Why did the Gamecube fail???

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GamingChartzFTW said:

Peterisyum

The Nintendo GameCube did not fail. Who told you it did? Where did you get the info?
If it is merely your subjective opinion, then tell us, how did you reach that conclusion?

Iwata:

I do not intend to declare how many Wii we will be selling today, but Wii will be a failure if it cannot sell far more than GameCube did. In fact, we shouldn't continue this business if our only target is to outsell GameCube. Naturally, we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/kessan/060607qa_e/index.html