Can I Play Music CDs on the Game Cube?

WHY DOESN\'T MY PS2 PLAY VHS TAPES???

Becasue thats the opposite direction that all good companies will take, in regards to game SYSTEMS evolution. (wait till nintendo release their next CONSOLE...im sure they\'ll put one in it...LOL!!!)

Ps1, Ps2, X-box and EVEN dreamcast all play music cds...so why wont nintendo??

Can anyone answer this question!!!? ....other than saying the classic nintendo fanboy responce: "i dont want to do that" or "Why would i want to do that?"
I, me, myself and others want to do it! ..so why cant nintendo support such a BASIC feature??

Im waiting for some responces!!!....  )

Nintendo set out to deliver games...they also wanted to go with a cheaper medium than cartridges and prevent piracy.  The minidisk was a great way to go. Adding in a CD player to this would have costs more money, no?

And being that it\'s more than likely an extremely under utilized part of Xbox or PS2, they probably didn\'t even think twice about adding it.

Where the hell did he go?!:mad:

He came in here wanting to start sh*t, then leaves!

GCN hardware designer: Some guy that doesn\'t know what he\'s talking about on the PlayStation2 Central forums says that we should put a CD player into the GameCube!

Assistant: PlayStation2 Central forums? Errr, yeah.. you mean on the internet or what..?

GCN hardware designer: Yes, we must add a CD player immediately! How much will it cost us?

Assistant: Well, we\'ll have to redo the system entirely and manufacture it wasting millions.. and it wouldn\'t fit into Nintendo\'s philosophy of having a small, efficient console.. and we\'d have to redo the BIOS, and we\'d also have to-

GCN hardware designer: *cuts in* CONSOLES NEED A CD PLAYER SO LETS GO MAKE COKE HAPPY!!!!!!!

[Living-In-Clip]

Remind me why Clowd\'s troll avatar was taken away? The boy is a rambling idiot and a troll.

No it doesn\'t play cds and you damn well knew this, so please don\'t try and act like this was a legit question. You even bitched about this in the previous thread - so your attempt at acting like you wasn\'t just trying to bring up the same topic with a different phrase will not work. We are smarter than that.

I\'m sorry, but we live in the year 2002 and cd players are friggin\' everywhere and the mere fact that you are worried that it doesn\'t play them is absurd. One would hope you have a cd player somewhere in your house . Go buy a stand alone cd player for $25 bucks. The same with a DVD player.

And there is something else you don\'t understand. The tray won\'t hold one. Why? Because Nintendo is using a propertary format. A mini-DVD that only works on the GC. The tray is only big enough for this disc. Why? Because if you could fit a regular music cd in the tray, than you could fit a CD-R. And if you can fit a CD-R in the tray, then you can pirate games. And if you can fit something of that size in the tray - then most likely it means it will read the disc of that size. And if it reads the disc of that size, it means it can be tricked into a reading a...CD-R. So what is the solution? Use a mini-disc and make the tray small. That way no one can fit a CD-R in it and there is no question on if the thing can even read a CD-R, because it can\'t even play music cds. Now, I\'m sure the was the most simplistic way to explain that and there is a bunch of other techincal reasons , but lets not overwhelm your brain all at once.


As for Clowd, we are all glad you found someone at the same level. Someone who can understand your limited view on the industry and act like they have a clue.

Coke, L-I-C 0WnZ j00!!1!

LIC, you put way more effort into that than Coke deserves...

this is my favorite part

As for Clowd, we are all glad you found someone at the same level. Someone who can understand your limited view on the industry and act like they have a clue.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Remind me why Clowd\'s troll avatar was taken away? The boy is a rambling idiot and a troll.

 

You forgotten this so soon?

http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21722

/me looks up

yep console debating, NOT discussion

This forum is where the trash from console discussion will sink to. It will also contain the more heated topics. Please leave yer sensitive feelings in console discussion.

cd players are friggin\' everywhere and the mere fact that you are worried that it doesn\'t play them is absurd

No chippy, its not absurd. I didnt have a CD player or a DVD player till i got my ps2. Actully i really couldn\'t decide if i should get a ps2 or wait for the gamecube to come out. But when i was alerted to the features, (or should i say lack there of!) that the game cube has; it was an easy decision. I wasnt aware fully if it could or could not play music, but i knew for sure it cant play DVDs.

Here are some facts fo you chippy: The gaming industry is moving forward. It more than a seperate peice of equipment we plug in to play games. Its evolution man! The course of evolution states: Adapt or DIE!!!  
Nintendo has had its glory days.... its had its 15 minutes of fame. But it time to start to think in the present. The present where the console is  a thing of that past. Today, its gaming SYSTEMS that are the new. (hey maybe your a 60 year old man who isnt used to change chippy, its ok...we understand)

It cannot be denied that this is the way of the future lets have a look at some figures:

Current % of next-generation hardware market (as of May,2002):
PS2 -- 71%
XBX -- 16%
GCN -- 13%

Cumulative sales total as of May, 2002
PS2 -- 9,200,000
XBX -- 2,118,000
GCN -- 1,682,000



There you go, evidence that the general population DEMANDS that their systems have:

** CD player abilites
** DVD playback

The future of systems is UNDENIABLE, you either integrate or become instinct.

Can you buy a stereo for $10 + leads, speakers etc?????..LOL

the only part of the above post that makes ANY rational sense is

Current % of next-generation hardware market (as of May,2002):
PS2 -- 71%
XBX -- 16%
GCN -- 13%

Cumulative sales total as of May, 2002
PS2 -- 9,200,000
XBX -- 2,118,000
GCN -- 1,682,000

71%   ?
pathetic

71% ?
pathetic

Well  that makes nintendo almost seven times as pathetic as ps2. Good point!!!!

Number of people who listen to Coke: 1.

Number of people who know better: Everyone else.

There it is, evidence the general population realizes you don\'t know shit. ;]

-Eik

only 71%?!?!? Gee, even NES in it\'s heyday had a good 90% stranglehold over the US industry!

PS2 had no competition for over 1 year after it\'s release. Dreamcast was selling here and there, but not enough to keep up with even the PSX! I think it is pretty good that GC and XBox took away 30% already, hopefully more and more gets chipped away and the other two get left with about 25% each. That would be nice.


Eric Jacob

That\'s right, Eiksirf.

Now all we can hope for is that he\'s kidding around. Otherwise, we\'ll probably all have to chip in for his counselling..

90%  NES?

pulled that number right out of yer arse


took away 30% ?

 lol