Gamespot has been tipped off by an EB employee about marketing materials EB has received to promote the GameCube, tagged with the line “New Low Price”. No word on what the new price could be, but this is probably a reaction to the PS2’s new price of $129. A GameCube will cost less than a […]
Gamespot has been tipped off by an EB employee about marketing materials EB has received to promote the GameCube, tagged with the line “New Low Price”. No word on what the new price could be, but this is probably a reaction to the PS2’s new price of $129.
A GameCube will cost less than a Micro. Weird.
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79.99 will be the price i just have a fereling but im pretty sure u just watch
I read sometime ago that the Ps2 cost $36 to manufacture and a Gamecube $57. This was almost a yearso cost might be lower by now.
I wonder how many GameCubes they are still manufacturing on a regular basis. We always see sales stats for Japan (where are the American numbers?) so we know that hundreds or thousands of people there still buy the Cube every week.How long did they keep making N64 consoles after the GameCube came out? Since Wii will play the old GameCube games, will that window of overlap diminish? I guess it depends how expensive Wii is when it comes out.
Whether or not I put my first-gen GameCube in the closet after I get a Wii will depend entirely on whether the Wii will have a component video output, like the first GameCubes… If Nintendo decides to do away with the component video option in the Wii, like in the second-gen GameCubes, I'll have to keep mine for widescreen replay! But I'm sure that's just me…
Being that 480p is standard across all Wii games, wouldn't the component output be in every system? I dunno how that works, but it makes sense that it would have component video support.
I'm sure that the Wii will have the same video component as the Gamecube in box. There is no reason not to. You will probably still order the "big cable" on Nintendo.com.I think My gamecube will go in my bed room. I wont move the n64 or NES becasse I have way to many games to reorder. Finally I will have SNES games…not roms 🙂
@ RollinMaybe the secret is that you wont need a component video cable to play the games at that level. Or maybe in every Nintendo Wii box came with a component video cable.
I'm assuming there'll be a couple connectivity options available (as add-on cables, not included).Does the Xbox 360 even include anything other than a composite cable?I'm mostly interested in what the audio options will be. It would be nice to have some sort of surround connectivity, but I guess Dolby Pro Logic II would suffice for most stuff.
AirPort Extreme conectivity would make my day. With the popularity of iPod I could happen on a cold brezzy day in hell.
Does anybody actually think that the GC isn't selling very well because of the price? It's already unbelievably cheap and there's pretty much no excuse not to have one unless you're dirt poor. This is getting kinda sad.
To the Anon right above, no one's sayin that. Nintendo's just doing it to clear stock.To everyone else, the 360 only comes with HD cables if you buy the premium pack, my money's on Doldy Digital 7.1, you most definitely do need the component cables and it will probably come in the box, and i haven't read that article.
Frisby -Wii will require its own unique component cable and connection. Why? Since GC's component cable transmits pictures ONLY, you still need the other analogue cable to transmit sound.From the IGN pics shown of the Wii in the GDC '06 you can see that the Wii has a unique component out port. This is presumably an efficiency drive whereby one port outputs both sound AND pictures through the same connection.I think Nintendo confirmed 480 progressive scan quite some time ago for the then-still codenamed Rev.Madden Wii, for example, is confirmed to output at 480 progessive scan widescreen. See Ign Wii for further details on Madden Wii graphics.
i might end up picking up a second gamecube, for probably no reason other than a different color…. but i'm holding out for the DSlite more… even tho that will prolly be $150 w/o a game.Also, i am sure this is to clear inventory since the Rev… er… Wii will play GC games…. my guess is that they will continue to make GC games well into the Wii's launching life… it has been successfull with PS1-PS2 and all the GB reincarnations to the DS.
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