# Nintendo Gamecube production halted **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760 "2003-08-08T04:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/41 "2003-08-10T12:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duderdude2 \* > \*\*No we don’t. \*\* Exactly. It is my understanding that the Xbox is narrowly beating the Gamecube for second place in North America and the United Kingdom. Everywhere else (including Europe taken as a whole) the Xbox is in third place. Hell, in Japan the Xbox is doing so badly it is just embarressing, with something like two thousand sales per month if it is lucky. Nintendo hasn’t made a yearly loss in a long, long time. They aren’t at the minute with the GBA and Gamecube. Microsoft is making a massive loss with the Xbox. Yet everyone seems to think the Gamecube is the one struggling. I will never understand this. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/42 "2003-08-10T14:20:35Z")
> [@](#): > > The N64 had a few real gems, and I seen a few nice ones for the Gamecube too. What games on N64 would you consider real gems? I’m curious because we have a travel tv/vcr rigged with N64 and I’d like to go on e-bay and get a few more games for it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/43 "2003-08-10T15:35:09Z")
While I’m not **Rabid\_Squirrel** , here’s a few really great N64 games that will keep you busy: GoldenEye Perfect Dark Mario Kart 64 Super Mario 64 Excitebike 64 Star Fox 64 Conker’s Bad Fur Day Wave Race 64 Zelda: Ocarina of Time ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/44 "2003-08-10T17:04:31Z")
Smash Brothers? ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/45 "2003-08-10T17:20:52Z")
Zelda: Majora’s Mask ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/46 "2003-08-10T18:02:56Z")
Oh man, I forgot Smash Brothers! And Majora’s Mask is inferior to Ocarina of Time in every way. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/47 "2003-08-10T18:14:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Justin\_Bailey \* > \*\*Oh man, I forgot Smash Brothers! > > And Majora’s Mask is inferior to Ocarina of Time in every way. \*\* In your opinion; I completely disagree (as do copious critics and gamers). ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760/48 "2003-08-11T03:20:32Z")
Remember this: it doesn’t matter if a company loses money on each console solds. Companies do this on purpose, and plan on doing so until the console has been out for several years. Look, it’s simple: PS2/X-box (at launch): $300 unit with, oh, say, $400 of components But people buy ONE console. They buy MANY games, which go like this: $50 game that costs next to nothing to manufacture and comparitively very little to develop. Give away the razor and sell the blades… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-gamecube-production-halted/193760.md?page=2)