The Failure Of The GameCube Really Is Where It All Went Wrong

[GhaudePhaede010]

Soundwave said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

I understand why it happened. But Nintendo could have tied it up in litigation which kept Sony from releasing a console at all (SNES CD or Playstation). Instead, they broke the contract and it crushed them.

Or they could have just put a CD-ROM into the N64, left the cartridge slot too, and re-upped their existing partnership with Squaresoft. 

That pretty much would've been curtains for Sony. 

But even after that, I think they had an oppurtunity with the GameCube to at least secure a no.2 spot and a solid one at that. 

Absolutely correct. There were many ways to keep Playstation from ever happening and only one way Playstation was going to happen. Nintendo picked the one option that allowed Playstation to happen and it has been twenty-one years their bane.