Nintendo Halts all GameCube production

Game Developer · 08-18-2003, 02:58 PM

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Nintendo of Japan has made the Dreamcast-flavoured move of halting all GameCube hardware production. The shock move comes as prices for GameCube software and hardware, both officially and unofficially, plummet around the world with disastrous consequences. Indeed, GameCube software is now the cheapest available for any system, often as much as 25% less expensive than the Xbox equivalent. What’s more, Nintendo has slashed the price of the GameCube hardware in the US, with the console now costing just $99.95 - that’s a mere £62! Sources close to Nintendo state that the GameCube is overstocked at all levels. Slower than anticipated demand over the summer has compounded this, resulting in the embarrassing decision to suspend the production lines, a possible PR disaster for the Japanese giant.

PlaystationFan · 08-18-2003, 03:09 PM

OUCH!!! This has a strange feeling, kind of like when the Dreamcast died. And to think, all the talk at the beginning of this generation was of the Xbox dying.

Game Developer · 08-18-2003, 03:29 PM

Actually, me not being a GC owner... This could be good. If they do in fact do what dreamcast did, Zelda, Mario, Super Monkey Ball, and they rest are PS2 or X-BOX bound!

nice shirt · 08-18-2003, 03:35 PM

PlaystationFan · 08-18-2003, 03:36 PM

Thats just evil shirt!!!

It's a good thing my cube is gone now. It financed my new PS2 and libary so far. Ive had my PS2 back for 2 weeks and i'm back up to 28 games again.

TtTackler · 08-18-2003, 08:33 PM

Damn, send a couple of games my way :P

On topic, I'm not surprised.

Gamer_X · 08-18-2003, 09:56 PM

Been there, read that.

Ninty's just stopped production to get rid of the units they haven't sold yet. Probably trying to put some of that production money elsewhere, like new projects, while they sell the systems they've already made. It's just a hiatus; production will resume in the future, so don't expect Nintendo's hardware dept. to close up anytime soon.

PlaystationFan · 08-18-2003, 10:45 PM

It's just funny because sega's downfall started the same way.

Jordahn · 08-19-2003, 02:01 AM

If this is true, I think it's bad news, and I hope they are not going to abandon the console industry altogether. If they are, I wonder if they will be developing software as 3rd party developers.

Arnold K. (Admin) · 08-19-2003, 03:22 AM

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08-18-2003, 03:09 PM	#2
PlaystationFan Bi-polar Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,187	OUCH!!! This has a strange feeling, kind of like when the Dreamcast died. And to think, all the talk at the beginning of this generation was of the Xbox dying. __________________ <b>I have nothing to show!!!</b>

08-18-2003, 03:29 PM	#3
Game Developer The Funny Man Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Killadelphia, PA Posts: 2,234	Actually, me not being a GC owner... This could be good. If they do in fact do what dreamcast did, Zelda, Mario, Super Monkey Ball, and they rest are PS2 or X-BOX bound! __________________ *Where there are no rules or boundries, there I play.*

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nice shirt FTW! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pittsburgh PS3 Network ID: N1CESHIRT Posts: 5,610	__________________

08-18-2003, 03:36 PM	#5
PlaystationFan Bi-polar Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,187	Thats just evil shirt!!! It's a good thing my cube is gone now. It financed my new PS2 and libary so far. Ive had my PS2 back for 2 weeks and i'm back up to 28 games again. __________________ <b>I have nothing to show!!!</b>

08-18-2003, 08:33 PM	#6
TtTackler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 378	Damn, send a couple of games my way :P On topic, I'm not surprised. __________________ ** YOU ARNOLD, ** YOU.

08-18-2003, 09:56 PM	#7
Gamer_X The Art Chick Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA Xbox Live ID: Zarola Posts: 667	Been there, read that. Ninty's just stopped production to get rid of the units they haven't sold yet. Probably trying to put some of that production money elsewhere, like new projects, while they sell the systems they've already made. It's just a hiatus; production will resume in the future, so don't expect Nintendo's hardware dept. to close up anytime soon. __________________

08-18-2003, 10:45 PM	#8
PlaystationFan Bi-polar Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,187	It's just funny because sega's downfall started the same way. __________________ <b>I have nothing to show!!!</b>

08-19-2003, 02:01 AM	#9
Jordahn Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 31	If this is true, I think it's bad news, and I hope they are not going to abandon the console industry altogether. If they are, I wonder if they will be developing software as 3rd party developers.

08-19-2003, 03:22 AM	#10
Arnold K. (Admin) Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,643	Did you get this from Spong.com? If you so, then whenever you reply to this and a mod sees the reply, lock the thread.

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