GameCube was a flop, there's no arguing that. It sold well at first, then fizzled and died. The XBox sold ~24 million vs the GameCube's ~22 million (about 33% less tan the N64), but basically 14 people in Japan bought the Xbox, so all of those sales came from NA, Europe and Australia, essentially, and it was Microsoft's first console. It sold quite well as a "thing," sure, but compared to the PS2 (which outsold it by nearly 7:1), and the newcomer, it was a complete flop. It did sell a **** ton of games though (208 million).