GameCube un-plugged
Nintendo has officially pulled the plug on GameCube. Say bye bye to the big purple box. Why was it discontinued? Well, Nintendo’s other babies are just simply doing better than GameCube and games are better too in the other consoles - not to say that GameCube has bad games, in fact some of their games are real good to play. So it’s not suprising that GameCube’s sales have been dwindling for a while now.
Well, it turns out there’s a perfectly good explanation for the GameCube’s spiraling numbers. GameDaily’s interview was with none other than Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of America’s doyenne of publicity. With surprising frankness, she told the AOL-owned publication straight-out that Nintendo has officially pulled the plug on its perky purple box.
“Are we producing any more GameCubes? No,” Kaplan said bluntly. “But do we have the inventory there for people to still purchase? Yes.” She went on to also say that Nintendo is no longer developing any GameCube titles, which is tantamount to a deathblow for the first-party-game-dependent console.
“You’re a core gamer; you wouldn’t buy a GameCube. It’s not aimed at you anymore,” she continued. “But it’s still a great starter system because of all the great games.”
Bye bye GameCube!
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