It's about the Consoles, baby.

[Jedi]

Heh, as you\'ve no doubt ascertained from the title, this thread is about CONSOLE GAMING! YAY! *Does a jig*

Well...ummm...ya. So start talking.

I\'m into it all the way and after years of devoted gaming I would have to say that Nintendo is obviously the king. Second-place would be Sony. Third would be...uh...Sega. And from fourth to sencond last would be any company that has ever made a video game platform of any kind. Last would be Microsoft. :,

I really think Planeshift should launch for the consoles. That would be cool. I know it would cost money, but it\'d still be awsome.

[Iamthom]

isorder by what you think they should be? cuz the facts are that its sony on top, then micro, then losing nintendo.....

[Yann]

It reminds me \"Probotector\", one of my first games on Nintendo.

It was a great Action 2D game... *sigh*

[Crj]

hahaha Noncomercials are for PC only! And i think Planeshift will be to complex for consoles.

[Jedi]

I made the list in order of quality, my good man.

[Xalthar]

well (at least to my knowledge) since PS is ever evolving, and Console games are unupgradable, wouldn\'t you just buy the game, and never be able to play the new zones that are added later?? And if the new stuff was added in add-ons to the game, it would cost a whole lot more... and besides, the game is supposed to be free, so no PS for consoles...

I have all nintendo consoles except the newest (gamecube), but It\'s been a looooooong time since I used one of them last...

[Jedi]

I\'m not saying the game has to be out on this generation of consoles. By the time the game is done the next gens will be launched and it could come out on one of those. All of the next gens will have a hard-drive so you could download all the newest stuff and save it on that. Somthing like how the Xbox works. You can download game patches and extra levels and stuff.

It could work. Trust me.

[kyp14]

your strange mate \"Nintendo The King\" not any more the game cube is being out selled by both X-Box and PS2 in all magor countries and the gamecube is almost dead in the UK the only reason its still there is becasue it had a strong launch. the Gamecube lacks any DVD functionality except for that version released in Japan only. The magority of good games on the gamecube are cross platform which means there on every console and considering the X-box could run them better any way just makes it worse for nintendo. There is nintendos small range of exclusive titles to hang on to but compared to both the X-Box and the PS2 this is a very small range.

Nintendo WAS the king but now sony\'s grabbed the title the queen is microsoft (I know you don\'t seem to like these guys mostly becasue no one does casue there rich bums but there still have the second best console the facts prove it) and the joker is gamecube maybe nintendo will redeem itself with the next console but its seemed all but down hill for them since the late years of the 64 + they just soled Rare there best game producer to microsoft so you can wave a nice long wave to the return of rares classics perfect dark and Jet force geminin and conker becasue there not coming back

[Xalthar]

Yeah... I really loved the games Rare made for nintendo.. especially donkey kong... *becomes nostalgic* oh, those were great days indeed

[Jedi]

Hmmm...Where to start. I guess I\'ll go for the most obvious points.

1. The best games on the GCN are not multiplatform. You must be confusing this with Xbox, whose first party games suckand whose third party games are on at least one other system. You will not find Zelda: The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Rogue Leader, RS III: Rebel Strike, etc. on any other console, so that moots your first point.

2. Rare. Not the company they once were. Unless you haven\'t heard, over half the original development left Rare to stay with Nintendo when they joined M$. The original Goldeneye team has broken off to create the Nintendo second-party Zoonami and the rest join Nintendo directly.

3. I agree that the lack of DVD functionality has a crippling effect on the GCN\'s worth, but you must also remember that it is selling for a sizably lower retail.

4. Sony is only on top because (A) they launched a full year ahead of the competition and (B) they had a large fan base from the PS1, due again to Nintendo being the second out the door with their N64 launch. The Xbox is selling on its power and do-everything features. These are good,but they drive console prices up. (Yes it is true that M$ is taking a financial loss on every console sold.)

5. The Next Gen systems will have a much tighter race as Nintendo is scheduled to launch their console (Official Codename N5) first, Sony\'s will have their Do-absolutely-everything CELL powered PS3 out at a disgustingly high retail, and the Xbox 2 will only have Halo 2 to show for it.

It\'s gonna be a rough road, but Nintendo will not fall. Mark my words.

