Why didn't the Gamecube do better than the N64?

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="gamedude234"]

yes, i thougth a cow would come to cause caos. PS1 was way better than the N64.NO. N64 had SM64 and zelda OOT. that itself proves that the N64 was the better system. BTW TC, the GC cam 3rd because:the PS2 had a head start. the xbox came and stole some sales in america.(though it was last in quality in my opinon) and the GC lacked 3rd party support. I still think the GC was better though, it had the best games last gen. and i had a PS2 and a GC, so i had all the quality titles.:P

DeadEndPanda

i agree on this for the most part.

but the N64 had lots of excelent games. it had by far better games then the ps1. but they missed 1 thing

RPG's and Mature games.

those 2 things made the ps1 sell in the US and Japan, which are the 2 most important markets for the gameing industry, next to europe

true, the only RPGs i can think of now are:paper mario. shame about that....:(

[QUOTE="DeadEndPanda"]

so having Mario 64 and Zelda OOT automatically makes a console the best ever, if thats the case then the Wii is the best console ever made, cause it has those and truckloads of other games on the Virtual Console, im not going to argue with you about the N64 vs PS1 and all that, but at least make a better argument, since 2 games dont make a system at any rate, the Gamecube failed for a few reasons, the obvious one was competition from the PS2 and Xbox, I would reckon both Sony and Microsoft have more money then Nintendo, so they could have more marketing, better chances of securing 3rd party support etc. the other issue was simply the decline of the Nintendo brand, if you would go back to 1989 and asked a parent of one word that means gaming to them, they would probably say "Nintendo", parents would have been more likely to buy children a Nintendo system then anything else. fast forward to 2002 or so, and the picture changes, Nintendo is still a well known company, but the PS1 did its job of helping to make the Playstation brand as relevant to gaming as Nintendo was in the late 80s, and since Sega was out of the competition, many old sega fans simply bought a PS2. but I do like the GC. its a very underrated system, but I do like the N64 moreDarkman2007

i agree on this for the most part.

but the N64 had lots of excelent games. it had by far better games then the ps1. but they missed 1 thing

RPG's and Mature games.

those 2 things made the ps1 sell in the US and Japan, which are the 2 most important markets for the gameing industry, next to europe

true, the only RPGs i can think of now are:paper mario. shame about that....:(

I'm very curious why the Gamecube sold the same amount the N64 did.

STXSambodog

I thought the Gamecube was better because it had Metroid on it unlike the N64. Also I perferred Wind Waker to Ocarina of Time.

[QUOTE="tm0054"] The PS1 was almost the SNES of its era.

no way. the SNES is unbeateable.if anyone has come close to the SNES's sales its the PS2 or the wii.

Lack of the ability of playing DVDs

Because it had a game library of about 4 games.

1. N64 had more killer apps, in fact i'm not even sure the Gamecube had any killer apps at all, the closest would probably be Wind Waker but its style was really unpopular with mainstream gamers of the time. N64 started out with Mario 64, which looked leagues ahead of platformers on the the competition and wowed people somewhat, then had Goldeneye which appealed to a completely different, more adult demographic and was a huge system seller, and then Ocarina.

2. The N64 had more early buyers leading on from the SNES period, who in the beginning thought the N64 would take over from SNES as the biggest console, whilst Nintendo didn't have as much clout anymore with gamers by the time of the Gamecube release.

3. From a design perspective the Gamecube hardware is pretty much mainstream gamer repellent.

The console was origionally purple and got landed with a kiddie label by the majority.

The console was origionally purple and got landed with a kiddie label by the majority.

zarshack