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HomokHarcos on 10 July 2015

I think back and I find it strange how Xbox was able to sell more than the GameCube. The first-part games seem a lot stronger on the GameCube than the Xbox, and the third-party support for the GameCube was far better than the Wii U's today. It seems that several third-party games on the Xbox were also released on the GameCube.

I hope I don't like sound I'm bashing the Xbox, because I really do think it was a great console. But what was the reason for gamers chosing the Xbox over the GameCube?



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Hynad on 10 July 2015

Halo.

There's really nothing more to it.



DialgaMarine on 10 July 2015

Halo.



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Ultrashroomz on 10 July 2015

Ask him:



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

Skullwaker on 10 July 2015

Halo was a phenomenon.



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ExplodingBlock on 10 July 2015

A certain game...Not gonna say which game, just a certain game



VGPolyglot on 10 July 2015

Well, in terms of profitability the XBox is the biggest console failure ever, but Halo did really help it sell more than the GameCube.



darkenergy on 10 July 2015
Ultrashroomz said:

Ask him:

Hey Chief, why did the Xbox outsold the Gamecube?

Chief: ..........

The silent type, oh well.



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AbbathTheGrim on 10 July 2015



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

pokoko on 10 July 2015

Microsoft buying Halo was one of the best acquisitions ever made in the gaming industry. It pretty much made Xbox competitive by itself.

It was also the first time I really remember a clump of console fans being super obnoxious in their support. It spawned a group of fanboys who rivaled the DBZ crowd as "people you least want to see enter a chat-room." I can only imagine that many of them were transplanted PC fans, as they would usually say things like, "lol h4l0 pwn3rz ps2 grfX lol".