Actually MKWi sold 30 mil, PS4 is at around 14 and XO at around 12

and that is lowballing mkwii and rounding ps4/xo up

Yh I know, I read it as PS3 and 360 somehow. Probs because I ain't feeling well. Fried brain and all that.

I'm  also on my phone so could not be. arsed to stealth edit

MKWii actually sold 34.4 milion acording to VGChartz. XOne + PS4 sold less than 25 milion.

And i'm the playa who takes his chance to take the opening

According to Vgchartz

Mario Kart Wii-34.40 million

PS4 software-13.63 million

Xbox One software-11.13 million

It's because Nintendo is becoming a niche thing. They sell hardware at or close to profit, develop their software so it makes a healthy return, and then put out wonderfully charming experiences. A small group of loyals love the company and that's basically it. They're basically in a bubble so comparing their sales to say, GTA, would be naive in this case.

As long as they can turn a profit, it's all good for both Nintendo and it's fans.

The 3DS has the worst attach rate in Nintendo history. Even with a fairly strong library people aren't buying many games. Smartphones and tablets have conditioned people to get hundred of apps for free so the notion of paying $40 for a game is becoming obsolete. Dedicated handheld gaming will be dead in ten years.

Tell me what you think:

Nintendo was trying to do what sony did with playstation 1 to playstation 2, sell with brand recognition. There are many reasons gamecube failed and having high horsepower was not one of them. I actually think if GameCube had weaker specs it would have done even worse. 

Here is why Gamecube lost the sales race:
1) playstation had name brand recognition (wii u tried to replicate this but the casual audience has flocked to iphone that's why there's an overall shrinkage of console sales) NES to SNES did this and Xbox to xbox 360 did this. Nintendo needs to realize that the hardcore is a loyal fan base.

2) the mini dvd format was off putting to developers of large memory games.

3) swaying casual and hardcore that ps2 had added benefit of being a DVD player. Me being a nintendo fanboy even gave in to this for a DVD player.

4) having the best 3rd party support- nintendo never saw metal gear solid 2,3 , Maximo, tekken, street fighter, rygar, grand theft auto, etc..this made me very jealous before I eventually bought the ps2 . I was having fatigue having played zelda and mario since NES days(15 years).  I was also pissed that many of these games originated on NES and SNES and I grew up with them ( so to those pissed about bayonetta lol I know how you feel x 100)

So there u have it SUPERIOR POWER is not the reason the Gamecube failed and here are my educated reasons why

Nintendo handheld tie ratio

Gameboy-4.22

Gameboy Advance-4.63

Nintendo DS-5.25

Nintendo 3DS-3.04

This number will only continue to grow and does not take into account Eshop or Virtual Console sales. Nintendo 3DS software sales are fine.