jmorris724 said:
Hedra42 said:
baloofarsan said:
I have to ask: I can understand that an unsecure 15 year old boy is sensitive to the colour of the console. This surely could not be your real reason?
I do not defend Nintendo, just assuming games and the success of PS1 could be more deciding factors.
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I do not defend Nogamez, but it is a real reason. It's nothing to do with insecurity, it's just the psychology of kids that age. They want to look mature, so they're more likely to want something that looks cool. It's the same mentality that draws kids of that age group away from bright, cartoonish games and towards gritty, realistic shooters because they want to look more 'mature', and cool among their friends.
I doubt any kid that age would buy a PS2 based on the commercial success of the PS1, especially if he'd never played one before. It's going to be the look of the new console and the games that are on offer with that console.
The gamecube resembled a kids toy. It was bright purple and even had a carry handle. You can just imagine 6 year old kid sister pretending it's a handbag and using it as an accessory to her dress-up outfit. (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit there, but you get the picture)
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that's all hindsight. i think it's only in retrospect that people are criticizing the gamecube's appearance, and that's only because it lost. i think if it had sold better, people would be like "man! that thing was so awesome looking." i hadn't heard the "lunchbox" comments till relatively recently. the reality is it was the most compact system that generation; the handle was sometimes made fun of, but ultimately useful; and that violet color back in the early 2000s was pretty cool. yes, today it looks tasteless, but not back then.
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If my 13 year old lived in the early 2000s and was shown a PS2 and a Gamecube and told that he could choose one of them, based on looks alone he'd choose the PS2.
