New EGM rumors, which usually have a little more truth to them than say... IGN Boards rumors.
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GameCube to End Up Like N64
If you're a Nintendo fan, take heart: GameCube will still be the place to get your N-fix, at least for a bit longer. But the buzz around the industry indicates that many publishers with planned GameCube support in 2003 are systematically canceling titles on the square system, in favor of Xbox and PS2 versions. Why, you ask? Because GameCube owners are only buying the biggest titles, leaving the rest to languish on the shelves. (Before you complain, ask yourself how many GC titles you've bought that aren't published by Nintendo.) All this should sound familiar to most N-loyalists: A similar trend happened (although much faster than with GC) back in the Nintendo 64 days.... This comes on the heels of rumors (and that's all they are) that Nintendo will leave the hardware behind and reap the profits on its software for other platforms. Either way, just enjoy GC games while you can....
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I am not totally shocked by this. You may say there are no good 3rd party games to buy, but Gamecube owners are spoiled by Nintendo's quality, and therefore very few 3rd party games ever become popular. Take away Nintendo, Sega, and Capcom. How many games really do well?
But that brings me to my next point, I spend a lot of times at the IGN Boards, mostly in the Xbox forum. That can give you a very accurate description of who's buying what. PS2 I can understand, but Xbox owners only buy the biggest titles as well. Is the only difference that their 3rd party exclusives, as opposed to 1st party?
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And, speaking of news for the hardest of of core, you can go ahead and buy the import now if you were waiting: Treasure's arcade-style, vertical-scrolling shooter Ikaruga is not coming to the United States (blame the unpopularity of third-party GC games and the shooter genre for that one).
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Guess I'm going to have to import
