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curl-6 said:
maxleresistant said:
Still waiting for the "gamecube 2"
A simple console that gets the job done, cheap, without gimmicks, and with great first and third party support for gamers.

The Gamecube was a failure for Nintendo though.

not really no.

Yes thd sales were underwhelming. But when thegeneration ended, there was a lot of love for the system and its games. Melee was an generation favorite of many gamers including those who didnt have a gamecube.

If Nintendo had made a GC 2 instead of the Wii, they could have easily sold 40 millions consoles or even more. The PS3 was so expensive that there was a window for Nintendo to take back the crown.

 

They went for the casual, which seemed like a great idea, but the biggest mistake is that in the process they just told the gamers to go f*#k themselves. And now with the WiiU, karma got them good, no gamers trust Nintendo, casual moved on, and the brand is at an all time worst.

So maybe the GC wasn t a big success short term, but long term, that strategy would have paid off way more, and a gamecube 3 instead of a WiiU would have sold a LOT more.

But short term, the Wii was a huge better success, but look where this all ended?