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Gamecube is the most underrated console while it was in circulation. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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No shit. I mean what console has survived as long as those OG Gamecubes. I have had mine for 20 years and the first issue came up this year. Turns out it's an easy fix I can do myself and nothing destroying the console itself I can still play while working on this fix.

Also the Gamecube had so many games that were moved from the N64 that and some of the rarest games exist on Gamecube. Sometimes I can't believe it was ever a flop for them because it was a childhood favorite. I'm so glad I kept mine and tried to take good care of it even when it was in storage for so long.

I don't think any console today or even back at the time in 99 or early 2000s would last 20 years with kids turning into adults and 5-6 moves without having a console breaking issue.

Ive had 2 PS2's go down, a PS3 Gen1 break, 3 Xbox 360, and very sadly an OG Xbox that did last from 2005 to 2015, an N64, and my PS4 Slim is getting there for sure. All (except the 64) gotten years (some a decade) after this Gamecube I still have today.

Thank my lucky stars my sister gave it back to me because it is my rock of a console. It should have done so much better than what articles and money say. It's a very sought after retro console and I'm glad I still have and take care of mine from 2003 when I was a youngin'

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] wait it was a flop???

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Only when compared against the previous console. Part of the problem for Nintendo is that they take a slight loss on console sales expecting to make up for that out of licensing fees from game publishers. In order for the model to be profitable they need to reach a certain sales threshold on games, and in order to do that they need a certain sized player base. If they don't hit their console sales target their market is too small, they won't sell enough games, and the per game licensing fee won't be enough to cover the shortfall for console manufacturing.

By most sane metrics the Gamecube was a decent success. By Nintendo's internal metrics it was a terrible flop. Nintendo screwed up their own price modeling on the Gamecube so badly they actually worried they might need to declare bankruptcy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

And compared to their competitor at the time which was the PS2 which is still the console that sold the most to this day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

At the time it was their lowest selling home console ever. Only Wii U has done worse since. Meanwhile PlayStation 2 is the highest selling console of all time - even to this day. The disappointing figures of GameCube led Nintendo to find their own niche with Wii.

GameCube is still my favorite game console of all time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The GameCube being your favorite console has a lot more to do with your age, than anything to do with the console.

Same reason the NES is my all time favorite.