2, MGS2, PES, GTA 3 & VC & SA, Tenchu) had exclusives like: Kingodm Under Fire Crusaders (and soon Heroes), Oddword Stranger, Ninja Gaiden, Fable, Dead or Alive 3 & Ultimate, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, House of Death 3, Grabbed by Ghoulies, Conker, RallySportChallenge 2, BreakDown, Otogi 1 & 2, Crimson SKies, Yager, Phantom Dust, Jade Empire, Galleon, Unreal Championship 1&2, Steel Battalion, OutRun 2, ...

 

[GitarooMan]

I dislike picking apart lists, but Shenmue II and Metal Slug 3 are not "exclusives", no matter how you interpret that term.

My bad, I meant US-released exclusives (neither of those were released in the US for any other platform). Damn me and my US-centric view.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

If you have an urge to defend some system listed here, ask yourself why. Please, before you post.

 

[Boogie]

PS2.

I had only ever owned Nintendo systems until this gen, so I got Gamecube right at launch.

KOTOR and the coming Halo 2 convinced me to get an Xbox last summer.

 

[GitarooMan]

If you have an urge to defend some system listed here, ask yourself why. Please, before you post.

If you have an urge to twice post the same thing in the same thread, ask yourself why. What's the big deal. I don't see people defending systems, I see people discussing reasons why they did or why they didn't buy a system. If someone wants to discuss some of the flaws/strengths of systems under discussion, what's the problem?

 

[bud]

GC and Xbox.

GC: The lack of third party support, and I'm not gonna spend the rest of the time playing mario's and zelda's...

Xbox: the only games I want to play on this thing are Halo 1 and 2, and I'm not buying a consoles for 2 games.

I do have the PS2 and it didn't disappoint me.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

I skipped on Gamecube because of Nintendo.

 

[genjiZERO]

Xbox.... like everyone else, it had no games I wanted.

 

[Stinkles]

Bizarrely, this thread is the least hater-y of all. Probably because it's full of multi-system owners instead of fourteen year old zealots.

 

[Red Scarlet]

If you have an urge to defend some system listed here, ask yourself why. Please, before you post.

Don't crush their hopes and dreams!

If you have an urge to twice post the same thing in the same thread, ask yourself why. What's the big deal. I don't see people defending systems, I see people discussing reasons why they did or why they didn't buy a system.

There are several responses and people defending systems, you yourself included.

i dont feel like ive really missed out on anything by not playing many of its exclusives.

You're mistaken, IMO.

Anybody with a GC that collected dust never played Jungle Beat.

You don't have to like the Xbox but that's a bit harsh.
What about stuff like (off the top of my head)
Halo series
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Forza
Metal Slug 3
MotoGP series
Oddworld
Project Gotham series
Shenmue II
Crimson Skies
You may not personally like this stuff, but there is certainly plenty of good exclusive content on the Xbox other than Ninja Gaiden.

Ugh. The Controller S is even worse than the original Xbox controller. At least all the buttons on the Dual Shock are accessible, even if the analog sticks aren't so hot (and one's in the wrong position). The designer that decided having buttons on the bottom of the Controller S like that needs to be shot. Thankfully they fixed that for the X360--that controller looks pretty much perfect (so maybe they did shoot that guy).

BTW, I agree about load times. Short load times should be a top priority.

Hey look, at least one from each, but more from Xbox, one from you.

 

[sammy]

Skiped out on none of the defaults (PS2, Xbizzle, Cube, GBA, PC)...

This was truely the first generation where owning every console was well worth the purchase ---- There just wasn't a clear 'loser' in the grand scheeme, if anything it just came down to what games you like personally since all consoles offered plenty of AAA titles.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

I dislike picking apart lists, but Shenmue II and Metal Slug 3 are not "exclusives", no matter how you interpret that term.

Shenmue II came out on only one system. How can it possibly not be an exclusive game?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

"Poor" isn't the word that comes to mind when describing the GAMECUBE NINTENDO library. "Utterly wretched" writ in ten-story letters and set ablaze seems more appropriate. Did Nintendo actually make a game for that console that WASN'T significantly flawed in some fashion? The most fun I had was playing the Master Quest port of OoT and Skies of Arcadia Legends -- plain-Jane ports of an N64 game and a DC game, respectively!

