Peter Kim
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Kathy Vrabeck, executive vice president of No. 2 games publisher Activision, was also concerned about the GameCube's position in the market.
"I think it's good for the industry as a whole if you have three strong players, but that's not the direction it's going," Vrabeck said. "We're really not seeing substantial steps from Nintendo to reverse that trend, especially in Europe."Is this a case where if there is enough smoke, there's fire? Because the smoke seems to be getting much more thick.
The full article can be found here:
GameCube article @ CNet
Nintendo can be as optimistic as ever, and can put on as positive of a spin as they have been expected to do, but if what Vivendi is doing catches fire, this has to spell the coming of the end for Nintendo's console unit - NOA finally learned after N64 that 3rd party support is vital, yet it may be too little too late.
I've got both the GBA SP (in really no danger at all), and the GameCube. I'm most enamored with the GameCube (and its library - I'm content on quality, not quantity). However, this old argument apparently is shaping up to be less than a hill of beans. What matters most is meeting analysts quarterly forecasts, which subsequently trigger greater 3rd party support. And these dominos are beginning to topple for Nintendo.
How bizarre to imagine (albeit prematurely) a console market dominated exclusively by Sony and Microsoft,...and traditional giants like Sega and Nintendo, after a historic battle in the early to mid-90's have fallen into console obscurity.