Si revisamos el momento del lanzamiento de la Playstation 2, GameCube y Xbox notaremos que se lanzaron en fechas cercanas en comparación a los años de espera entre consolas, entre el 2000 y 2001 se estrenaron todas estas consolas, en primer lugar la Ps2, sin embargo, notamos claras diferencias entre varias de ellas.

Mi Experiencia y Opinión:

Recuerdo que luego de tener muchos años la N64 y la Ps1, deseaba una nueva consola, con videojuegos más actualizados, con mejores gráficos y mejor jugabilidad. Recuerdo que revisaba videos y contenidos sobre videojuegos y las nuevas consolas, luego del lanzamiento de las 3 consolas anteriormente mencionadas quería tener las 3 en mi habitación, sin embargo, mi no estaban muy convencidos de comprarme esas 3 consolas.

Mis padres me dijeron que solo me iban a comprar una de esas consolas, que estaban reuniendo el dinero pero que debía elegir solo una, sin embargo, la elección era completamente libre de mi parte. Debía realizar mi propia investigación para seleccionar la ideal para mí.

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Fin de la Hegemonía de Nintendo

Recuerdo que Nintendo era mi compañía preferida en cuanto a videojuegos, sin embargo, había notado que la competencia poco a poco iba superando el trabajo de la compañía originaria de Japón. En los años 90´s tuve la N64 la cual luchaba dignamente contra la Ps1, de hecho en cuanto a esas dos consolas me decido por la N64 debido a la posibilidad de jugar con 4 controles, sin embargo las consolas posteriores la competencia se ha ido comiendo a Nintendo, más si le sumamos a Microsoft al juego.

En mis investigaciones de preadolescente vi que la GameCube era una buena consola pero en lo particular me parecían más interesantes los videojuegos de la Xbox y de la Ps2. En mi mente indecisa había una gran cantidad de información sobre videojuegos pero realmente no era capaz de decidirme, mi mente solo decía: “Quiero las 3 consolas”, pero sabía que el esfuerzo económico era mucho y que más bien tenia suerte de que podía elegir una de ellas.

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Llegó el Día

Un día recuerdo que me madre me dice, vístete que vamos al centro comercial, yo obedientemente cumplo con la orden de mi madre y llegamos al centro comercial. Tengo que decir que en el centro comercial donde frecuentábamos había más publicidad y ofertas en cuanto a la GameCube, esta era la consola más económica, sin embargo, ya yo había tomado una decisión probaría la consola del nuevo jugador en la mesa, la Xbox de Microsoft.

Llegamos a la tienda de videojuegos y mi madre le dice al encargado para que saque la consola de la vitrina, era la última GameCube de la tienda, mi madre tenía la tarjeta lista para realizar el pago, yo sostenía los controles de esta consola en mis manos, luego de tener la Ps1 y la N64, tener una consola más actualizada era algo que quería bastante, no dejaba de pensar que quería llegar a mi casa y jugar.

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Le pregunté al encargado sobre la Xbox, me dijo que no tenía en la tienda, que llegaría después y que era más cara que la GameCube, en mi mente sabía que si me llevaba la GameCube no tendría la Xbox, así que llame a mi madre para hablar con ella.

La Decisión

Al conversar con mi madre le dije que prefería la Xbox, sabía que era más costosa y que en el centro comercial no había en ninguna tienda, llegaría luego. Era firme con mi decisión, así que mi madre aceptó la propuesta, yo esperaría más tiempo para comprar la Xbox. Cuando llegue a mi habitación me preguntaba si había tomado la decisión correcta, ¿valdría la pena la espera?, ¿mis padres se arrepentirán de comprarme esa consola más costosa?, por supuesto, infinidad de preguntas que un adolecente se hacía por tomar una decisión.

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Pasaron cerca de 3 meses, hasta que volvimos a la misma tienda a comprar el Xbox, un día que recuerdo bastante, al fin tenía mi consola preferida de esa generación, un verdadero logro para mi colección de consolas y para mis horas de juego.

Tomé la Mejor Decisión

En lo particular pienso que tomé la decisión correcta, nunca tuve una Ps2 o una GameCube en mi colección, pero siempre he pensado que la Xbox era un poco mejor que esas dos consolas, sobre todo en comparación a la de Nintendo, no por eso es una mala consola, solo es una opinión personal en esos tiempos, prefería todo los videojuegos que ofrecía Xbox sobre los de Nintendo.

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Algo que me ha caracterizado como Gamer todos estos años es que me gustan los controles o mandos que sean cómodos, con un buen agarre y que se adapten a las manos, en lo particular el control que me parece más cómodo es el del Xbox, incluso sobre el clásico control de la Playstation.

Definitivamente tomé la mejor decisión, no porque era superior la Xbox, sino que a mis primos le compraron una GameCube, así que jugamos en familia tanto en Xbox como en GameCube en esos buenos momentos, luego de algunos años a mi hermano menor le regalan una Ps2. Al final completamos la colección entre todos y podíamos disfrutar de las consolas de esa generación, comparar a los jugadores más importantes del momento en cuanto a las consolas.

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En ocasiones prendemos esas consolas y jugamos, mi Xbox se la regalé a mi hermano para que la reparara y gracias a sus ganancias en Hive pudo lograrlo, ahora está invirtiendo en controles, ha logrado revivir una pieza importante para mí, una consola que fue de mis preferidas y que significa bastante para mí como Gamer.

Ver el Xbox funcionando me ha traído muchos recuerdo de esa época, muchos juegos guardados y experiencias con bastante nostalgia. Espero que esta anécdota de mi infancia haya sido de su agrado.

Es un verdadero honor escribir para todos los Gamers de Hive.

