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So after I and a couple of my friends were done writing finals I suggested we play some SSB:M before going our separate ways for Christmas. We went to my one friend's dorm where he told us that he hoped his Gamecube would work because lately it had been messing up. Curious I inquired as to what was happening to it. He told me that for the past couple weeks it had trouble reading discs. To which I responded "uh oh."
Those who can will remember that this happened to my Gamecube about half a year ago, and then it eventually stopped reading discs altogether, to which most people at these boards replied with a "that's unusual, I've never heard of that before." Having done my own research to find out what the problem was I found this was not an uncommon thing, and had happened to many other people on other message boards and whatnot.
Sure enough we played SSB:M for about 2 minutes before it said the disc could not be read. We booted it up once more and after about 10 seconds it couldn't read the disc. Then it wouldn't even read the disc at all, and we were stuck at the "NO DISC" screen on the GC menu. There were few scratches on the disc and even their copy of Harvest Moon which was only a week old wouldn't work. He had his system for about 4 years (roughly bought it the same time I did). I've got one friend whose PS2 screwd up on him, but it was covered under his warranty so he got a new one and hasn't had problems since. And I've had one friend's Xbox mess up, but that was because it was on the floor and dust got caught and all that jazz.
All I can say to this is that out of the 5 people I know who own Gamecubes, 2 of them have quit working. And ironically they were purchased earlier than than the other 3. So far it seems like the average lifespan of a GC is about 4 years. That's not bad, but once you've invested hundreds of dollars worth of games, memory cards, and controllers (I invested over $1000) and all are rendered useless once the system stops working, it can be quite disappointing.
Oh, I also called Nintendo about fixing my GC. $65 flat charge just to look at it, no guarantee it could be fixed, plus tax, plus shipping. Looking at about $75 just to have them try to fix it, and who knows how long the fix will last if they can fix it. Although, to Nintendo's credit, the customer service was very friendly and helpful, and it was nice to speak to an actual person about it. Still though, out of every system I've ever owned my GC has been the worst for controller and system malfunctions. Not like my 64 tell ya what, that thing is still goin strong, although the controller joysticks get worn out just as bad.
I'm tellin ya, its a scam by Nintendo to get people to buy Rev's to play the new Zelda. Just like making the expansion pak mandatory to play Majora's Mask, what a scam that was... :lol
Those who can will remember that this happened to my Gamecube about half a year ago, and then it eventually stopped reading discs altogether, to which most people at these boards replied with a "that's unusual, I've never heard of that before." Having done my own research to find out what the problem was I found this was not an uncommon thing, and had happened to many other people on other message boards and whatnot.
Sure enough we played SSB:M for about 2 minutes before it said the disc could not be read. We booted it up once more and after about 10 seconds it couldn't read the disc. Then it wouldn't even read the disc at all, and we were stuck at the "NO DISC" screen on the GC menu. There were few scratches on the disc and even their copy of Harvest Moon which was only a week old wouldn't work. He had his system for about 4 years (roughly bought it the same time I did). I've got one friend whose PS2 screwd up on him, but it was covered under his warranty so he got a new one and hasn't had problems since. And I've had one friend's Xbox mess up, but that was because it was on the floor and dust got caught and all that jazz.
All I can say to this is that out of the 5 people I know who own Gamecubes, 2 of them have quit working. And ironically they were purchased earlier than than the other 3. So far it seems like the average lifespan of a GC is about 4 years. That's not bad, but once you've invested hundreds of dollars worth of games, memory cards, and controllers (I invested over $1000) and all are rendered useless once the system stops working, it can be quite disappointing.
Oh, I also called Nintendo about fixing my GC. $65 flat charge just to look at it, no guarantee it could be fixed, plus tax, plus shipping. Looking at about $75 just to have them try to fix it, and who knows how long the fix will last if they can fix it. Although, to Nintendo's credit, the customer service was very friendly and helpful, and it was nice to speak to an actual person about it. Still though, out of every system I've ever owned my GC has been the worst for controller and system malfunctions. Not like my 64 tell ya what, that thing is still goin strong, although the controller joysticks get worn out just as bad.
I'm tellin ya, its a scam by Nintendo to get people to buy Rev's to play the new Zelda. Just like making the expansion pak mandatory to play Majora's Mask, what a scam that was... :lol