Sad, because the Gamecube was my favorite hardware design.

Hey Drinky someone wants to have "a word" with you:

Bow down and pay homage to the ONLY reason for owning a GameCube.


Seriously though, no Xbox here. Simply because I have no money. I already have the games I want for it too. (JSRF, Panzer Orta, Gunvalkyrie and I need to get Ninja Gaiden: Black I guess over Ninja Gaiden.) Hasn't been huge on the priority list though.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

Playstation
Playstation 2

I guess i'm not a sony fan.

And i'm tempting to buy PS3 when the price drop in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th year.

 

[callous]

Xbox. I finally bought one two months ago for the Sega games, Halo and, mainly, modding purposes. Very few games on it interest me and I'm only keeping it because of its fantastic media playing capability. Oh yeah, and it saves me hooking up old consoles, which is really nice.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Shenmue II came out on only one system. How can it possibly not be an exclusive game?

Some people consider the DC as this gen, and so it was out on DC (JP/EU) and Xbox.

 

[callous]

"Poor" isn't the word that comes to mind when describing the GAMECUBE NINTENDO library. "Utterly wretched" writ in ten-story letters and set ablaze seems more appropriate.

I hate the rolleyes, but right now I miss them.

 

[Cathcart]

Xbox. Not kiddy enough.

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

You don't have to like the Xbox but that's a bit harsh.

What about stuff like (off the top of my head)

Halo series
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Forza
Metal Slug 3
MotoGP series
Oddworld
Project Gotham series
Shenmue II
Crimson Skies

You may not personally like this stuff, but there is certainly plenty of good exclusive content on the Xbox other than Ninja Gaiden.

I play Metal Slug 3 on PS2 and Shenmue II on the dreamcast......

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I passed on the 'Cube. I recognized that Nintendo made some great games for the system, but third party support was sparse. On top of that, as I"ve gotten older, and had less time to play, I just found myself less and less interested in what Nintendo had to offer. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Nintendo ceased to be relevent TO ME as Sony and MS grew in prominance.

 

[radrelic]

PS2 - because of faulty hardware and because I don't care for Japanese RPGs

 

[Timen]

Xbox, I get the feeling someone is stealing from my credit card every time I start a game

 

[DEO3]

Xbox.

I'm mainly a PC gamer, and since most of the almost all of the Xbox games I was interested in eventualy came out for the PC, I figured why bother? In addition to just the games, Live did nothing to excite me as I've been playing games online for almost a decade now - to me multiplayer is nothing new.

 

[GitarooMan]

Don't crush their hopes and dreams!

There are several responses and people defending systems, you yourself included.
Hey look, at least one from each, but more from Xbox, one from you.

I like how you cut out the last part of my quote. I'm not saying everyone should go get an Xbox, I'm saying there are plenty of good games on the system. I don't think I'm defending it, I'm just stating a fact. And anyway, I'll ask you the same question..what's the big deal? Why do you care so much whether there is a discussion about systems strengths/weaknesses in a thread that obviously revolves around the various qualities of each system.

 

[MrPing1000]

xbox because I have a pc already.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Nintendo ceased to be relevent TO ME as Sony and MS grew in prominance.

Because you got older. It's basically the story of Nintendo and Sony/MS rise to prominence.

This thread needs more Simpsons comic guy with a tight Japanese shirt.

 

[TheDuce22]

I skipped out on your favorite system. Not a single good game on it.

 

[Red Scarlet]

I like how you cut out the last part of my quote. I'm not saying everyone should go get an Xbox, I'm saying there are plenty of good games on the system. I don't think I'm defending it, I'm just stating a fact. And anyway, I'll ask you the same question..what's the big deal? Why do you care so much whether there is a discussion about systems strengths/weaknesses in a thread that obviously revolves around the various qualities of each system.

The last part of your quote is not needed. And

I'm saying there are plenty of good games on the system. I don't think I'm defending it, I'm just stating a fact.

isn't a fact. There are people out there that truly believe that there are no good games/games for them on any and each of the systems (many people have said nothing on the Gamecube interests them, nothing on the PS2 does, and even the Xbox despite those "factually" good games. Stating what you think is good as 'fact' is just another point on the fanboy scale, IMO.

