Nintendo waves goodbye to the GameCube

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Perrin Kaplan, Vice President, Marketing & Corporate Affairs of Nintedo of America said what was just a matter of time - Nintendo stops with producing first-party games for the Gamecube.

BIZ: My point is that from a first-party perspective, just like Microsoft doesn't put out new original Xbox games, Nintendo is no longer supporting GameCube. Can you confirm that?

PK: Right, that's correct. But it's still a great starter system because of all the great games that were made that are still available. That's the normal cycle for all products.

[Rashid]

I'm not really surprised that PS2 has outlived Gamecube and X-Box. Always saw it coming I guess. In my opinion, PS2 won the "console wars" that generation.

Though I highly doubt PS3 will win this generation. Wii seems like the best one to me.

[zero]

I'm not really surprised that PS2 has outlived Gamecube and X-Box. Always saw it coming I guess. In my opinion, PS2 won the "console wars" that generation.

Though I highly doubt PS3 will win this generation. Wii seems like the best one to me.

There is no opinion about it, PS2 destroyed. I'm pretty sure Sony sold almost double what the XBox and Cube did combined.

[Iain76er]

I'm not really surprised that PS2 has outlived Gamecube and X-Box. Always saw it coming I guess. In my opinion, PS2 won the "console wars" that generation.

Though I highly doubt PS3 will win this generation. Wii seems like the best one to me.

[writeeagle]

I'm not really surprised that PS2 has outlived Gamecube and X-Box. Always saw it coming I guess. In my opinion, PS2 won the "console wars" that generation.

Though I highly doubt PS3 will win this generation. Wii seems like the best one to me.

Dreamcast was technically part of that generation. The fact that you left them out means, I suppose, it lost.

[zero]

In all honesty, I'd rank the Dreamcast above the Cube and Xbox in terms of quality games. If it could have hung around, I'd probably be saying it had the best games of the four.

[King Ellis]

and now a Nintendo UK spokesperson has stepped in and contradicted her statement: "I can confirm that globally, Nintendo is still continuing production of GameCube hardware and GameCube software."

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/23/gamecub...dead-after-all/

There's life in the old girl yet!

[Rashid]

Just leave it to die. Wii has so much potential, and DS is very strong at the moment.

And kill the GBA as well, it's had an amazing run. Like 5/6 years, probably the best ever for a handheld.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

GBA was still being heavily advertised in Japan last summer and that's it's big market. People love it big time.