Author Topic: Game Cube = Brain Washing! (Read 7057 times)

« **on:** July 10, 2002, 09:35:51 AM »

After reading through a recent publication of \'Cube\', the unofficial gamecube magazine in australia. It has come to my attention that nintendo is attempting to jutsify their POOR excuse for a system...as a \'Pure\' gaming machine.

What a joke! Seriously, they address the point that their system doesnt have a DVD player...becasue its for "Pure Gaming". Well Whoop\'de Do!....translation:

"Nintendo are too crap to put a DVD player or even music CD player in their system so we say its for Pure gaming" ..HA!!

Thats like saying the car we are selling isnt for driving, casue it doesnt have an engine....BUT it\'s for \'pure sitting\' ...yeah great!

Basically it goes deeper than this, but its important for as many peolpe to know that nintendo is justifying their systems lack of features; with brainwashing like statments!

« **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2002, 10:07:29 AM »

Your analogy is wrong, since a car is made for driving not sitting, just like a game machine is made for gaming. A more proper analogy would be a car not including a radio or other doo-hickeys since they would be \'extras\' like DVD playback and music capabilities. But I do agree that trying to pass off their faults of not including extras like that is pretty cheese. Nintendo needs to get with the program man. First cartridges then mini-disc? No music playback or watching DVD? Bleh...

« **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2002, 10:21:43 AM »

I have a DVD player, I have a CD player. Why would I need a console that gives me a 2nd one of each? Yes, the system was made for pure gaming, and there is nothing wrong with that. If you don\'t like that it doesn\'t have a DVD player, then just buy another system. They just wanted to design it like that so it could sell for less (and so it would be a little harder at least for games to be pirated). It\'s mindless, senseless, pointless, groundless bashing like this that makes me wonder why I visit console debating anymore.

« **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2002, 11:25:07 AM »

i\'m with shockwaves on this one. not being able to play music or dvd\'s is not a flaw, hell the PS2 can play dvd\'s but i never use it, i always watch dvd\'s using a stand alone player and i do the same thing with music too.
but if yer still hung up on this go get a 400$ "Panasonic Q" it plays GC games, dvd\'s and music cd\'s.

« **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2002, 11:45:48 AM »

at least the gamecube can have orchastrated music if they want
/me looks over at Super Smash Brothers: Melee

its better then what it was like

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2002, 01:11:01 PM »

You\'re not the brighest are, ya\'?

Honestly, the GC Is a gaming machine. I mean, Nintendo is a gaming company, therefor them making something that is dedicated to gaming only makes sense. Espically when you consider adding a DVD drive would of raised the low launch price the NGC had. Then you have DVD support, which so far has been shoddy on all console systems. I mean, my PS2 won\'t play certain titles and my Xbox freezes on certain movies. With Nintendo avoiding the DVD hysteria that is completely taking over the country, they freed themselves from a lot of problems and met their target price.
Any questions?

« **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2002, 02:33:02 PM »

I think I stand for you all when I say:

STFU NOOB!!

« **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2002, 03:01:56 PM »

Personally I prefer an airconditioned car with airbags than a car without these because its made only for driving,if you get what I mean.

Probably the DVD was replaced by Mini Disk for less cost of production.
Thats why they prefered to create thus introduce the GameCube as a gaming only console.
I dont think it is a kind of brainwashing.A console without any other features except playing games can be nothing but a gaming only console anyways(although personally I prefer a console with much more features than just playing games).

« **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2002, 05:44:52 PM »

Hey Ajoh.. umm.. that\'s my job. You realise that right? Sooo umm yeah. STFU Noob. And welcome to the forums.

As far as Nintnedo\'s "brainwashing". I buy a console for games. If it\'s got extras like a HDD, DVD, Ext... great. If not.. oh well. Even if it did include DVD playback, all three consoles this generation would still make for piss poor DVD players. If I cared about DVD in the slightest, I\'d just buy a 5 disk changer and be done with it. Besides, for the price of the NGC compaired to the competition, I can forgive the lack of non-gaming of extras.

« **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:06:36 PM »

Noob? Mar 2002 isn\'t a noob...or is it?

« **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2002, 06:56:20 PM »

I don\'t get people in this thread! It\'s alright not to include extras and then claim its a pure gaming machine. Yeah we didn\'t feel like keeping up to the standard in this console era so that means its a PURE gaming machine! Bollocks I\'ll keep my DVD playaback and music CD capability. I don\'t have a VCR or DVD player so my computer and PS2 are the only way I can watch movies. I thought it was nice that I got these extras and only had to pay a bit more for it. Oh well, different strokes for different folks.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2002, 07:05:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Speed Demon
I don\'t get people in this thread! It\'s alright not to include extras and then claim its a pure gaming machine. Yeah we didn\'t feel like keeping up to the standard in this console era so that means its a PURE gaming machine! Bollocks I\'ll keep my DVD playaback and music CD capability. I don\'t have a VCR or DVD player so my computer and PS2 are the only way I can watch movies. I thought it was nice that I got these extras and only had to pay a bit more for it. Oh well, different strokes for different folks.

The point is, Nintendo avoided adding these things for legit reasons. One of the main reasons being cost. Anytime you launch a lower price its a good thing, now take in consideration that they was going up against the Xbox within the same month. So, of course they decided to launch at a lower price, one that wouldn\'t of been possible if you included DVD playback. Another thing is the properitary disc. Nintendo has been huge on cuttin\' down on piracy and this disc format will help their cause on that. And finally, every console out this generation has had piss poor playback of DVD. I\'ve already used examples, so I don\'t think I\'ll go over it again.

No one is saying that it is bad that Sony or MS didn\'t go the pure gaming way and instead offered DVD playback. But, what we are saying is that it is also respectable that Nintendo opted not to include DVD playback, espically when the con\'s outweighed the pro\'s of it.

Finally, including the latest technology for the sake of staying up to par with the othe guy, isn\'t always the best bet. There is considerations that need to thought about and compromises that need to be made.

« **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2002, 07:38:57 PM »

Word up Coke

The reason for Nintendo not including DVD or any extra is because thats how they try to get the edge in the console war, by making their console cheaper.

The more things my console can do, the better.

« **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2002, 08:06:35 PM »

Nintendo has a version made by Panasonic that can suit your DVD needs. End of story.

Such stupid arguments, I must say.

« **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2002, 08:21:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Tom G
Noob? Mar 2002 isn\'t a noob...or is it?

Hey, I\'ve been here longer than that (actively posting since Feb 2002), and I sure as hell consider myself somewhat of a newbie.

Hello

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