Gamecube set price is 199.00, Sony to announce.....

oh yeah look as these specs for the x box compared to gamecube and my answer which one i will buy should be obvious lol

Expected Early 2002  X-BOX Retail £189-99



CPU: 733 MHz Intel

Graphics Processor: 250MHz custom Xchip, developed by Microsoft and nVIDIA

Total Memory: 64 MB

Memory Bandwidth: 6.4 GB/sec

Polygon Performance: 125 M/sec

Sustained Polygon Performance: 100+ M/sec (transformed and lit polygons per second)

Micropolygons/particles per second: 125 M/sec

Particle Performance: 125 M/sec

Simultaneous Textures: 4

Pixel Fill Rate - No Texture: 4.0 G/Sec (anti-aliased)

Pixel Fill Rate - 1 Texture: 4.0 G/Sec (anti-aliased)

Compressed Textures: Yes (6:1)

Full Scene Anti-Alias: Yes


Micro Polygon Support: Yes

Storage Medium: 2-5x DVD, 8GB hard disk, 8MB memory card

I/0: 2-5x DVD, 8GB hard disk, 8MB memory card

Audio Channels:64 (up to 256 stereo voices)

3D Audio Support: Yes

MIDI DLS2 Support: Yes

AC3 Encoded Game Audio: Yes

Broadband Enabled: Yes

Modem Enabled: No

DVD Movie Playback: Remote control package required

Maximum Resolution: 1920x1080

Maximum Resolution (2x32bpp frame buffers +Z): 1920x1080

HDTV Support: Yes

Expected Summer 2002  Gamecube Retail £ TBC

expected retail £ 199-99 - £249-99






MPU("Microprocessor Unit")* IBM Power PC "Gekko"

Manufacturing Process 0.18 Microns Copper Wire Technology

Clock Frequency 405 MHz

CPU Capacity 925 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1)

Internal Data Precision 32bit Integer & 64bit Floating-point

External Bus Bandwidth 1.6GB/second(Peak)

External Bus Bandwidth 1.6GB/second(Peak) (32bit address, 64bit data bus 202.5MHz)

Internal Cache L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way) L2: 256KB (2 way)

Internal Cache L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way) L2: 256KB (2 way)

System LSI "Flipper"

Manufacturing Process 0.18 microns NEC Embedded DRAM Process

Clock Frequency 202.5MHz

Embedded Frame Buffer Approx. 2MB

Embedded Frame Buffer Approx. 2MB Sustainable Latency : 5ns (1T-SRAM)

Embedded Texture Cache Approx. 1MB Sustainable Latency : 5ns (1T-SRAM)

Texture Read Bandwidth 12.8GB/second (Peak)

Main Memory Bandwidth 3.2GB/second (Peak)

Color, Z Buffer Each is 24bits

Image Processing Function Subpixel Anti-aliasing, Multi-texture Mapping/Bump/Environment, MIPMAP, Real-time Texture Decompression, Real-time Decompression

Other Real-time Decompression of Display List, HW Motion Compensation Capability

*The Gekko MPU integrates the power PC CPU into a custom, game-centric chip.

(The following sound related functions are all incorporated into the System LSI)

Sound Processor Special 16bit DSP

Instruction Memory 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM

Instruction Memory 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM

Data Memory 8KB RAM + 4KB ROM

Clock Frequency 101.25 MHz

Maximum Number of Simultaneously Produced Sounds ADPCM: 64ch

Sampling Frequency 48KHz

System Floating-point Arithmetic Capability 13.0GFLOPS (Peak) (MPU, Geometry Engine, HW Lighting Total)

Actual Display Capability 6 million to 12 million polygons/second

Actual Display Capability 6 million to 12 million polygons/second (Display capability assuming actual game with complexity model, texture, etc.)

System Main Memory 24MB Sustainable Latency : 10ns or lower (1T-SRAM)

A-Memory 16MB (100MHz DRAM)

Disc Drive Data Transfer Speed 16 Mpbs to 25 Mbps

Media 8cm NINTENDO GAMECUBE Disc based on Matsu****a\'s Optical Disc Technology

Media 8cm NINTENDO GAMECUBE Optical Disc Approx. 1.5GB Capacity

Input/Output Controller Port x4

Digicard Slot x2

Analog AV Output x1

Digital AV Output x1

High-Speed Serial Port x2

High-speed Parallel Port x1

Power Supply AC Adapter DC12V x 3.5A

Main Unit Dimensions 150mm(W) x 110mm(H) x 161mm(D)


both mighty impressive - all this info can be found at

http://www.sggc.co.uk

You purchase your systems based on specifications?  How incredibly superficial.  Anyhow, we all know that the X-Box is just Bill\'s PS2 equivalent, so if you do purchase an X-Box, you will, in effect own two PS2\'s.  If you already own a PS2, buy a Gamecube if you either desire or require variety.  Is Oddworld really worth a 250-300 dollar console purchase?  I think not.  Do Eternal Darkness and Resident Evil 0 warrant a $200 Gamecube system purchase?  Hell yes, as well as all of the other amazingly enjoyable software packages Nintendo has in store for it\'s customers.  If you already own a PS2, do not buy another PS2 (X-Box).  Now now, I know what you\'re thinking.  The X-Box will have all of those PC ports.  This is true, but since you people are in fact on the internet, I take it that you all own personal computers.

