Why did the Xbox outsell the GameCube?

[MikeRox]

Ryng_Tolu said:

Ruler said:

maybe because it had amazing looking exclusives like Shadow of the Collossus, Silent Hill 3 and Metal Gear Solid 3?

Metal Gear Solid 3 sold less than Melee or Sunshine.

Silent hill and Collossus was a niche games...

That's not the reason, what is the best seller on PS2? Grand Theft Auto...

The TRULY reason is just the marketing, the sales of the PS2 games confirmed this.

It hit first, and there was such an expectation on the PS2 it was phenomenal!  Hype alone pretty much killed the Sega Dreamcast. MGS2, Gran Turismo 3 and such were the true defining titles for the PS2 though and yep, as you say, GTA3. That set it going on a path Nintendo and MS could do nothing about.