>>724543652
Because American culture has shifted massively in recent years to where now how successful you are financially determines how just and how good you are, not the actual quality of what you put out. And since the GameCube didn't sell as much as the PS2 it's seen as a failure in most Americans eyes nowadays.

>>724176882
the kind of image this summons in my head is one of Sony standing on top of a podium, all smug and holding up a bunch of awards, but alone and surrounded by a barren wasteland with noone there to witness its "victory" while everyone else is somewhere else huddled around a TV enjoying a Nintendo game with no awareness of this competition even having taken place.

Man, feels nice that I have never liked cs