The Nintendo GameCube, a Tough Lesson | VideoGameDocs

To Celebrate the GameCube's 20th birthday, let's take a look at the history of the GameCube, how it came to be, why it didn't succeed as much as other Nintendo consoles, and what it might have led to.
Following the release of the Nintendo 64 in 1996, technology not only continued to innovate and grow more complex, but it did so at a rapid rate. By 1998 Sega had released the first of the 6th Generation of home consoles, that being the Dreamcast. A technical powerhouse blowing the PlayStation, Saturn, and even the Nintendo 64 out of the water, the Dreamcast was hailed as the future of not only 3D Graphics but home console gaming as a whole. Not long after, in March of 1999 Sony unveiled the PlayStation 2, which was by far superior to the Dreamcast in just about every aspect. Finally, by May of 1999 Nintendo would announce they were indeed working on a successor to the Nintendo 64.
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00:00 - Part 1: Introduction
01:50 - Part 2: A Dolphin needs its Flippers
05:30 - Part 3: An Unfortunate Delay
11:55 - Part 4: The Nintendo Difference
27:17 - Part 5: Nintendo, the Unexpected David VS. the Sony and Microsoft Goliaths
34:40 - Part 6: The Legacy of the GameCube

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Super Mario Sunshine absolutely blew me away back in the day. The beach atmosphere was so good

[@Notryanarden12]

While I did grow up with the N64, I feel like GameCube is my true childhood console because it’s where I have the most memories. Playing Mario Kart double dash with my cousins, waking up one Christmas morning to Sonic Adventure 2 Battle in my stocking. I still remember going to WalMart with my grandparents and them buying me a GameCube with Mario Sunshine. Powerful stuff. Still to this day I’m emulating GameCube games and playing them, currently playing Star Fox Adventures on dolphin on my steam deck. GameCube will always be one of Nintendos best consoles

[@MacCanma]

And im having pretty similar memories with my PS2. And I still emulate it to this day. 😇

[@mattsomething4371]

Sonic adventure battle to this day is one of my favorite games. Iv’e played through it 20 times. Glad you enjoyed that too.

[@shadowguy20004]

As a 30 year old who was a PlayStation guy just now discovering the GameCube, it’s saddens me what I missed and that GC wasn’t that successful

[@VideoGameDocs]

I feel that. I was a GameCube guy, always jealous of how successful the PS2 was when I was younger lol. Still saddened it wasn't as successful since it's probably my favorite console, but hey, it's what happens. Much love for the PS2 though, some really great games on that system.

[@BeerMeTV]

When I was in jr high, my school held an assembly celebrating student accomplishments with prizes. I knew one of the prizes that day was a GameCube, and given that my PS2 had bit the dust, I really wanted the GameCube. I ended up winning it that day, along with copies of Luigi’s mansion and Star Fox adventures, and fell in love with the system. Sure it wasn’t my ps2, but I could play games again. Looking back now, the system still holds a special place in my heart.

[@ImWithTeamTrinity]

The gamecube DID have better graphics, I had ps2 until about 2011 and I can admit as much, nothing on ps2 could touch Rogue Squadron. Honestly, if it had come with a dvd drive, I would have chosen it over the ps2.

[@JobberJim]

What accomplishment did you win to receive the gamecube?

[@destineeharper4905]

KZbin, fix your algorithm! This guy deserves all the views : )

[@TempoLOOKING]

No. He needs more output.

[@destineeharper4905]

@@TempoLOOKING I would much rather KZbinrs focus on quality over quantity! @VideoGamesDocs has seen a huge uptick in subscribers since his last video, so I think others agree!

[@EvilDarkCow]

I grew up on team Playstation, but the GameCube has always been a favorite of mine. I didn't know until years later that the GameCube didn't really do all that well. It's a shame, because I consider the GC era a golden age of Nintendo first-party games.

[@VideoGameDocs]

I grew up with the GameCube and had no clue why games were deciding to skip it until I got older and learned that it did WAY worse than the PS2. In my mind though I got to play Luigi's Mansion, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Sunshine and Melee so I really didn't care haha.

[@crazedlunatic43]

It was no commercial failure, but it wasn’t very successful either like the PS2 or GameBoy Advance.

