| AlfredoTurkey said:
As for the OP's question, I think Nintendo would have bombed had they released the Wii during the PS2 era. Back then, much like right now, core gamers ruled the industry. No one would have wanted to play a game like Wii Sports back in those days. Not enough violence, blood and mature content. That's the reason why Gamecube failed in the first place. PS2 had GTA. Xbox had Halo. |
The PS2 had variety too, with a great number of -E- and -T- rated games being released on the system along with the M games.
Also, it's arguable that the original Xbox had similar mature content as the PS2 and sometimes more exclusive mature content with better online. Though even that didn't help the Xbox sales-wise. In the end the Xbox only sold ~2 Million more than the Gamecube and also lost by a great margin to the PS2.
It would be revisionist to call the original Xbox a success when it's just as much a sales failure as the Gamecube, and a even greater failure financially.
