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ikilledkenny on 06 February 2008

@dgm6780
GTA is not published by Capcom. It is developed by Rockstar and published by Take Two.
Also, to me, switching discs isn't a big deal, as long as I can play the game, it doesn't matter. Plus, I'm used to disc swapping. I only had a GameCube.


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disolitude on 06 February 2008
That Guy said:

16. Being Evil (Microsoft)

17. Using your evilness to muscle yourself into another market (Microsoft, Sony PS3/Blu-Ray)

18. No online support (Gamecube)


hehe...no comment about 16 and 17...i don't really want to dissapear without a trace.

18 tho is a valid point.

How about

lack of or inferior online support - gamecube, Wii (not that its hurting wii in any way) 



wiiforever on 06 February 2008

^Wii's online just hasn't been used a lot but that is changing with the launch of Brawl and MK



disolitude on 06 February 2008
wiiforever said:
^Wii's online just hasn't been used a lot but that is changing with the launch of Brawl and MK

 I play Mario Strikers online on the wii 3 times a week alteast. I know its online...but its seriously lacking compared to PSN and not even on the same planet as xbox live.

 

Here is another...

Not including or making a vital piece of hardware for the console - Xbox 360 base(no hard drive or memory card), Wii (hard drive), Saturn (4 meg expansion cart), PS3 40GB (backwards compatibility), Sega CD (no new graphix chip - same color and resolution as genesis)



JOKA_ on 07 February 2008

what about relying to much on past success/brand loyalty? PS3 and N64(not sure about that one)



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That Guy on 07 February 2008

19. Being Crappy/Not a Good Idea to Begin With (N-Gage/Panasonic CD-i)



disolitude on 07 February 2008
That Guy said:
19. Being Crappy/Not a Good Idea to Begin With (N-Gage/Panasonic CD-i)

I didn't know there was a "panasonic" CD-i. The phillips one is on our list... good call about ngage...forgot about that one.  I think we can fill a lot of categories with ngage:

Lack of games, price too high, bad idea to begin with, no 3rd party support...  



Rock_on_2008 on 10 May 2008

1. XBox 360 and Apple Pippin should be added to the list as being an overpriced launch console. Apple Pippin failed miserably less than 1 million console sales. I think Pippin was named after the basketball player Scotty Pippin. 360 only 5 million in first year sales.



Staude on 11 May 2008

my ps1 and my ps2 still works.. my ps1 being from when it launched in europe.... Pretty reliable i would say.



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lightbleeder on 11 May 2008
ikilledkenny said:

@dgm6780
GTA is not published by Capcom. It is developed by Rockstar and published by Take Two.
Also, to me, switching discs isn't a big deal, as long as I can play the game, it doesn't matter. Plus, I'm used to disc swapping. I only had a GameCube.


 Actually Capcom published GTAIII and GTA:VC in Japan

 

on topic:

9. Allowing only 3-5 games per company per year - Nintendo - what system?

 

That was actually a good move by Nintendo, they were succesful in avoiding a video game crash like the one in 1983.