Reggie on the DS, Gamecube, and even the Xenon!

Mai Valentine

Mai Valentine

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http://cube.ign.com/articles/555/555497p1.html

IGN: Why do you think third-party games don't sell as well on the Cube as they do on the Xbox and PS2?

Reggie: I think, first off, that you need to be sensitive to the installed base. We're not satisfied with our position in the console race. We're aggressively trying to move up and to be much closer in the number two position. Having said that, great third-party titles absolutely sell well on the GameCube. Most recently Spider Man 2, if you look at the numbers for that on the console space, that product sold quite well for us.

If you also look at exclusive titles for GameCube they sell quite well, whether you're talking about Tales of Symphonia, WWE: Day of Reckoning. We believe, and certainly our licensees believe, that there's huge opportunity on the GameCube. I think just look at a game like Madden on consoles and trying to make comparisons is quite misleading.
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There's some other stuff too.
 
What he said... makes a lot of sense.

So.... is he stating they are still #2?
and they are moving up farther in #2 (closer to #1)?

The games do sell well on the Gamecube... in fact, I am SURE we'll see more Namco RPG's now :)

†B†V† :hat
 
ok.. but regardless of what the PS2 outsold (with the larger user base) TOS still sold VERY well on the Gamecube... and if they didn't put it on the Gamecube, they would have lost out on nearly all of those sales with some being transferred to the Ps2.

†B†V† :hat
 
Except that Tales of Symphonia on the PS2 in Japan has already outsold ToS on the GC in Japan.
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Apparently the Japanese don't speak much among themselves. I've heard how horribly choppy that game is because it can't take the graphics and action. That's why Namco put so many extras on the PS2 disc, try and make up for the crappiness :lol
 
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