The N64 problems have been named above. Gamecube did a lot of things well that N64 did wrong. It had the support (in the start) from 3rd parties. For example the 'Capcom 5', The Factor 5 games, Eidos, Midway, EA, Ubisoft, Activision. They all supported the Gamecube from the start. Combined with Nintendo's games it was poised to be a succes.
What went wrong with the Gamecube was it's not necessarily it's design. But the primary colour. Who on earth brings a purple cube on the market in favour of other colours when your trying to make it a succes.
The Cube launched with great numbers, which collapsed soon afterwards... Leading eventually to 3rd-parties reconsidering their support for the console... Sales dropped and the Cube became a mild failure in terms of sales!
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