[@chrisj320ac3]

Don't forget Tales of Symphonia! That game was amazing when it came out, graphically it hasn't aged great, but the writing is still top notch 👌

[@Mitsuraga]

It's kind of nice to see how relatively powerful the GameCube was, when compared with its contemporaries, not only because it was my console of choice for that generation, following the death of the Dreamcast, but also because I personally noticed that the system's graphics often looked better than competing titles/ports of the same game. It wasn't even like a "my choice is inherently better" console wars kind of perspective. It's just something I naturally noticed from having experienced all three systems from hanging out with different friends.

[@terryb0i]

GameCube was such a fun time of my life

[@RetrOrigin]

The Game cube is probably my 3rd favorite Nintendo system, only 3rd to NES and SNES.

[@jbbrolic]

I like SNES and GameCube. I don't think N64 aged well. Way more PlayStation games I can still enjoy.

[@leeartlee915]

I love all these systems but I cannot deny how many hours I’ve put into my Switch. I think it easily passes every other video game console I’ve ever had… which is strange since I’m an adult now (I technically was when the GC came out but entering college isn’t exactly “adult” adult). Because of how much I’ve played the Switch, it had to become one of my top 3 systems, doesn’t it?

[@leeartlee915]

@@jbbrolicI think a lot of PS1 games also aged poorly. The ones that didn’t were basically nice versions of 16 bit games. But try and go back to racers on the PS1. They are straight trash.

[@jamesofficial6829]

@@leeartlee915 Not to me, I love and still play Gran Turismo 2 on the PS1. It is my favorite racing game next to the Mario Kart series. It was so amazing the big selection of cars more than any racing game I have ever seen even to this day. Plus the graphics on the game really pushed the PS1 to its limit. Also had an amazing soundtrack.

[@leeartlee915]

@@jamesofficial6829 Welp of course there will be exceptions but I would still wager a guess that GT1 is not often revisited.

[@DraculaXHunter101]

My favorite video game console ever, it brought a lot of great times for me when I was 8 to 10 years old! I played so much Star Fox Adventures, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Sonic Heroes, Wario World, Super Smash Bros Melee, Kirby Air Ride, Custom Robo and Pokemon Colosseum! My biggest regret from my childhood though was getting rid of my Gamecube for a Playstation 2, I only did that because I was desperate to play Grand Theft Auto. But, I missed Mario so much. Thankfully though, I got a Wii in 2006 and I was able to play those games again ASAP. Backwards compatibility is a blessing sometimes.

[@NoCoastRaps]

I was never a "GameCube" or "PS2" guy even though I owned a PS2 first - I was always just a gamer and I played my friends gamecube relentlessly every weekend until I finally got mine.

[@retroactivekev]

Excellent video, I love the Gamecube era of Nintendo.

[@IronicSonic83]

Great documentary. Love you used Last Wave to end the video. Perfect choice (same as the Dreamcast doc!)

[@Mobik_]

Maybe the Gamecube were the friends we made along the way

[@soggypretzels4227]

Return of the king

[@VideoGameDocs]

is that me? or is it you Soggy Pretzels

[@GameRetro]

I am enjoying your videos immensely!

[@VideoGameDocs]

I'm so glad! This one I took some extra time with and I believe it was worth it!

[@GameRetro]

@@VideoGameDocs definitely! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next installment in the series. Also your editing is great.

[@baronvonslambert]

It's always is kind of a shocker to me personally to hear and see how badly the GameCube sold. Literally everyone I knew at the time had one or one plus an Xbox, and myself and like four other kids were the odd men out with our PS1's and PS2's. Because of that everyone was always wanting to trade consoles for the week or the weekend so I got to play a lot of GameCube and Xbox and got to appreciate that entire generation save the Dreamcast.

[@ananasstudio6221]

Great console in a time where “mature” games where the most important asset for a console until the arrival of the Wii

[@TempoLOOKING]

No those are still PC only. Execuse me I got to exorcise some succubi in Drain Mansion.

[@J.Wick.]

GC was the last of the generation that I purchased. It became my 2nd favorite behind the Xbox. Loved the multiplats on it. Never have been big into Nintendo ips. But had alot of fun with the GC. Perfect system to take to friends houses and play Madden or NBA/NFL Street or THPS.

[@GigaChad_169]

Well done analysis!

[@lastgengamers1137]

Gamecube was a odd little thing. Its render ability was pretty darn good. Its why you see games like like RE4 run well and PS2 version struggle with ingame cut scenes at times.granted it was made for the GC in mind but still interesting

[@bpcgos]

Another quality content as always...

