Actually, GC and Xbox were basically neck and neck when they first launched, but Xbox catered more towards the PS2 crowd and its "mature" lineup of games and that's what helped them take the #2 spot, especially here in the west.
Also, It wasn't uncommon for multiplatform games that came out on the PS2 and Xbox to not get a GC port for various reasons, or if they did, then it would be a stripped down edition usually lacking other features that the other two systems had, like online play for instance. Because of that, GC missed out on some huge titles, most notably the GTA franchise. And then factor in that both the PS2 and Xbox could also play DVDs at a time when the DVD market was really taking off and eclipsing VHS for good, and it just made the GC seem like it was a stripped down system aimed at kids.
Plus, say what you will about Microsoft's bulky beast of a machine and that ridiculously huge controller fit for a gorilla... but it didn't help matters much that Nintendo designed the damn thing to look like a purple lunch box with a Fisher-Price looking controller to go with it!
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
