It also had a problem, being labled the kiddie console and not having a DVD player both worked against the gamecube when taken together.

Kids often have their own TV or use a 2nd TV for their gaming, therefore the lack of a DVD player was a critical problem for this market as parents chose the PS2 instead to perform this role because of it.

It doesn't matter so much now because 1.) Many TVs have DVD players built in and people have more than one DVD player. The irony of this is that same factor working against the PS3 and it's Blu Ray player. 2.) DVD players are cheap enough to not worry about the cost/complexity of using a console to do it's job.

Sony

xbox did better because MS had the marketing power to sell itself as a brand new brand and product. Ironically it was closer, in terms of style of users, to the PS2 than the game cube was.

The gamecube was badly design IMO. It was not appealing to me when i went to go and buy it. I bought a dvd player instead.

Nintendo knew this, why else do you think the Wii is an ipod / dvd player hybrid.

The Wii is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible.

Why?

The GC was extremely obtrusive!!!!

"The GC was extremely obtrusive!!!!"

That's BS. The GC was a small device compared to the PS2. And people didn't mind the Xbox actually being obtrusive.

Well? Whats purple and looks like a kids toy? It wasn't just the colour, it was the shape. The PS2/Xbox could fit comfortably in the entertainment centre, the GC could not and it also stands out like an unexpected penis in a family photo, and that applies to both the controller and the cube.

That's just your opinion, don't present it as fact. It got smacked for that by the gaming press and online gaming crowd, but they though the Wii had no chance, so they clearly don't represent the actual reason the mainstream skipped the GC.

because the ps2 took all the glory and the introduction of xbox made things worse for the gamecube.

A lot of thid party games released looked worse on the Gamecube than the PS2 version.