[@paulearl8203]

The PS2 was not by far superior to the Dreamcast it had a DVD player.

[@JaminWarrenPMS]

Great video! I love the custom Luigi paint job!

[@VideoGameDocs]

Thanks! I did it in High School and looking at it now it has some rough edges lol

[@jelhaj7769]

So that Jason Alexander picture was from that event. hilarious

[@Rayito_]

Great content

[@VideoGameDocs]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@TeganCantEven]

GameCube will always be my favorite home console. 💖

[@74Vidgamer]

GameCube still one of my favorite consoles ever made!, play it near weekly still.

[@PoutingTrevor]

I thought you had 815k subscribers, and I was like 'how does this have less than 3k views??' Cool video!

[@VideoGameDocs]

I wish! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xlm905]

Really good run-through! I understood the Rare buyout slightly differently though, I thought they tried to sell to Nintendo but were turned down. On the GC vs Playstation et al, Sony blew the market open. They sold to non-gamers. I'd wager a good proportion of their sales were to people looking for a cheap DVD player and got the option to play games along with it. Wife asks what they've bought, they can say it plays movies. There was still stigma at the time around playing video games. Nintendo could never have made that play. Sony was a known "adult" brand. Nintendo made toys for kids. It wouldn't have worked. The best they could have hoped for out of that generation was a console that sold well to existing gamers. Which they kind of achieved. That generation was also the real beginning of games taking years and years to make though. It's easy to forget that only 5-10 years earlier, games were being made by developers in the single digits in months. Not hundreds of developers over years. It caught Nintendo cold, especially without Rare and with weak 3rd party relationships to plug the gaps. There were massive amd frequent game droughts. You could own the GC and another console as a gamer. It was difficult to sustain your time with the GC alone. With better 3rd and 2nd party support, the GC would have sold closer to 40-50 million units, no doubt. It wouldnt have dented the PS2 numbers much, again because they were playing in a different market, but it would have meant the GC was a very successful video game machine. As it was, it just ended up as a brilliant console with a handful of the best games of all time, a whole host of missed potential, and my favourite of all time.

[@touchingevil2302]

Great video, what is the music in the beggining ?

[@VideoGameDocs]

The intro music is "A Heart Made of Pixels" by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen. Hope this helps!

[@matthewmoorehead1979]

Still one of my favorite systems and I’ve had my system since 2002 👍

[@bradywitt3070]

12:06 Best part of the video

[@VideoGameDocs]

agreed

[@RiggityWRECKED]

My favorite console of all time, bar none.

[@mrm64]

The Gamecube was my first home console and my intro to Nintendo and gaming (along with my Gameboy Advance( at the age of 7. I loved the edgy early 2000s aesthetic it had. The purple cube was so fucking cool to me, with it's dark and shiny menu. Melee, Kirby Air Ride and Mario Kart DD had a similar aesthetic and I miss that chill vibe so much. Times were simpler and I don't just say that from nostalgia. I love the Switch but the Gamecube was the last true home console just made for games in in a sense, that is missed. So many memories. :') Love you forever, little purple lunchbox!

[@zg9445]

The mini discs was an interesting choice, but what’s really crazy to me is that even the Wii didn’t play DVDs 🤷‍♂️

[@user-ik9it1ln3y]

First revisions of wii actually CAN play dvds. You can do it by using homebrew

[@EddieSlabb]

​@@user-ik9it1ln3y I have to wonder how much adding DVD functions to the Wii would have added to the cost of the device. The player was capable, did Nintendo opt not to pay for licences or for a software player?

[@user-ik9it1ln3y]

@@EddieSlabb i think it was a license problem

[@hippo2020]

great video, hope you can do for Neo Geo Aes and PC Engine also

[@VideoGameDocs]

Hoping to do a video on most Consoles, so I'll add those to the lineup!

[@MaxAbramson3]

Having been burned by SEGA years earlier, I never bought anything from the Saturn on. However, the Dreamcast painted a prettier picture, and the NEC PowerVR did some things in hardware that the PS2 couldn't do at all until years later. I had a PS2, but it became obvious that the "75 million polygons/sec" was never going to happen, and no game ever even exceeded 7 million. In hindsight, the Dreamcast (averaging 3-5 million and better rendering) was the better system. The PS2 won because of false advertising and being the cheapest DVD player that most people could buy at the time.

