Real gamers do not bash ANY System --

I always said that when Nintendo lost leadership in the handheld market they would get another home console monopoly. I think everything is going according to keikaku.

Yup... they will lose the battle for first place most likely, but GC is still their second best console in my eyes... go on, Nintendo.

Thank You! When your ass spend more time thinking about what a console is doing next. When we have tornados in Alabama, wars, and everything else. Let's see what happen next please. Before we decide to commit suicide because Malstrom says so.

Personally I loved the Gamecube, so like many have said this is a great thing in my eyes.

But as far as Nintendo's success, it's just too early to predict things like this.  E3 will shed a lot of light on the situation.  In fact based on the rumors, they're giving core gamers and developers what they want (nice power, easy development environment) they're giving it Wii compatibility, and they're launching at least a year before the competition.

You could just as successfully create a thread that reads:

"Nintendo is going the PS2 route next gen and setting itself up for victory."

And as of this writing, the votes are overwhelmingly optimistic.  

The Gamecube was a system that sold poorly because it was released too late, and didn’t differentiate itself on the market enough. By the time it was released the market had already accepted the PS2 as the dominant console of the generation, and the Gamecube didn't really offer anything significantly new compared to the PS2. By (probably) releasing a year before its competition, and (potentially) doing something significantly different than has been done before, Nintendo's next system appears to be avoiding the two biggest mistakes Nintendo made with the Gamecube.

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So the Wii's successor is 'd0med' before it's even officially announced? Nice

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I know this isn't all that important, but it was really bothering me. That should be 'foresight' or 'forethought' .... Anyway, I'm sure things will work out for them. ><