Its true the cube wasn't ugly, but it was a transition console really, it wasn't different enough to standout, but different enough that it wasn't viewed as cool by the public, Wii has won because it reached new markets which weren't engaged in gaming, but you can see hints of this in the GCN games like Kirby air racer, the fact that the buttons on the GCN controller were designed to be different from one another and in some cases larger, the whole intent was to try and make gaming more accessible, but it didn't go far enough
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
