Good points! The controller was a bit out of the ordinary, but that never really stopped Nintendo sales before or after. smaller discs allowed for reduced loading times, which from a tech perspective was cool. But had slightly less storage space. They also had some licensing fees above the other consoles that didn't help either. But really, the sales just weren't there to pull developers in imo. Because its not like a kid would look up any of this info before asking for a console. Especially pre-social media.
@@cyberworld9000 the smaller disc size did not lead to faster loading. The gamecube actually had slower read times compared to most available drives out there at the time, esp on competing hardware. Nintendo used the smaller discs to save on manufacturing costs The lack of DVD playback definitely hurt it. The controller may be a stretch but it was missing a significant amount of buttons compared to Ps2 and Xbox (No clickable sticks, missing an 'L2,' no 'select' button, etc.) Funny thing too is that the GC had a better CPU then the ps2
Intresting I guess nintendo was just using the claim as PR. I've also heard it may have been to combat piracy / make the disc more indestructible as well. (even if it just lead to getting scratched more easily) @Newbieprod
It was a failure but I had more fun with it than any other Nintendo console besides the SNES
I feel the mini-dvd and the controllers having less buttons than the Xbox and PS2 were the two biggest issues with the console.
Good points! The controller was a bit out of the ordinary, but that never really stopped Nintendo sales before or after. smaller discs allowed for reduced loading times, which from a tech perspective was cool. But had slightly less storage space. They also had some licensing fees above the other consoles that didn't help either. But really, the sales just weren't there to pull developers in imo. Because its not like a kid would look up any of this info before asking for a console. Especially pre-social media.
@@cyberworld9000 the smaller disc size did not lead to faster loading. The gamecube actually had slower read times compared to most available drives out there at the time, esp on competing hardware. Nintendo used the smaller discs to save on manufacturing costs
The lack of DVD playback definitely hurt it. The controller may be a stretch but it was missing a significant amount of buttons compared to Ps2 and Xbox (No clickable sticks, missing an 'L2,' no 'select' button, etc.) Funny thing too is that the GC had a better CPU then the ps2
Intresting I guess nintendo was just using the claim as PR. I've also heard it may have been to combat piracy / make the disc more indestructible as well. (even if it just lead to getting scratched more easily)
@Newbieprod
the gamecube is purple not blue
Nintendo officially listed the color of the GameCube as indigo. Which is a mix of purple and blue. Like I said in the video. "a blue-ish purple"