[@MaxAbramson3]

@jhkuno88 There are plenty of comparison videos online that show the dream cast drawing better images at 480p than PS2 does at its 480i limit. And trashing people online for voicing their opinion is exactly what people hate about the Internet.

[@MaxAbramson3]

@@jhkuno88 I'm not just saying that the DC games actually rendered more features per second in reality. I'm saying that you're being abusive, and this does not make the world better. Being an asshole to others is a choice that reveals your personality to everyone who reads your comments.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

Take it from me, PlayStation 2 fans are the Fallout New Vegas fans of consoles, they hate everything, even other PlayStation fans like us PS Vita fans. Don't engage with them dude, they're not worth the brain cells you'll lose doing so.

[@JSmokesII]

I think the ps2 won because it had games people wanted to play, now I’m not the hugest Sony fan before that’s thrown around I just think the ps2 won because it had something for everyone on it

[@MaxAbramson3]

@JSmokesII There's the cheap DVD player aspect of the PlayStation 2 in the homes that didn't even have a PS1. Remember that 106 million PS1s had over 8,000 games for it. Imagine if SEGA had simply released a slightly upgraded version of the Saturn but with a built in DVD player for $399 in 1998. SEGA would've sold at least 50 million Satutn DVD players, and those people would them say, "Hey, I just realized that you can play games with this console. Aren't I so smart!"

[@crazyjimheath]

cool stuff

[@3finger10]

GameCube was my favorite…..

[@madnessarcade7447]

The console that altered Nintendo’s trajectory forever

[@jensenovesian2861]

It was a solid console for 4 player action

[@papas182]

Subbed

[@charlieb308]

I bought GameCube, X box and PS2, that’s how I roll

[@jennyholiday88]

You got some great content here. The presentation is a bit stale, but the research is ace! Can't wait to see more

[@G.L.999]

27:30-27:35 was the main reason Nintendo had to 'drop out' of competing against Sony and Microsoft during the 7th generation. They didn't have a choice back then; it was the only way for Nintendo to survive as both a gaming company and a console manufacturer. And people out there sadly still don't get that message!

[@MFjaYWiLL]

Drop out? More like they won 😂

[@G.L.999]

@@MFjaYWiLL You apparently didn't get the context of my message!

[@MFjaYWiLL]

@@G.L.999 you’re right! But even back then I’m not sure Nintendo was a David. Hell Sony wasn’t too hot outside PlayStation and monitors/tv’s. They are even worse now. Phones are basically gone. Laptops gone. Walkman or Mp3 obsolete. Microsoft obviously had more money. But damn I just assumed Nintendo had more cash back then. Then had enough cash and balls to tell Microsoft screw off 😂😂

[@roahnosh]

@@MFjaYWiLL Lmao if by you mean hot is revenue Sony owns FGO one of their biggest moneymaker that is still pulling billions today.

[@madmax2010ok]

Why blur the disassembly of the console? I'd like to see it's insides.

[@TempoLOOKING]

Adam Koliak.

[@nicneam]

The best multiplayer console to date.

[@orangejjay]

I think something that would've been interesting/helpful when rattling off various numbers over and over again would be to show EXAMPLES of those instead of just dropping numbers. None of those numbers mean anything without an example. Few to no one knows what 600k polygons looks like vs 2 million.

[@Enlacealpasado_]

I think this is not that type of video, you are looking for a Digital Foundry type of video

[@grinbrothers]

It's a shame that their is such an aura of gloom to the life of the GameCube as it was such a neat system with a stellar line-up of games. A fascinating tour of the history of this console with some particularly interesting insight with the stuff covered in the 'The Dolphin Needs Flippers' being mostly new to me. The many comparisons of both tech and employee count against it's competitors was also informative and well presented.

[@VideoGameDocs]

I think in recent years the perception has turned around to be much more positive. I'm glad there was something new for you to enjoy! And in reality I thought that the comparison would help paint a picture as to why Nintendo has made certain decisions, like not using DVD with the GameCube. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@soulripper31]

@@VideoGameDocs I think a Gamecube Mini would easily outsell a PS2 Mini for the following reasons: - Being able to play DVD's would no longer be a factor - The best PS2 games are mostly third party which would be expensive to license for Sony - These mini consoles only hold a limited number of games, so the PS2's much bigger library would be a non-factor - Nintendo's games have aged much better than any other game from that generation. Just imagine how many people would buy it to play SSBM in HD and maybe even added online play.

