BBC article on Gamecube
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3397649.stm

Favourite quote is:

"It is very dangerous to understand Nintendo" :D

I assume it was meant to say 'underestimate', but the article is the usual BBC filler analysis of the game's industry.

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I also like the way that it appears to assume the UK market keep Nintendo afloat... I mean, wtf? This is also a fave...

...like they don't have that now? The moral of the story? DFC Intelligence don't know as much as they think they do, certainly not in a world wide market sense. Just check their other articles here.

It's just cool to diss the N, 'cos everybody does it. And they've been doing it since the days of the N64. Granted, only one truck load of money stops at Nintendo these days, instead of three but it certainly isn't like Nintendo are doing anything wrong; it's just the gaming market has moved on since and the general, mainstream gamer doesn't buy into the "other" systems like a certain, major household brand. Nintendo are still seen as one of the old guard, likely to disappear from the home hardware market like Sega did before them. Not sure why mind, but it doesn't stop articles like this from appearing ;)

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it seems they have plugged the typo - it now reads underestimate.

these guys dont seem to have much of a clue about what they are talking about - what do they mean low end console?? utter rubbish

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The article is bile, nuff said.

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they always are on the bbc website.

for cube news i use www.cube-europe.com

anyone else got any good ones?

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www.thegameswire.com is an excellent source of news over all 3 main consoles.

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Interesting article from thegameswire.com.

It seeams that although the Gamecube had it's best Xmas, it is still way behind the Xbox and PS2 in sales.

Bold shows my emphasis.

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Still had the most enjoyable games to play this Christmas I reckon :) Nothing beats multi player Mario Kart.

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It quite possibly did. I just found the article interesting..

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Mario Kart 64 beats it hands down. I can`t begin to count the number of hours I've put into Mario Kart 64, I can probably count the minutes I've put into Mario Kart:DD. Nintendo seriously dropped the ball with this iteration of the franchise by dumbing down the game mechanics too much.