Eidos to Pull GCN Support
 

And another one bites the dust.

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eidos is still around?

huh, *shrug*

did they ever make a cube game? who gives a flying fok...

games they made:

Backyard Wrestling (PS2, Xbox), Chain Gang (previously known as Spanx, PS2, Xbox), Deus Ex: Invisible War (PC, Xbox), Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (PC), The Italian Job(PS2, Xbox, GameCube), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (PS2, PC), Republic: The Revolution (PC), and the next iteration in the Thief (Xbox, PC) series.

good thing i dont care.... :rolleyes:

Who's Eidos?

That's the problem. You have to put some effort into the system to get a profit out.

They released hitman:silent assassin long after the xbox, ps2, and pc.
You can't expect the same sales from a 6 month old game that's been badly ported.

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Yeah they just dont understand that if they dont make a quality game then its not going to sell!!! The only good game that has come through them is timesplitters 2.

Well, As if Eidos could loose anymore respect. Now they wont be the publisher of TS3 on any console, by choice apparently. So you TS fans on cube can be assured that it will make its way to cube.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/news/news_6074591.html

Seems too dumb if you ask me. Im think Free Radical (owners of the game) probably didnt want them too.

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won't matter in the slightest. cube owners only buy Nintendo, Sega and Capcom games.

Not too worried about eidos, not like they make any good games anyways.

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OR...

EA (Madden, Medal of Honor, Def Jam Vendetta, Bond, SSX3)
Namco (SCII)
Konami (MGS Twin Snakes)
LucasArts (Rogue Leader, CloneWars)
Free Radical (Timesplitters)
Volition (Red Faction)
Square (Final Fantasy)

Maybe I'm the only one, but I own or plan to own many games from these developers/publishers for my Cube, and I'm a multiple console owner...:unsure:

At any rate- what software did Eidos have planned for GCN IF Hitman 2 went platinum? Not a damn thing, and the console would've lacked support Regardless due to the company's "tradition" of avoiding Nintendo, AKA "competition in making games".

-Official Ninja of [coming soon]...

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You're under arrest for making a sweeping generalization.

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Actually, that's pretty accurate.

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*checks his cube games...*

hey, he's right! Hell, i own a cube and PS2 and still went with the PS2 version of Soul Calibur 2.

Well, I remember all the efforts Nintendo made to make the GCN easy to program for and cheap. Seems like that isn't enough when companies always bring their games to their console after doing them for other consoles.

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I got an Atari game for my cube ;)

By far the bulk of my GCN purchases were Nintendo games... followed by Sega, then EA.

Eh overall I don't think it's that big of a deal since a lot of Eidos games are crap and weren't coming to GC anyways...

But I likes me some Legacy of Kain, and it's possible that the upcoming LoK game would be released on GC eventually... so that's one (possible) game that'd (possibly) be worth getting that won't be released on GC...

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Damn, I guess I'm the only one with more 3rd-party titles than NCL ones...oh well.

As long as we're making "sweeping generalizations", aren't most PS2 owners known for having only Madden and GTA? :devil:

-Official Ninja of [coming soon]...

PS2 owners are in bed with Madden, and hop on the Madden train each and every year. They spend 50 dollars for a game thats the same as last years incarnation, only with updated rosters and possibly a new gameplay feature here and there. How can you compete with that?

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I don't know anybody like that...

Instead of "PS2 owners are in bed with madden" I think it's more like "Football fans are in bed with PS2"...

I have Nintendo, Sega, EA, Atari (sadly), Namco, Eidos, Activision, Lucas Arts, and some more I can remember on my cube.

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Yes... gotta say I agree with that one.

There are some spots fans who like GCN too... but they are getting screwed over ;)

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Well, I won't be missing Eidos.

Companies don't seem to realize that to have a game sell on the 'Cube, it has to have QUALITY. But too many publishers/developers are brainwashed by PS/PS2. Meaning, they know that if they release a game on the PS2, they are going to make money because PS2=Casual Gamers and Casual Gamer=Buy it because of hype. Example: Enter the Matrix.

I can't wait until next gen. when companies want to come back to Nintendo (if Nintendo can pull itself together a little more with the general public). I want to see if Nintendo tries to give them some kind of stipulation. Kind of like right now with Square-Enix and Nintendo.

Oh well, the future is shaped the way it wants.

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Enter the Matrix sold to both hardcore and casual gamers.

IMO Nintendo and EA are the kings of hype... I find most of EA's to be true and others find most of Nintendo's to be true ;)

GCN is just like every other console... it has it's share of crappy best-sellers, and good best sellers.

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No, for a game to sell on the 'Cube it has to have good name recognition (company or the game name itself)... Well ok that's not completely true...

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and most hardcore gamers either returned it or were pretty damn pissed off after the first time they played that. :p

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amen to that

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Hardcore gamers should at least have the knowledge to read reviews before buying a game. At least thats what I do.

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I wasn't upset with ETM... in fact I liked it, and I think it was well worth the purchase.

But that has nothing to do with me being a casual gamer or not, it has more to do witht he fact that I'm a huge Matrix fanboy ;)

http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/dri...s_6074751.html

And then Eidos changes it's mind.

Now it's basically saying

"We won't make too many games for it, we will look to see if their is a chance for it to sell"

Of course, the logically thing would be to release them in close promixity and not 6 months later, but eh.

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fanboy or not. im just surprsied you got the damn game to run. lol ;)

Perhaps Edios ought to concentrate on making better games rather than slagging off Nintendo because their games are either rubbish, or are released months after versions on other formats. Mind you, I've always disliked Edios because their output in general appears to be complete dross, with the excepton being the TimeSplitters series, but as they've managed to lose that as well, they can go **** themselves for all I care.

There, rant over, but it just winds me up when third-rate publishers such as Edios try to blame others for their woeful business practices.

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Here is what I think when companies either drop support or lessen for any consoles.
They are basically saying "Because our games are crap, we won't release it on X console but release it on Y,Z, etc....console because we feel they will sell because people will be dumb enough to buy F game."

But there are situations where it isn't that way, but usually thats what they are quietly saying.

(This rant is unbiased. Any feelings that I made a biased statement will result in a small chuckle by me:))

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BIASED

;)

Crappy or not... that's still a developer down. Kinda like Sega Sports... crappy, but it's better to have them than not to have them ;)