[@G.L.999]

@@VideoGameDocs Nintendo didn't have their own semi conductor factories like Sony did at that time. So it would've been more expensive for Nintendo(much like how it was with Microsoft as they were losing over $220 off of each Xbox console sold at that time; hence why they lost over $7-billion that generation) because of expensive royalties off of each disc drive sold within each said system sold. So if DVD was the future, it was the future only for Sony as they had more resources than Nintendo did at that time.

[@HieiDaHellSpawn94]

I wish Nintendo bought Rare during the gamecubes life cycle so that we can play Donkey Kong Racing

[@TempoLOOKING]

Just play it.

[@PH96Official]

The GameCube was my first gifted video game system for X-Mas 2003 (I Still Own It, in all its Platinum Glory)... but it would be quickly replaced by the graphically superior Xbox (which like the GameCube I still own my childhood console) multiplatform games simply looked better on it although it's a bit odd that I got a 2002 model in the Summer of 2004 (in hindshight I probably bought it used or open box, at that point I saved for well over a year towards it). I still like the GameCube for compilations (Namco Museum, Sonic Gems and Mega Collection ECT.) and of course for its original IP. Tne games I do regret selling when I was younger is Mario Strikers, Mario Kart Double Dash and Super Monkey Ball... despite not playing them in a very long time I know for a fact that these are some of the best games Nintendo has ever created.

[@jimmybuffet4970]

Dreamcast 1998 in Japan *********

[@drc6418]

I’m 48 years old now. So I was old enough when the Cube came out to buy all my own shit. I had a PS2 and the Cube. FZero GX and Metroid Prime were light years ahead of their time. To me those two games were just as good if not better than all the games I had on the PS2. The cube was awesome too bad it did not get more 3rd party games. I was a Tekken, Final Fantasy and Resident Evil playing fool.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

F-Zero GX remains the best racing game ever.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

"I was a Tekken, Final Fantasy and Resident Evil playing fool." Guessing you forgot, GameCube was the place to be for Resident Evil at the time. The Gamecube version of Resident Evil 4 remained the best looking version for a long time and we got Resident Evil Zero along with the Resident Evil [1] remake that both looked amazing with their prerendered scenes. Oh and there was also Code Veronica X.

[@drc6418]

@@ActionGamerAaron no I didn’t forget those games. But when Metroid Prime came out I got so hooked on it I did not bother with playing re4 till ps2 and I did own the remake of re1 And played the shit out of it. Good times 👍

[@TheVRResistance]

R.I.P My Melee machine.

[@inspectorvoid]

You said 4 buttons on top and the proceeded to show 3. 👀

[@AlexNintendoSega]

32:23 I think you meant Retro Studios not Rare

[@crazedlunatic43]

The GameCube wasn’t a finical disaster, but it wasn’t as popular as the PS2 or GameBoy Advance. I would argue that the GameCube was the last good Nintendo console before they started favouring weaker specs that have a specific gimmick as a selling point.

[@polycube868]

I agree, and Nintendo still turned a profit from the GameCube.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

I agree 100%, the game cube blew me away when I finally got one and a copy of the resident evil remake shortly after that game released!! I got the purple game cube (as in my mind it was the original) that came with Mario sunshine and I got an extra controller, memory card and a copy of resident evil and went home and was absolutely shot at just how good the game played and looked?! As well as how comfortable the controller was, despite my thoughts to the contrary!! Everything about it was awesome and it felt special?

[@magnawaves]

There is no argument, it is the truth. It all goes under the Miyamoto motto "INNOVATE OR DIE." I would love a funny little nintendo box that has horsepower half a gen behind current gen each time the other 2 guys bring out their updated not-pc machines. I have gotten a ton of miles out of my switch, but it's the only nintendo console I have ever had to buy a second one of, in additional to multiple controllers, because of its low quality.

[@PianistTanooki]

It does suck that Nintendo doesn't compete with the other guys… as the Wii was noticeably weaker than the competition… in a way where it was incredibly obvious when you looked at the Wii's games compared to its competition. But I disagree that this was their "last good console." I'd argue that this doesn't really matter as much anymore. We're at the point where each new jump in graphical power with each generation has given us diminishing returns. If the rumors are true that the Switch 2 will have PS4-esque visuals… I doubt most would notice the difference between the Switch 2 and the other current-gen consoles. Especially with things like DLSS among other things…

[@leeartlee915]

You act like that’s some hot take. It’s not at all. You basically sound like most Nintendo followers.

