Was this gen unwinnable for Xbox?

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Leynos said:

Pemalite said:

I don't think it really matters who wins and loses, another company having three times the sales doesn't really impact me as a consumer if I still get the games I want.

What matters is if it's profitable and thus financially feasible to keep pushing out hardware.

This is why the GameCube was not really a failure. Nintendo made a profit. Xbox did not. Xbox outsold Gamecube.

I’ve see people say this quite a bit but there is a difference between Nintendo being profitable and GameCube being profitable.

Would Nintendo have posted profits in 2001-2006 without GBA/DS?