Why didn't you buy a Gamecube for $199, $149, $99?

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wenlan said:
1. Design, Design, Design. GC doesn't look very classy and people don't feel like to put it in the living room. The design of the GC controller is too toy-like (colorful).
2. Doesn't play DVD.
3. Limited 3rd party game library.
4. Nintendo games on N64 were too good. The new games on GC were too similar.

Honestly, the success of Wii is partially built upon the failure of GC. People are so overdue to upgrade their Nintendo console.

If you try to conclude PS3 will face the same destiny like GC, I think you are seriously underestimating Sony and Ken Kutaragi.

 1. I don't see how the console looks as any reason to not purchase it. The original Xbox looked terrible and still sold.

2. It's a gaming console. I'd buy a DVD player to watch dvds.

3. How exactly was it limited? The PS2s library was terrible.

4. I don't see how Windwaker was similiar to Majoras Mask or Ocarina of Time. Pikmin I&II were completely original, Tales of Symphonia wasn't coppied from anything...and even if some were similiar, so what?

 

The success of the Wii is because it's a good console with an excellent choice in games, not because the GameCube failed, even though I loved my GameCube.