[@twentysixhundred7813]

Was one system i really didn't like, as i was an young adult. It looked like a kids toy in comparison to my PS2

[@onboardcc2400]

😮

[@RacerC45]

Hey! Are you saying the Gamecube is a bad system?

[@nicklyaskovskiy8315]

he's got the poly's right and if you disagree lemme tell ya einstein we have a problem

[@MiggerPlease]

Why you steal the super 8 commercial music lol

[@aaronskuse2207]

The GameCube was a great console. While the mini-disk format was terrible, I believe the systems only significant weakness was both Sony and Microsoft being absolute titans. There are only so many customers at any given moment who are both able and willing to buy, and these customers were almost exclusively adults due to children not having paying jobs, so adult oriented consoles and games like Halo or Metal Gear were more attractive.

[@TempoLOOKING]

Not now.

[@desamster]

Mini discs had faster data access than dvds and while storage capacity wasn't as big, it was still ample.

[@slowmercy69]

Gameboy Advanced?

[@misterham8111]

games?

[@ralphiecifaretto8961]

I remember being mad when it came out because it's like they didn't learn their lessons from the N64. This console almost sunk the entire company.

[@TempoLOOKING]

Now it's sinking your wallet😂. Man the idiots paying for GC games. So stupid. You can get a GC Reader for the same cost of 4 games. Use the money to get you a HDMI board. Man norms are so STUPID.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Wii U

[@ralphiecifaretto8961]

@@therealjaystone2344 The Wii U was bad because of marketing, but at least they were coming off their most successful system of all time right before it. The N64 got destroyed by the PS1, and the Gamecube did even worse against the Xbox and PS2.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@ralphiecifaretto8961 because Sony had the money for marketing than any others. Continues on today with the ps4 and ps5.

[@ralphiecifaretto8961]

@@therealjaystone2344 I'm not saying I like them or even understand it. It still shocks me to this day how the PS1 did so well.

[@saywhatagain5999]

I honestly think it would have sold better as a game pyramid but what do I know about console design

[@VideoGameDocs]

game sphere

[@polycube868]

It's spherical...SPHERICAL!!!

[@artyboy1377]

I don't understand their stubbornness in using cartridges and mini-discs and their indifference to developers' concerns regarding programming woes. Their quest to deter piracy has gone way overboard and they are only hurting themselves. Its the same with Sony requiring the use of their proprietary memory cards for their handhelds which cost them dearly.

[@desamster]

CD-rom technology was still new and reading speeds very slow mid 90's. But the cost, lack of storage capacity and perceived backwardsness of cartridges hurt Nintendo bad. Mini-discs again had faster data access than dvds, but retained respectable storage capacity and low manufacturing costs. The philosophy of design was a dedicated video game console rather than a multimedia device. Gamecube was probably their best piece of hardware ever; powerful, efficient, compact and cheap. Not including a cd rom or dvd drive was also a way of keeping hardware cost down and not having to pay royalties to Sony. And also yes their draconian anti piracy stance comes into play. Ubiquitous piracy on the original PlayStation really boosted the systems popularity and helped Sony in the long run. Just to say there were pros and cons and the choice wasn't as straightforward, but Nintendo is quite the stubborn company that does its own thing. They were arrogant with the N64 coming off a dominant market position, but they weren't indifferent to developer woes transitioning to Gamecube. 3D gaming technology was still rudimentary with the N64. Nintendo was focused making a powerful system, which ultimately turned out to be bottlenecked and difficult to develop for. They addressed these issues with the Gamcube and result you had very good looking third party games on the system. Kinda sad it didn't do very well, because after we got gimmicky, underpowered systems from Nintendo.

[@Aggrofool]

WRT Part 5, most of Sony's divisions are doing poorly except for PS, financial service and imaging. The revenue comparison belies their dim net profit contribution. So they are effectively at Nintendo's level.

[@Clodd1]

They were pretty arrogant, in some way, they still are. Iwata said: we don’t need them (third parties).

[@pal6341]

You sound like crosgrove

[@ActionGamerAaron]

0:58 "The Playstation 2 which was by far superior to the Dreamcast in just about every aspect." Disagree. It was graphically inferior and had no launch networking therefore less online capabilities and games online. Dreamcast also had VGA support which was cool.

