Amazon currently has a pretty sweet Deal of the Day (or an awful one if, like this blogger, you get paid tomorrow): a Platinum GameCube for just $50. Obviously, if you're reading this site, you probably already have at least one way to play 'Cube games, in which case we advise you view this as a chance to:Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.
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2-19-2008 @ 2:28PM
Orion said...
Just had to squeeze that last one in there, eh? :)
Honestly 50 seems a bit high if anything. I mean, I know ps2s are more, but 50 seems steep for a system I can't even find at a Walmart anymore. How much where they before this? 79?
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2-19-2008 @ 2:33PM
danny. said...
why was I so tempted by this?... I have one up on a shelf allready. Glad i came to my senses...
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2-19-2008 @ 2:48PM
Anticrawl said...
Is $50 dollars shocking? That's usually all my dad can get for em at his store and I think game traders usually sell them for around that. As of now I'd place the value of the dreamcast higher than that of the gamecube. Then again the dreamcast can become the ultimate emulator/arcade machine.
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2-19-2008 @ 2:49PM
Anticrawl said...
In any case the indigo colored gamecube is wwaaaaayyy better.
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2-19-2008 @ 3:09PM
Co said...
Lord no. That purple crap doomed the GC from the beginning. It should have been just black at launch, then platinum later on. Regardless of being the least popular color, everyone on the outside will always associate the Cube with being "the purple lunchbox" :(
2-19-2008 @ 4:10PM
Microswirl said...
I remember I was able to order a black Gamecube online. It showed up on my doorstep 2 days after Launch Day. Not a whole lotta demand for that system regardless of the color, huh? To this day I've never actually seen a purple Gamecube in person, only black and platinum.
2-19-2008 @ 5:10PM
Anticrawl said...
Indigo is a blue color, common mistake. In any case the only other color it looked good in was black. I have a black and indigo gamecube myself. Platinum looks so cheesy and gaudy.
2-19-2008 @ 3:46PM
Razor said...
Hey doun't laugh. Mine is hooked up right now because my Wii is out for repairs. I've been playing Skies of Arcadia. I might get one of these as a back-up. :-)
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2-19-2008 @ 3:49PM
Young Female Gamer said...
*sigh* Shallow gamers. Appearance! Appearance! Appearance!
Is that only thing you shallow gamers care about? Is how something looks?
When gamers say videogames are enjoyed and played by adults now. I always laugh to myself. Why? because i know it's not true at all. The maturity level is still pretty low in the videogame community/industry and i don't see it changing anytime soon.
There's too many grown men acting like little boys. It's depressing.
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2-19-2008 @ 4:20PM
Microswirl said...
Adults aren't concerned with appearance? What are you talking about? There's nothing immature about seeing a purple Gamecube next to your black TV and DVD player and finding it visually jarring.
2-19-2008 @ 3:56PM
vidGuy said...
Word is that Sears will have them on sale for $19.99 on March 15. I plan to stock up and dump them on Gamestop. What do they buy them for, $35?
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2-19-2008 @ 4:14PM
Felipe said...
Nope.
They sell them used for $ 30 so you'd be lucky to get $ 10 for it from them.
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=909073
2-19-2008 @ 4:58PM
vidGuy said...
Dang there goes that idea, thanks for the info.
2-19-2008 @ 4:56PM
Nate said...
If I didn't have a black one already I might be interested. Or if it came with a Wavebird...
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2-19-2008 @ 5:24PM
Hame said...
I do love the Gamecube. Though it wasn't very successful, I hope history looks back on it fondly. After all it had some amazing games, many of which were the best of the whole generation (Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Zelda: Wind Waker, best version of Soulcalibur 2, Animal Crossing).
As for the colour thing. I always much prefered the purple/indigo Cube, it just looked right (black just didn't suit it imo), but in terms of general perception it wasn't a good idea as in many people's eyes it made it look like a kid's toy and as silly as it deems it would have been more successful had it been in platinum only right from the start.
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2-19-2008 @ 5:57PM
George Arauz said...
Should be $20
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2-19-2008 @ 10:24PM
shinneri said...
Haha, the deal bumped it up the the #2 seller in the Video Games section (only bested by SSBB:). If only the GC sat in that spot when it was actually relevent. The GameCube runs circles around the Wii, in my opinion.
And $50 dollars for a brand new GC is very nice. I can't wait for it to arrive. ^^
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2-20-2008 @ 9:27AM
Mune said...
GameCube controllers are $25 anywhere, so this was a great deal, considering I was in need of a new GC controller.
Not sure where you guys live, but if I see a GameCube anywhere, they usually sell for $100.
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2-20-2008 @ 11:48AM
Almadi said...
I'd buy that for a dollar (Canadian of course, since the US dollar isnt worth @#*^ now)
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