Gamecube!!!!!!!!!!!

[mcon9z9]

Originally posted by "Vicious"

Those might be OK titles, but like Dark said, they don't compare to stuff like Zelda and Mario and Metroid that already has a loyal fanbase. By the way, you listed steel batallion twice. Isn't that the $200 game with the 80 button controller? And isn't project gotham the racing game that doesn't compare to Gran Turismo? Buffy???? Do I even need to make a comment there?

You're right, I did say steel battalion twice, my bad. Project Gotham and Gran Tourismo are two completely different kinds of racing games, and I'd be hesitant to call GT better than PG. If you ask me, Mario sunshine is nothing to be impressed with and Metroid, while good, is IMO no better than Halo (and doesn't let you kill your friends in 16-man rocket matches). Zelda... eh. It's a matter of opinion on whether you like one game more than the other but I'd rather play Morrowind than Metroid or Zelda any day.

And hey, I like the Buffy game. It's a damn good beat-em-up, and those are far too rare these days. Too many people knock it without actually playing it.

Still, it's all relative. My point was that there are quite a few good games on the xbox, not the mere two you pointed out. If you like, I could make a similar counter point and say the GC has only two good games, Metroid and Animal Crossing, but I accept that there are quite a few more good games available for those who are into them.

Personally, if you want to talk about poor marketing, I think Nintendo has one of the worst marketing reps of all the console companies. Sure, they've got some great game licences, but many of their system decisions have been terrible. The one-two punch of the Virtual Boy (eye damage! yay!) and the N64 (cartridges + no third party support = no games. Oops.) would have killed Nintendo if they weren't held up by the gameboy. Nintendo owes its life to that little handheld.

P.S. I hope nobody bought a gameboy advance this past holiday season, seeing as N announced the GBA SP (which will actually have a visible screen!) right after christmas. Merry christmas everyone, hope you still have receipts. Now THAT is good marketing.