[Caldazar]

You cant argue with this: All of the games that you remember, all the games that gives you chills, were made for Nintendo. Mario, Zelda, Fox, Samus. The only character that I took to my heart that isn\'t made by Nintendo is Sonic. And all his games are available on the Cube.
But, I have to agree, Gamecube sucks, and, IMHO, so does PS 2. Xbox has the power, the best control, and, most of the cool games. The fact that it has a harddrive doesnt make it less attractive

Edit: *runs of to play SoM*

[Jedi]

I gree that SexBox is th emost powerful, but that\'s about it. All of my favourite games are on Nintendo so ya. PLus the Xbox was about $700 when it launched so, no. *shakes head*

[bbum]

gamecube will be the overall best in the end, so many old school remakes of snes games are being made this year, microsoft has no videogame experience.
Nintendo has so much experience, every game released is near perfect.

the fact is nintendo never really was \'the king\', but people that played since nes know where the quality games are, if you truly injoy games you play a gc  

and people that havent played all those games, have hundreds of hours of gameplay waiting for them, if there interested.

you can even download emulators to play them on your computer now

I prefer my mmo\'s on pc though =)

[kyp14]

True gamers mate play whatever they want not a game cube. True gamers play quality games on whatever system they have to play them on.

And i do like X-boxes games better then GC and PS2 mainly because microsoft (even though I don\'t like supporting microsoft if I can get away with it) has down a fine job of making a console with pc type games and console type games both the ps2 and the GC have failed to do this not including games like red faction which was multiplatform, also Microsoft and PS2 have more game developers developing for them then GC oh and one more thing Nintendo is still marketing more to the younger generation then to the older generation which is hampering its sales seeing most gamers are over 18

Oh and i\'m not a X-box junkie nor a PS2 junkie or a GC one either(oviously) I\'m just a PC gamer who reads all the charts and those mulitplatform magazines as well as living on http://www.ign.com scoouring through all the games oh and the best shooter is coming out on PC this year Half Life 2 best of e3 its the game with the best graphics the best gameplay http://www.planethalflife.com go here and download the super high half life 2 video and see for yourselfs just how good it is although be warned is 500+ download and it goes for 25mins oh yeh its also coming to X-box and no other console casue no other console has the power to run it although the PC version will still be better cause HL1 best feature i reckon was its modability and HL2 meant to be even more modable

[Jedi]

Originally posted by kyp14
True gamers mate play whatever they want not a game cube. True gamers play quality games on whatever system they have to play them on.

 What if they want to play GC? Are they not \'true gamers\'?

And i do like X-boxes games better then GC and PS2 mainly because microsoft (even though I don\'t like supporting microsoft if I can get away with it) has down a fine job of making a console with pc type games and console type games both the ps2 and the GC have failed to do this not including games like red faction which was multiplatform, also Microsoft and PS2 have more game developers developing for them then GC

Since when has the lack of third-party support ever hurt the big N? Nintendo is their own best developer. Ever notice how the officil Nintendo games are the most polished? You\'ll never find a glitch in them anywhere. That shows not only how professional they are, but alsohow devoted they are to their gamers.

oh and one more thing Nintendo is still marketing more to the younger generation then to the older generation which is hampering its sales seeing most gamers are over 18

If you didn\'t know the majority of GCN owners are approximately 30 years old. And another thing, just because Nintendo includes the younger generation in their marketing scheme does not mean they aim towards them. I can easily name at least thirty good M- and T-rated games that are either out or are coming out.

Oh and i\'m not a X-box junkie nor a PS2 junkie or a GC one either(oviously) I\'m just a PC gamer who reads all the charts and those mulitplatform magazines as well as living on http://www.ign.com scoouring through all the games oh and the best shooter is coming out on PC this year Half Life 2 best of e3 its the game with the best graphics the best gameplay http://www.planethalflife.com go here and download the super high half life 2 video and see for yourselfs just how good it is although be warned is 500+ download and it goes for 25mins oh yeh its also coming to X-box and no other console casue no other console has the power to run it although the PC version will still be better cause HL1 best feature i reckon was its modability and HL2 meant to be even more modable

I am forced to agree with you on Half-Life 2 as that game indisputably owns. However, it is not Xbox exclusive and, as you said, it\'ll be better on PC, so I have no reason to like Xbox for it. It is simply a bonus for the console owners. Nintendo has many bonuses that caneasily outweigh whatever M$ throws its money away on.