Fix a console that underperformed

[Wman1996]

Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

As part of "fixing" it I'd make it so Nintendo is better organized on the software front so that their key games are ready on time, as opposed to historically.

Hindsight is indeed 20/20, true, but that's sort of the point of the thread, we are using what we now know to suggest solutions to past problems. I feel like the issues the Gamecube faced could have been recognized and solved at the time and aren't dependent on 2024 knowledge.

I feel Gamecube is one of those you have to fix N64 to start fixing Gamecube. One big thing PS2 had going for it was BC. Not to mention when PS2 launched in Japan it was the best selling DVD player along with copies of The Matrix.

Agreed. Without fixing the N64 out of the gate, even a fixed GameCube still has a ceiling in the high 40-million-unit range like the SNES. And maybe that is too optimistic of a ceiling. 

N64 had the image of being kiddy and high prices for games with a weird controller. But still, local multiplayer and first-party titles got some love. 

PS1 had the image of a console for just about everyone. There were more games (though admittedly more shovelware), more games for teens and adults, and a better controller.

PS2 was going off of a stellar reputation and brand, in the home console space Nintendo wasn't when going into GameCube.