Anyone else becoming frustrated with Nintendo?

Originally posted by gekko

They don't feel only Japanese like DVDs. But it's a waste of money adding a DVD player to a Gamecube in the US, because so many people own them anyway. Hell, I got 6, the 7th is shipping, and buying an Xbox remote gets me 8. See my point?

But with the recent price drops and the fact that a DVD player standing along is typically $100 and up the GameCube has the worst possible deal. For the same price of a Cube one could buy a more powerful system with a built in ethernet port, DVD player, and hard-drive. Or one could buy another console for the same price with the largest game selection of the availible systems and with a DVD player too.

When asked about DVD playback:

It goes back to our core philosophy that GameCube is a gaming machine. That's what we're about. I don't have any numbers, but my understanding is that most people out there are buying game systems to play games. I don't think that has become a huge selling point.

From this guy's understanding (because he has problems counting pass his number of fingers) people buy a game system to play games. Well, whadda know? PS2 and Xbox also play games. Who would have thunk it. And what's this? PS2 has a greater game selection and Xbox better graphics. But we all know how great the Cube's game library is now they can fully depend on it for sales. Besides, they have a ton of great games coming out to help them. Its not like they'll be delayed or anything...