Why did the Gamecube fail???

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GamingChartzFTW said:

celine said:

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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.

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..does not mean what you think it means. :D
The context is as follows. Each and every generation is a different scenario with new conditions
and new possibilities in terms of potentials sales.
That is what Iwata's meant. That is the context at hand.

Wii would indeed be a failure if it could not sell far more than GameCube did.

Gamecube sales didn't meet Nintendo expectation.