That is impressive - i suppose they could subcontract it out to any old dude that fixes cabs as its essentially the same. Either that or they have superb confidence in its build. On that I heard that the gamecube was basically indestructable compared to the ps3 and xbox. I went through 2 ps3's and I hardly played it as much as my gamecube - the little square beast never let me down. I was kinda sad wheni relegated it to the loft when i got my wii...:rolleyes:
Originally Posted by Harrison:
Not sure about the Gamecube. It did quite well and had a lot of exclusive titles that were popular. It definitely did better than the N64!
Was the PC Engine actually released officially outside of Japan? I read recently that it did quite well there and was very popular, even though it was expensive.
And I have actually played a real Neo Geo a couple of years ago and it was hard to believe the quality of the games considering when it was released. But that was why it was so expansive, and real systems still sell for a lot on ebay these days. Just glad we can emulate it. :)
Thats true about the gamecube, but it hacked me off that things like viewtiful joe and RE4 got ported to the ps2 after 6 months with more content because sony offered capcom a bag of cash. I think that consoles live in their exclusives and the gamecube had a fair few quality titles such as metroid prime. It did die commercially towards the end of the millenium gen consoles life tho - trying to get RE4 was like trying to find a 4 leaf clover. :(
I never actually played or even saw a pc engine in britain but i did see a few games released for it - I remember seeing Robokid in Boots! Your certainly right about its popularity in japan - I heard that it was more popular than the megadrive!