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And they've mad a good deal of money off of it. What's your point?
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My point is that while Nintendo use to dominate the console market, with the Gamecube they slipped into third place in a three horse race. Sure, they might have made money from the Gamecube, but more than likely Nintendo wouldn't have managed to stick around this long without their dominating market share of handheld consoles. They've made puzzling choices in the past and with each strange choice they've let their grasp of the market slip just a bit more. When developing the N64, they chose to go with a cartridge instead of a CD (like the Playstation) and many considered this a huge mistake. When the Gamecube came out they went with properietary DVD instead of with just DVD like the Playstation 2 and XBox. The average age of the console gamer is much higher than it once was; yet, they insist on keeping their console games only (instead of say, making it the brains of an entertainment center like 360 or potentially PS3). And one last thing I'll mention, because I think its important is that they also make their hardware difficult to program for (including limitations in memory, storage, and processing power) and so it takes a few years before developers really get the hang of writing for the system. Who knows what strange choices they'll make with Wii to make it less attractive to the majority of the console buying population?
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Nintendo's strategy is to make the cheapest video game console there is, and pair it with the funnest games.
Sony is intent on taking over your living room.
the companies have different goals.
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FYP.
Xbox 360 really isn't in the same takeover bucket that the ps3 is.
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As an interesting sidenote,
Microsoft is trying to buddy up with Nintendo to push Sony out of the way.