Cool. I read it already, thanks Bladez. This place seems pretty cool
But ya, I was going to buy a gamecube, but after spaceworld with zelda, and the apparent lack (AGAIN) of third-party support, it was time for me to move on. I was probably the biggest nintendo fan you had ever met. My lifelong dream was actually to work at nintendo of america, after I finish school in 3 more years. But, I simply can\'t give my money to a corporation that won\'t give me my games. I missed a good FIVE years of really awesome gaming on the playstation, just so I could fulfill my biases, despite expensive cartridges, crappy third party games, NO third party support, way too many 3d platformers, no variety in software, and the majority of their games being for anyone under the age of 12. I was hoping that gamecube would be the next super nintendo, and that nintendo would cut the crap and get back to the awesome days where they had a huge library of cool stuff and didn\'t give a crap about whether mature games would hurt their image or not (remember the "play it loud" marketing campaign? That ruled!).
But alas, it was not meant to be, as nintendo has showed that they are truly set on just sticking with the little kids after completely screwing up one of their key franchises, being zelda. It\'s so funny that Nintendo is still stupid enough to continue going this route. The average american videogamer is probably between the ages of 16 and 35. And Sony clearly has this market locked up, as well as the majority of market share and higher sales numbers. You would think that Nintendo would learn from this, but once again they MUST do what THEY want to do instead of what the consumer wants. What dumbasses. Their backwards corporate philosophy will always set that company behind everyone else.
The videogame market has evolved this generation, and nintendo has de-evolved. I don\'t even consider them a part of the electronic entertainment industry, but rather, a toy company. It\'s too bad because in doing that, they are alienating thousands and thousands of hardcore nintendo fans that stuck with them during the n64, hoping for something better with the gamecube. It was only about a few weeks ago that I finally knew that Nintendo may continue to make kids games, but that I have to finally grow up and graduate to a system made by a company that is pushing the boundaries of the industry, in terms of unique content, and mainstream acceptance. And furthermore, welcomes my needs and desires as a gamer and a fan of this industry with open arms, instead of closed doors.
That company is sony, and that platform, is the playstation2.
That\'s all my ranting for now. Sorry
