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Gamecube is the most underrated console while it was in circulation. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Jaes@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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No shit. I mean what console has survived as long as those OG Gamecubes. I have had mine for 20 years and the first issue came up this year. Turns out it's an easy fix I can do myself and nothing destroying the console itself I can still play while working on this fix.

Also the Gamecube had so many games that were moved from the N64 that and some of the rarest games exist on Gamecube. Sometimes I can't believe it was ever a flop for them because it was a childhood favorite. I'm so glad I kept mine and tried to take good care of it even when it was in storage for so long.

I don't think any console today or even back at the time in 99 or early 2000s would last 20 years with kids turning into adults and 5-6 moves without having a console breaking issue.

Ive had 2 PS2's go down, a PS3 Gen1 break, 3 Xbox 360, and very sadly an OG Xbox that did last from 2005 to 2015, an N64, and my PS4 Slim is getting there for sure. All (except the 64) gotten years (some a decade) after this Gamecube I still have today.

Thank my lucky stars my sister gave it back to me because it is my rock of a console. It should have done so much better than what articles and money say. It's a very sought after retro console and I'm glad I still have and take care of mine from 2003 when I was a youngin'

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 59 points 11 months ago (4 children)

DVD playback was a big issue at the time. Buy a PS2 and you got a built in DVD player. Here's the 2000 JCPenney Christmas catalog for DVD players:

https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/2000-JCPenney-Christmas-Book/0689

Around $250-$350. The PS2 was introduced that year in North America for $300. So you could get one for about the price of a standalone DVD player. Why wouldn't you? Nobody cares now, of course, but it was a big thing at the time.

Oh, and the PS2 played all the existing PS1 games. To this day, I still tell people that the PS2 is one of the best deals in retro gaming because of the wide range of titles it can play. Lots of hidden gems to find. Even better if you can score an early model PS3, but they're harder to find and more expensive than a PS2.

[–] highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

The early model PS3 had a literal PS2 crammed inside of it for the sole purpose of backwards compatibility which was fascinating. The death of physical media (blu ray) and high price kind of caused it to flop that generation. Look who’s laughing now though!

[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

PS3 still outsold the XB360 globally, barely. 87M vs 85M. That was also the generation Nintendo decided to take its ball and play by itself with the Wii. Microsoft had its own fuckup with the red ring of death. PS3 wasn't a total flop, though certainly not as dominant as it has been against Microsoft before or since.

[–] Aradina@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

People commonly think the PS3 was a flop due to very poor performance in the US. Outside of the US, it did way, way better. Then later in the generation when you could get one of the Super Slim models for dirt cheap and the library was so massive, it caught up in sales in the US.

In Australia it cost over a grand on launch, and it still beat out the 360 for a while. Toward the end you could get a super slim and two games from EBGames for like $100.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Plus the whole ps3 Linux controversy, that likely hurt sales too

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

Doubt it.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure the PS3 flopped because of its new architecture most developer just cheaped out on, resulting in most 3rd-party game having significantly less graphical quality on PS than other consoles.

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

A lot of people don't realize this, but the same thing applied at an even greater scale with PS3's Blu-Ray player.

At the time, Blu-Ray players cost $1000 while the PS3 launched at $500 or $600. Sony was legit doing everyone a solid, and they got shat on for it.

It's so sad how the xbox 360 won that gen, considering it was the more expensive console when you factor in paying for 2nd internet. Then it ended up normalizing the trend of 2nd internet, lol.

Needless to say, I stopped buying consoles at the PS4 era. Thank god emulation is great, PC hardware is cheap, and many console exclusives are getting PC releases anyways.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not only did the ps2 play all the ps1 games, it made them look better! I remember paying Spyro and Tony hawk on a friend's ps2 and they looked so much better. That was the factor that made us go with ps2 over GameCube and Xbox og.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 1 points 11 months ago

PS2 was my first DVD player. First DVD was Braveheart!