> People preferred the Playstation 2 over the Gamecube because it had more and better games PS2 was barely more expensive than a decent DVD player, at the time

> People preferred the Playstation 2 over the Gamecube because it had more and better games PS2 was barely more expensive than a decent DVD player, at the time, and came out before most folks had a DVD player. And it played DVDs. Gamecube didn't. This made the Gamecube a second console for most people... which meant they didn't get it at all, if they only had one console. PS2 also played PS1 games, which meant some gamers had a large library that could be played on it on day 1. GC didn't play N64 games. Nothing else is really needed to explain the GC's weak sales relative to the PS2.