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Will Third-Parties Support the GCN? Readers Respond...
If you haven't read the original editorial, click here to do so. -------------------- I'm the guy that went by [Mario Star³] at the forums and would like to comment on your Third Party support on GameCube editorial. First of all I must give you much respect. It is well written and worded. The NDAs are the logical reason not much hype is circulating around with the fan base. However, with the recent announcements of third parties such as THQ, Konami, and Capcom holding back their GCN software from E³ does make one wonder. Either these NDAs issued by Nintendo are being held with such regard in these company's high offices they would blatantly lie (which if true would be a real showing of Nintendo's pull), or these companies are really not that serious about Nintendo and aren't that far in full out development of GCN software (which would be a major blow). Maybe major 3rd parties just don't want to be the first out to test the water? E³ is going to be the telling point for 3rd party support no doubt. One thing to remember is, Nintendo needs less 3rd party support of any of the big three early on to be a quality console. However first impressions do count, and without the 3rd parties' support right off the bat the GCN will not be considered a contender by the mainstream at all. A month ago if you would have asked me what 3rd party game would definitely be on show at E³ I would have said Resident Evil 0. Capcom had no mention of the game at their recent Tokyo meeting where they discussed their PS2 upcoming, and recently reported not to show any GCN products at the Expo. But how can RES0 not make an appearance if it has been in development since late summer at least? Sounds like those NDAs are being practiced to me. I especially like the stock car analogy. Those are all the positives. I guess the only negative would have to be the comment "It's no secret that everyone (except Square, and they want to) is supporting the Game Boy Advance." The situation with Square is secret, no one knows but a few people. Maybe we'll even see Final Fantasy at E³. On a side note, I believe the recent remarks of Old Man Yamauchi are one part rubbish and one part miss-translation. I think (PGC even ran a story on this) that what he said was something along the lines of "We may even have to cut back the sales of GameCube" meaning funding like marketing instead of the complete production of GCN like it is being interpreted. All in all great stuff, I will make a habit to start checking VGF for more editorials of yours. -Anonymous -------------------- Hi. Just wanted to thank you for a good read. I have posted a link to it, along with my commentary, at Sports Reviewers. To
be honest, I stumbled upon your site by accident. I was
pleasantly surprised with your editorial. It is difficult to
find intelligent, -Jonathan -------------------- I think you're opinion kicked ass! And I'm sad to hear that SquareSoft didn't make the GameCube cut. After a year or two and Microsoft and Nintedo blow Sony out of the water, and Final Fantasy X on the X-Box for $70-$75 falls through, Square is going to kicking them selves and banging thier heads against the wall, while ripping thier hair out and screaming"God save us all!!" I'm sure after a sevier beating and 5 or 6 years later they'll finally turn themselves over to NIntendo's new machine coming out in 2006-2007. -------------------- I totally agree with you -------------------- To see what's been said on the message boards, just click this link.
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