Nintendo have begun preliminary talks with developers about the successor to GameCube (IGNcube). The studios have been tols to prepare for a "spring 2005" release. "In an interview with IGNcube, Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan stated that the company would come to market at the same time or perhaps even before its rivals."

GCN Successor Takes Shape

In an interview, in January 2003, with Reuters Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata claims a successor to the GameCube will be introduced in 2005. This time Nintendo is set not to fall behind Sony in the launch process, as they did when Sony introduced the PlayStation 2 almost 18 months before Nintendo managed to get their own GameCube system out. The lead Sony managed to get is now almost impossible to catch up for competitors such as Nintendo (GameCube) and Microsoft (Xbox). To this

GameCube - to be succeeded in 2005

date, Nintendo has only managed to sell about 10 million GameCube as compared to more than 50 million PlayStation2 sold by Sony.

Launch date GameCube:

2001 14 September Japan
2001 08 November USA
2002 03 May Europe