@ famousringo
I didn't say the Gamecube was a "dismal failure" you did. I said it was a disaster for Nintendo not adapting to the times as opposed to Microsoft. They repeated their mistake with the N64.
Put yourself in the shoes of Nintendo after being dethroned as the king of video gaming during the NES & SNES's reign wouldn't you be back on top of the competition again? For almost a decade Nintendo was used to owning most of the video game market. Don't tell me they didn't want to take it back because no company in its right mind doesn't want to be numero uno. Nintendo was always criticized for having monopolistic tendencies over their game developers ever since.
Nintendo with the N64 & Gamecube tried to fight fire with fire as being the most powerful & expensive consoles of their generation. But they went against their own claim with the NES & SNES: "the more powerfur and expensive consore doesnt arways win." History also proves that theory. CDROM was way more cheaper than cartridges & the Gecko processor was way mor expensive than the overly hyped but cheaper Emotion Engine etc. etc.
Relatively Microsoft Xbox is considered a success bieng a newbie entering the business at the heat of intense competition. That's 4 consoles instead of the usual 3. Nintendo and Sega were seasoned veterans in console hardware manufacturing business compared to Microsoft. Xbox was the underdog and darkhorse of video gaming at that time.
