| curl-6 said: Halo wasn't the only reason, but it was a significant one. Unlike Wind Waker or Metroid Prime, Halo was a killer app that moved hardware, and helped give Xbox the edge they needed as a newcomer to the market to outsell the veteran Nintendo. Their superior third party support was a factor as well, but it arose in part due to superior sales as the generation progressed. It was Combat Evolved that got their foot in the door. |
It was running the business at a loss that did the trick. Microsoft lost $4 billion on the Xbox over the course of four years. $4 billion is the equivalent of Nintendo hypothetically giving out 20 million $200 GC consoles for free.
The original Xbox was a failure without question and also easily a bigger failure than the GC, so get off this train of rewritten history that pretends that Microsoft somehow did a better job than Nintendo during that generation.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.
