curl-6 on 12 December 2024
The Gamecube failed because there was little reason to own one.
PS2 had more games and played DVDs, and Xbox had Halo. The only thing Gamecube had in its favour was Nintendo games, and Nintendo shot itself in the foot there by taking a lot of its games in an unappealing direction, like Mario Sunshine featuring Mario as a janitor at a monotonous resort setting, Zelda looking like a children's cartoon, Double Dash overcomplicating Mario Kart's simple appeal, Donkey Kong doing the lame bongo gimmick, Starfox becoming a mediocre Zelda clone, etc.
GBA had the benefit of having hardly any competition and it was more in line with the tastes of its target audience.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 12 December 2024