[@onboardcc2400]

😂🎉

[@almadabestest2897]

As someone who waited in from of CompUSA when I was like 12 from 4 am to get a console I was definitely disappointed with the launch titles, I bought Super Monkey Ball (loved it), Luigi's Mansion (hated it) and a 59 block memory card which costs as much as a game. TBH that pissed me off more as the memory card costs me Melee until wayyy later. I liked how Xbox had a HD

[@danielhayes3607]

I guess Activision just has an affairs division

[@TempoLOOKING]

Explains the breast milk thefts.

[@ultimate_pleb]

19:50 anyone want to translate this? I don't speak nerdise

[@DaoistYeashikAli]

comment for the Algorithm

[@VideoGameDocs]

Thank you sir!!

[@sebastianbjork1974]

The mod work could be better right?

[@VideoGameDocs]

Oh definitely. Did it rather hastily and it was my first time doing something like that. Gonna need to touch it up here soon lol.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Where my OG Xbox players at?

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

I was all in on Xbox at the time, and i think i got ahold of a PS2 at some point shortly after, but i didnt play a GC til years later, almost ten iirc, and Zelda TP was a blast, but there just werent enough games I cared about at first that werent on other consoles, especially my OG Xbox, where it played better anyway with a HDD etc. That said, it pushed Nintendo to do the Wii, which was successful and got my attention, but it went the way of casual games i didnt care much about, and going back to Zelda with motion controls is a nightmare to me now lol. But it made all the money at least

[@Shishizurui]

even tho i enjoyed this as a kid, i'll be honest I was more excited for the gameboy advance and handhelds- btw i don't count the switch its an underpowered turd. put together by monkeys.

[@jakedover5301]

The only Nintendo system I considered a turd was the Wii. GameCube was the lamest system for 3rd party because of the controller, the triggers sucked for racers, and the little yellow stick sucked for FPS. The 1st and 2nd party offerings were great though, and it transitioned beautifully with 480p. I don’t ever remember thinking of it as an inferior system in high school even though I had a ps2. I was playing prime and sunshine on it and having a blast.

[@TempoLOOKING]

Wow you had money.

[@DaMu24]

so what was the lesson?

[@ShooterBtv]

Xbox was easily the most powerful

[@Onyx1337]

The controller was an abomination, sometimes i feel I'm the only one that sees the emperor has no clothes with this.

[@EddieSlabb]

I disagree, but respect your opinion.

[@RicardoGarcia-tc1zh]

ps2 being superior to dreamcast by far in every aspect? what a big lie

[@serbrighterunagainst9231]

Yes, a big lie and propaganda! Dreamcast has superior VRAM, and superior rendering to the PS2, and BY FAR SUPERIOR. PS2 still has wobbly Z buffer, Dreamcast has one of first commercial solutions to implement quality of graphics like with trilinear mipmapping and anisotropic filtering. I made games for some time, and was dissapointed when I saw PS2 graphics after Dreamcast

[@foxsux6000]

Hardware wise the dreamcast was a real turd and they should have gone with the PPC..

[@ironinquisitor3656]

Not really.

[@riselikethephoenix1]

Im a playstation guy. I always felt nintendo consoles were overrated... except for the gamecube. I LOVE THAT THING!

[@ukasztarnowski7741]

Those specifications mean nothing. Anyone who played all these machines know that Xbox graphically destroyed all of the competitors.

[@bigbrisk8423]

Gamecube was trash, a few decent games but nothing that made me buy the console lol

[@VideoGameDocs]

You my good sir have obviously never experienced Luigi's Mansion.

[@bigbrisk8423]

@@VideoGameDocs I have without a GameCube lol its great but I'm not about to buy a GameCube just to play Luigi mansion lil

[@bigbrisk8423]

@@VideoGameDocs that's why I said a few decent games. The controller was absolutely garbage and the little disc's were dumb lol. Luigi mansion is one of the few decent games but it wasn't not enough to make me buy a gamecube

[@mrcrunch8000]

@@bigbrisk8423lol, claiming the controller was trash just proves you have no experience with the console and your opinion on the gc has no value.

[@TempoLOOKING]

​@VideoGameDocs I bought 2 at Gamestop for 50 bucks....I SHOULD'VE BOUGHT MORE. Goodwill had STACKS all at 20 dollars each. Oh and PlayStations had NO VALUE and were tossed

[@davidortiz6284]

Show some emotion in ur narrative damn!

[@YTPremiumWatch]

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