How can Nintendo gamers even talk about other system failing?

[J_Allard]

prayformojo said:

Nintendo has released 6 home consoles, and out of those, only two were dominant. Yes, that's right. It may shock the under 21s in here to understand this, but Nintendo has lost just as much as it's won. During the DC/PS2/Xbox and Gamecube era, they were the butt of every joke. From being kiddy, to "it's a purple toy lunch box", no one cared about Gamecube. Even their games, like WW and SMS were not liked (history has been revised by the little kids at the time who are now old enough to voice their opinon online. Believe me, the cartoon Link was mocked and hated).

It was a little weird watching all the kids of the Gamecube era take to the internet, and boast about how unbeatable Nintendo was and how the Wii-U will take names, because they're "Nintendo" and thus, should never be doubted. If you thought that, you were either too young to know better, or don't know your history.

The difference of course is that in generations where Nintendo wasn't "dominant" sales wise, they still make a **** load of money. MS and Sony on the other hand have spent generation after generation sacrificing profit for hardware sales. "lost as much as its won" is nowhere near accurate. Compare that comment to Sony, who has the #2 selling console of all time, PS2, and yet the PS3 has erased everything they earned from the PS2.

WW and SMS both sold millions of copies and have meta scores in the 90's. Just because you saw a couple trolls on GameFAQS trash the game does not mean they were not liked.