[quote name='jclast']Just to showcase another opinion (and to show that Nintendo is doing well), here's my list of GameCube games:
Beyond Good & Evil: 3rd party, great game
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat: one of those platformers you claim the Cube doesn't have, and it's exclusive.
Enter the Matrix: 3rd party, decent game
Gladius: 3rd party, RPG (and an SRPG at that).
Ikaruga: 3rd party, great game.
I-Ninja: 3rd party platformer, good game.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour: great, easy to pick-up (even my dad plays when I go home), and it's exclusive
Mega Man Anniversary Collection: 3rd party, good (primarily for nostalgia, but I wish they'd used the Saturn version of MM8)
Mega Man Network Transmission: 3rd party exlusive platformer, good Mega Man game
Mega Man X Command Mission: 3rd party RPG
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes: 3rd party, great game, exclusive
Metroid Prime: Great FPS, exclusive
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door: my favorite RPG of last year, exclusive
Sonic Mega Collection: 3rd party, good game
Star Fox Adventures: good game and good use of license, exclusive action RPG
Super Monkey Ball: 3rd party, good fun platform/puzzler, and I think it began as an exclusive
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: great exclusive action RPG
Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures: great exclusive action RPG trip down SNES memory lane
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age: 3rd party, good RPG
Viewtiful Joe: Great platformer that started as an exclusive
X-Men Legends: 3rd party, great multiplayer co-op RPG
X-Men Next Dimension: 3rd party, decent fighter
If my collection is anything like average, it looks like the GameCube is doing just fine. It may not have loads of 3rd party support, but I'm a lot more prone to pick up a GameCube game I've never played than a PS2 game I've never played.
And I don't own these (yet), but what about Super Smash Brothers: Melee, Resident Evil 4 (didn't the GCN version come out first?), Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, LotR: tTT, LotR: RotK, Luigi's Mansion, Red Faction II, Rogue Squadron series, Wario World, Prince of Persia series, FF: CC, and PSO? All these are available for the GameCube, and many of them either are exclusive or started that way. Just because you can't think of all the games available on the Cube doesn't mean they're not there.
Hell, throw a GameBoy Player on your Cube, and you'll have more platformers than you'll know what to do with. You also get more Zelda, Riviera, Mega Man Battle Network, Pokemon, Mario Bros., Mega Man Zero.
Even two of the PS2's biggest exclusive series aren't so exclusive anymore. MGS and GTA both can be played on other platforms.[/QUOTE]
How many of those games are ports, available on other systems, or simply crappy (i.e. Megaman)? Gameboy player doesn't count, and Luigi's Mansion and FF:CC don't exactly count as good games.