Saying Xbox is PS2\'s equivalent is like saying Gamecube is for kiddies

Halo, Oddworld, Malice, Project Gothem, DOA3, Project Ego to name a few won\'t be on the PS2 and there are about 40 more XBox exclusive titles in works that have not been revealed yet

educate yourselves people

Originally posted by ddaryl
Saying Xbox is PS2\'s equivalent is like saying Gamecube is for kiddies

Halo, Oddworld, Malice, Project Gothem, DOA3, Project Ego to name a few won\'t be on the PS2 and there are about 40 more XBox exclusive titles in works that have not been revealed yet

educate yourselves people

I hope to God you aren\'t attempting to call me an ignorant gamer.  I have done extensive research on the subject matter of videogames, and as far was I have come to understand, the X-Box\'s exclusive titles are exclusive for one of two reasons.  Either no other system manufacturer would take the damn things or some sorry @ss small-time 3rd party developers are trying to make names for themselves by attempting to astound that son-of-a-b**** Bill Gates.  Saying that the X-Box isn’t Bill\'s tantamount console to Sony\'s PS2 is about as truthful as saying that Nintendo does not know how to make good games.  Sure, the X-Box will have good exclusive software packages, but those specific games are only variations of games already available for the PS2 currently or in the near future.  I know, I mentioned RE:0 in my previous post.  It too will be exclusive to it’s respective system (Gamecube), but that particular console will also have many exclusive games coming directly from 2nd party developers as well as in-house developers.  Can the same be said of the X-Box.  Surely not.

P.S.  Halo was vastly under whelming at E3 and Malice is looking to be far too "kiddy" for someone like yourself to appreciate.

Gamecube baby!!! $200, this is cooler than a ruler!

its gamecube for me, i have a feelin xbox wont last long!!!

Do you seriously believe that Sony would drop the price of their console 100 fricken dollars?!?! I say $50 at the MOST. Just enough to undercut the Xbox.

BTW, If the PS2 were to do something as foolish as to drop their price by $100 Nintendo would just follow suit and lower the price of their console even more. There is only so much of a loss that Sony can take.

This is my sig at another forum...



...I think it speaks for itself.

GAMECUBE!!!!! Absolutly, and Sony stated many times that their not gonna lower the PS2 price when the GC and Xbox launch, take it for what its worth. Although a lot of ppl say if they do drop the price its only gonna be a $50 decrease.

Originally posted by Gohan
Do you seriously believe that Sony would drop the price of their console 100 fricken dollars?!?! I say $50 at the MOST. Just enough to undercut the Xbox.

BTW, If the PS2 were to do something as foolish as to drop their price by $100 Nintendo would just follow suit and lower the price of their console even more. There is only so much of a loss that Sony can take.

Nintendo wouldnt drop there price more to out do SONY, that would be to much of a risk for a system that isnt even out yet, they don\'t know what to expect and they have already beat out X-BOX so i think they would stay with their 200 buck price

I think I\'ll just enjoy my PS2 and my DC for now.  I\'m too busy enjoying them both to argue about two other consoles that haven\'t even been released yet.  At the end of the day I can just come here and watch everyone else compare specs, screenshots, and launch titles trying to convince eachother that they can somehow predict what console will be best for one and other.   PS2, X-box, and GC all have something different to offer.  I don\'t think you can go wrong with whatever one you choose.  As long as the games interest me and I enjoy playing them,  I\'m not going to care what anybody else thinks about which console I chose to buy.

1-Sony will not drop $100
2-I\'ve got both systems preordered, so the rest of the discussion is a moot point to me.

1. Sony will prolly drop the price by $50 and perhaps 100 Pounds in UK (Europe).

2. I\'m not sure whether or not I\'ll get a next gen console at launch, but if I will, it\'ll prolly be Xbox. GC just doesn\'t seem to interest me all that much - but I\'ll keep an eye on it\'s games and might get one at a later date.

3. It\'s funny how "all" people here are saying Xbox is going to fail and whatnot. When I look at the MSXBOX forums they say the exact opposite... I know that\'s just the way it is, but it\'s still kinda funny.

4. Don\'t dismiss a system right away. All systems will have great games and great gaming experiences. And isn\'t that what we all want afterall?

Why would Sony not drop the price? Now, they won\'t drop the price now. The system is still selling. Not to mention, Fall 2001 (especially November when both systems will be out) is still 5-6 months away. Plenty of time to rack in the dough before major competition arrive. However, will Sony let MS compete with a system that I\'m sure MS will say is vastly superior (how much and and truthful that is depends on who is looking at it) in their 500 million ad campaign with the same price? And Nintendo, Nintendo is Nintendo. They could do fine against Sony no matter what (and the worse, they could just fall back to the GBA). Though having the cheapest system at this time doesn\'t exactly help Sony in any shape or form either (PS2 may have the game support, but with the expect big push of the Xbox with its support even, Sony almost has to lower the price to compete).

Now, I don\'t plan to have either new system this fall. After that, I will reevaluate my ideas.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Dreamcast

but to answer the question, GameCube