bunchanumbers said:
Nuvendil said:
Yes. It launched in 2003 as a sort of cheap, ultra compact N64 with key highlights from the library (MK64, Smash, OoT, Wave Race, and Super Mario 64 to name a few) plus online functionality for buying games, cloud saving, etc. It was an experiment to guard interest in affordable dedicated gaming hardware as well as the reasonability of the government. I think their lack of interest in bringing the Wii, Wii U, or 3DS there speaks volumes to how that experiment went :P
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Really? Nintendo should have invested more than that. Using a N64 to gauge interest when some of the best games Nintendo made were on Wii U? They should have launched the GCN there. And I still think that they should launch Wii U there. They just need to lower the price, or cut the gamepad and make a system that works with the Pro Controller.
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I said it launched in 2003, that's well before the Wii U :P . And disposable income in 2003 in China was on average far lower than it is now so the 2003 GameCube with a very limited library wouldn't have been able to get down to the needed price point without becoming completely unprofitable.
As for launching the Wii U, why? It has been available on the grey market and in Hong Kong for a long time, doesn't have a big enough library to drive down the price, and the Ps4 and Xbone just failed in the region. There's no empirical evidence to suggest that China is a secure investment.