I don't have any beef with discussion about systems strengths/weaknesses in this thread. I was just showing that what you said about no one defending a system in this thread was wrong, and going with Ignatz's original idea of if you have to defend a system, ask why before you post.

 

[dlobro1080]

None of the consoles. But I've disconnected my PS2 and have rediscovered my Gamecube as of late (I'm pretty obsessed with Mario Baseball). Can't wait for Mario Strikers, will finally check out the RE4 game people keep talking about, and then Zelda. And then it's wait for Revolution time.

 

[Pimpbaa]

None. Although my gamecube has been the first to be sold. Those that skipped out on the ps2 are not gamers.

 

[Chrono]

Xbox. Not many games on it interest me. And there are plenty to play on PS2/GCN/GBA so I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

 

[Speevy]

The Xbox is awesome. You guys are missing out on quite a bit.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Because you got older. It's basically the story of Nintendo and Sony/MS rise to prominence.

This thread needs more Simpsons comic guy with a tight Japanese shirt.

Very true, and I recognize it has a lot to do with me getting older and wanting a more mature game experience. I also don't like the way Nintendo has drug it's feet on adopting certain technologies, such as DVD/CD/some optical disk with the N64 or online play, etc.

All of that said, I still recommend the GameCube to my friends with kids who are looking to buy them a system.

 

[GitarooMan]

The last part of your quote is not needed. And I'm saying there are plenty of good games on the system. I don't think I'm defending it, I'm just stating a fact. isn't a fact. There are people out there that truly believe that there are no good games/games for them on any and each of the systems (many people have said nothing on the Gamecube interests them, nothing on the PS2 does, and even the Xbox despite those "factually" good games.. Stating what you think is good as 'fact' is just another point on the fanboy scale, IMO.

I don't have any beef with discussion about systems strengths/weaknesses in this thread. I was just showing that what you said about no one defending a system in this thread was wrong, and going with Ignatz's original idea of if you have to defend a system, ask why before you post.

I agree that there are systems that people have no interest in because they don't like the games. But I just get frustrated when people say without reserveration "there are no good exclusive games on x system" when by any objective definition of the word "good" there are plenty of good games on each system. People's personal tastes can certainly differ, but a person can't objectively say there are no good games out there for each system, even if they don't personally interest that particular person

 

[_Angelus_]

Nintendo DS,no thanks.

 

[callous]

I skipped out on your favorite system. Not a single good game on it.

Hehehehe

 

[Red Scarlet]

I agree that there are systems that people have no interest in because they don't like the games. But I just get frustrated when people say without reserveration "there are no good exclusive games on x system" when by any objective definition of the word "good" there are plenty of good games on each system. People's personal tastes can certainly differ, but a person can't objectively say there are no good games out there for each system, even if they don't personally interest that particular person

If I don't like a game (or have absolutely no interest), then I don't think of it as good. But that's me. If nothing on a system interests that person, there are no good games on that system to that person. Why's it frustrate you? Just call them ignorant then go on.

 

[RaySpencer]

ive skipped out on the PS2 so far, but i plan to pick one up later, just to have one ...same reason i got a PSOne sittin downstairs


Main problem with it is the controller, i HATE the controller, allways have...i mean its decent for everything, but doesnt seem good for anything =/ ...and i dunno anything good that i would want to play like Virtua Fighter, i just play at my friends house.

I allways find it hard to find games i want for the PS2 that i cant get on my xbox or gamecube anyway.

 

[Speevy]

Look at it like this.

Get the biggest Gamecube fan to list every game he finds to be worthwhile.
Get the biggest Xbox fan to list every game he finds to be worthwhile.
Get the biggest PS2 fan to list every game he finds to be worthwhile.


I know you can get a pretty good idea of the size and content of at least two of these lists.

Now, what frustrates me is that the Xbox is listed so many times in this thread.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Not really a surprise there, speev. :lol

Bigass lists won't really help either for some people, though.

 

[terrene]

Xbox. I grew up on Japanese games, sorry. But I'm checking out the 360 this time; if not for the new 3rd party deals then to go back and play the 2 Xbox games that everyone says I should try. (Ninja Gaiden & Halo). And I'm curious about this whole Live thing.