Why did the Gamecube fail???

[Ganbare_Goemon]

RolStoppable said:

Ganbare_Goemon said:

Alterego-X said:

Finally A Post That Makes Sense.

 

Everyone else's theory would also mean that the Wii should fail.

 Well, I respectfully disagree. What about the purple console at launch, and the red, green, yellow, etc buttons on the controller? A lot of people mentioned it. I think that's one of the main reasons. People looked at it as if it was a toy. Now, the glossy white design of the Wii is much more attractive for everyone. It may seem as irrelevant for most of us, but in a mass market context, it makes all difference.

The color/kiddy theory is very interesting when you think about it. After all the Gamecube wasn't available in black at launch and the Xbox didn't have yellow, red, blue and green buttons on its controller, that's why Microsoft's console was seen as "mature".

In all seriousness, you are at least correct in that the Wii's white color is a better choice than purple and even black. White is absolutely neutral.

Lastly, I envy Alterego-X for his newcomer status. I am not able to fool so many people with some simple lines of sarcasm anymore.

 

Yes, you're right. I forgot about the colored buttons on the original Xbox controller. But hey, maybe that's the reason why it failed too?