Can't be bothered to look up/quote the post but those discs really were a problem. Games like Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil 4 were multiple discs. When you had ports of games like SSX Tricky that were missing most of the video content or games like True Crime that was missing half the soundtrack or mission variety, that was a big deal. And again, even when the GameCube got ports, it was often several months to a year later than the other versions. AND as awesome as the GameCube controller was, it was missing buttons. No "L3" or "R3". No "select" button. Only three shoulder buttons. They crippled themselves.
Don't get me wrong, the 'Cube was still my favorite console of the generation. I tried to grab every multiplatform game on that system...but they were often so gimped, I had to go back to the store and swap them out for the PS2 version. Even though it was more powerful, the ports were often afterthoughts. You got Splinter Cell with "exclusive intro cutscene" that wasn't impressive but then the actual levels would be reworked and shrank down. Nintendo's stuff was still great to me. It just wasn't enough.
At the end of the gen, I owned around 50 GameCube titles and about 150 PS2 games. My heart was with Nintendo but my wallet said otherwise.
