Why Do People Think Sony Will Destroy Nintendo/MicroSoft Next Gen???

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Train wreck said:

Mr Khan said:

Don't insult GameCube like that: it had its best-selling title released by this point in it's life

But seriously, Wii U will do much better, not only in terms of sales but in terms of market-share, than GameCube, even if some of the parallels are there, Nintendo's in a much stronger position right now than in the early GC days.

Not really, The gamecube in the early days was:

adequately priced, selling like gangbusters, had multiple software release and sustaining software like zelda and smash brothers, had decent 3rd party support and did not selling at an operating loss.

The Wii U doesnt have anything like that.

Actually, iirc the Gamecube did indeed sell at a (small) loss at launch and arrived a year after the PS2 had a commanding lead.

The WiiU is launching a year earlier than its 8th gen competition, has its own unique controller/hook, and is coming off of a hugely successful console.

The Gamecube didn't have anything like that.