Enthusiast
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Lets clear things up. Look, Gamecube is a great console, and I'm glad that it came out. However, when compared to the other two current consoles (meaning PS2 and Xbox, it's inferior to its competition. Lets show the reasons:
1. Lack of REALLY good games. Sure, it has Wind Waker, Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Sunshine, RE4 and Metroid Prime, but it misses out on too much. Xbox has the best shooters (Halo 1&2 and Half-life 2) and took advantage of also having the GTA games. Plus, it has the KoTOR series, Ninja Gaidien and Jet Set Radio Future, and that's just some of them. PS2 carries the famed Metal Gear Solid series, SOCOM, the Katamari Damacy series, the best of the DDR games, the best music game ever created: Rez, all of the GTA games and was able to sneak RE4 over with added extras.
2. Online. Xbox and PS2 are booming with great online gameplay, but Gamecube has only two games which can go online. Xbox and PS2 are bringing people together, but Gamecube has you all by yourself or playing their only superb multiplayer game, Super Smash Bros. Melee.
3. Genre coverage. If you study the three systems, you'll see that each have a strong point in certain genres. Xbox does great in shooters (Halo), action (Ninja Gaidien) and even RPGs (claims both Morrowind and the KoTOR series). PS2 has its hands on the stealth (MGS), racing (Grand Tourismo), RPGs (you already know), fighting (Soul Calibur 2&3 and Virtua Fighter), music (DDR and Rez) and the "other" genre (Katamari Damacy). Gamecube only does well in platform, however.
Those are my reasons why Gamecube comes in third.
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