GoldenEye was the first big console FPS, it created the mold for the FPS "blockbuster" and carried the N64 basically by itself for almost a year.
That said, the OP's point has some merit. Traditionally speaking the game industry has not supported three consoles without one getting shunned, with the exception of last generation where you had the Wiimote craze.
Super NES - Genesis - Turbo Grafx 16 (Turbo Grafx 16 the odd man out)
Playstation - N64 - Saturn (Saturn the odd man out)
PS2 - XBox - GCN (GCN the odd man out, considering MS sold more as an unproven entrant and ending XBox production earlier, XB probably could have sold 30 million units or more otherwise)
Last generation was an abberation, this generation is simply a return to form
PS4 - XB1 - Wii U (Wii U is the odd man out).
People don't need three different gaming platforms to choose from. 2 is plenty of competetion, 3 generally results with one being a third wheel.
