Was this gen unwinnable for Xbox?

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Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah I feel like Starfield was the system's last chance to prove its viability; after that game combined with steep holiday discounts failed to move the needle, it was essentially over and MS threw in the towel.

Leynos said:

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

21 million sold is pretty much a failure I'd say, especially when your competition sells 160 million and your previous system sold 32 million.

Making a profit is not a failure. Gamecube wasn't a success, but it also wasn't a failure.

As zorg points out, we don't know if Gamecube in itself was profitable cos their income in those years largely came from their handhelds.