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Gracias por tu lectura, hasta la próxima

🎮 The Day I Said No to the Nintendo GameCube 🎮

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Hello Gamers, a pleasure to write again for you, today I want to write something different in this great community, I want to leave for today some review about a specific video game, however, on this special occasion I want to show you my story about a decision I had to make in my childhood almost in adolescence regarding the purchase of consoles. From the perspective of a child passionate about video games was undoubtedly a difficult decision to make, I want to share with you about the day I told my parents that I did not want the GameCube or Playstation 2.

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My childhood was marked by video games, especially from the Japanese giant of this industry, Nintendo, from the FAMICOM to the N64 had passed through my hands, if I delete the Playstation from my childhood collection I would have only Nintendo consoles in my collection. I simply loved their video games, at that time it seemed to me that Nintendo was the great favorite of everyone, until little by little Sony was becoming a contender to take into account for the Japanese giant.

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In my childhood my parents bought me at the same time the N64 and the Ps1, something that undoubtedly marked my childhood and my experience as a gamer, an anecdote that I have already commented in Hive. After that purchase time passed without updating my collection, the years passed and there was not a good offer in terms of consoles, there was a time when neither Sony nor Nintedo were offering newer consoles, this was in the late nineties and the first year of the new millennium.

When the Ps2 appears, 5 years have passed since the launch of its first version, the same happens with the Nintendo GameCube with respect to the N64, both companies focused on their portable versions and several years passed before it was updated in the consoles. In particular I think that this changes with the entry of a new player in the video game world scenario, this new player was nothing more and nothing less than Microsoft.

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If we review the timing of the launch of the Playstation 2, GameCube and Xbox we will notice that they were launched in close dates compared to the years of waiting between consoles, between 2000 and 2001 all these consoles were released, first of all the Ps2, however, we notice clear differences between several of them.

My Experience and Opinion:

I remember that after having the N64 and Ps1 for many years, I wished for a new console, with more updated video games, with better graphics and better gameplay. I remember reviewing videos and content about video games and the new consoles, after the release of the 3 consoles mentioned above I wanted to have all 3 in my room, however, my parents were not very convinced to buy me those 3 consoles.

My parents told me that they were only going to buy me one of those consoles, that they were raising the money but that I should choose only one, however, the choice was completely free on my part. I was to do my own research to select the ideal one for me.

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End of Nintendo's Hegemony

I remember that Nintendo was my favorite company when it came to video games, however, I had noticed that the competition was gradually overtaking the work of the company from Japan. In the 90's I had the N64 which fought worthily against the Ps1, in fact regarding those two consoles I decide for the N64 because of the possibility of playing with 4 controllers, however later consoles the competition has been eating Nintendo, more if we add Microsoft to the game.

In my pre-adolescent investigations I saw that the GameCube was a good console but in particular I found more interesting the video games of the Xbox and the Ps2. In my indecisive mind there was a lot of information about video games but I was not really able to decide, my mind just said: "I want the 3 consoles", but I knew that the economic effort was a lot and that I was lucky that I could choose one of them.

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The Day Arrived

One day I remember that my mother tells me, get dressed we are going to the mall, I obediently comply with my mother's order and we arrived at the mall. I have to say that in the mall where we frequented there was more advertising and offers regarding the GameCube, this was the cheapest console, however, I had already made a decision I would try the console of the new player on the table, the Xbox from Microsoft.

We arrived at the video game store and my mother tells the manager to take the console out of the showcase, it was the last GameCube in the store, my mother had the card ready to make the payment, I held the controls of this console in my hands, after having the Ps1 and the N64, having a more updated console was something I wanted quite a lot, I kept thinking that I wanted to get home and play.

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I asked the manager about the Xbox, he told me that they didn't have it in the store, that it would arrive later and that it was more expensive than the GameCube, in my mind I knew that if I took the GameCube I wouldn't have the Xbox, so I called my mother to talk to her.

The Decision

When I talked to my mother I told her that I preferred the Xbox, I knew it was more expensive and that there was no store in the mall, I would get it later. I was firm with my decision, so my mother accepted the proposal, I would wait more time to buy the Xbox. When I got to my room I wondered if I had made the right decision, would it be worth the wait, would my parents regret buying me that more expensive console, of course, countless questions that a teenager asked himself for making a decision.

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About 3 months passed, until we went back to the same store to buy the Xbox, a day I remember very well, I finally had my favorite console of that generation, a real achievement for my console collection and for my hours of gaming.

I made the best decision

In particular I think I made the right decision, I never had a Ps2 or a GameCube in my collection, but I have always thought that the Xbox was a little better than those two consoles, especially compared to Nintendo, that's not why it is a bad console, it's just a personal opinion in those times, I preferred all the games offered by Xbox over Nintendo.

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Something that has characterized me as a gamer all these years is that I like controls or controllers that are comfortable, with a good grip and that adapt to the hands, in particular the control that I find more comfortable is the Xbox, even over the classic Playstation control.

I definitely made the best decision, not because the Xbox was superior, but because my cousins bought a GameCube, so we played as a family in both Xbox and GameCube in those good times, after a few years my younger brother was given a Ps2. In the end we completed the collection between all of us and we could enjoy the consoles of that generation, compare the most important players of the moment in terms of consoles.

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Sometimes we turn on those consoles and play, my Xbox I gave it to my brother to repair it and thanks to his earnings in Hive he was able to do it, now he is investing in controls, he has managed to revive an important piece for me, a console that was one of my favorites and that means a lot to me as a Gamer.

Seeing the Xbox working has brought me many memories of that time, many saved games and experiences with a lot of nostalgia. I hope this anecdote of my childhood has been to your liking.

It is a real honor to write for all Hive Gamers.

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Thank you for your reading, until next time

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