Very Long But Detailed Read about the GCN

[Jamisonia]

According to the article Nintendo was well aware that the Indigo color would be perceived as childish in the West which is why they offered Jet Black. Their market research told them that Japanese would prefer Indigo and Spice Orange. I suppose where Nintendo messed up was by advertising the GCN as Indigo in the West instead of black. Perhaps they shouldn't have even offered Indigo for sale outside of Japan period, but at very least they should have made us feel like black was the main color. GCN marketing definitely led one to believe Indigo was the default color.

[isiolia]

Seemed to me, even from the article, that the bigger issue Nintendo had was third party publisher relations. Running with the assumption that they'd come begging like they had for the NES/SNES, instead of pursuing them like MS and Sony were.

Even then, most of the lamenting from Nintendo reads more like carefully considered "what's your greatest weakness" from a job interview. Very good PR and marketing.

[marlowe221]

To be perfectly honest, I never gave the color a second thought. I had the blue-ish indigo one myself.

[Frag Mortuus]

Read some of this. It is far more interesting than I anticipated. I will finish it tonight.

[Ziggy]

I have always been annoyed that "blood, guts, and curse words" = "mature" in the world of video games and that games that don't have stuff like that are "for kids." Maybe that kind of stuff seems cool and mature when you're 14 but at 31... well, a lot of it seems pretty juvenile now.

You know, that's a really good point. I think many of us would agree.

[Violent By Design]

Kids/teenagers are the ones who really said GCN is for kids. When you're a kid, you have a warped sense of what is for grown ups, and you develop an insecurity in things that you like.

Also, the purple gamecube fact is pretty interesting. Every once in a while I have to remember what the main color was for Gamecube. I sometimes forget my gamecube is black tbh, because the purple one was so heavily advertised.

[o.pwuaioc]

Why would anyone think the GameCube is for kids?

[Violent By Design]

Why would anyone think the GameCube is for kids?

GC is clearly for cocaine addicts!

[o.pwuaioc]

GC is clearly for cocaine addicts!

Yeah, because cocaine is what Paris Hilton is best remembered for.

[ExedExes]

GC is clearly for cocaine addicts!

Yeah, because cocaine is what Paris Hilton is best remembered for.

She's remembered for THIS, and don't you forget it!