I recently posted about the Gamecube controller and there was some talk about the console itself. This video came out shortly afterwards and goes over a lot of what was discussed in that thread.
Gotta love this statement from a Nintendo of America person fretting about the Cube's colour before release:
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I guess they were right since they were talking about American gamers in the year 2001
That generation of games was the only one where I had multiple consoles simultaneously, as before then I had sold my older console to help pay for the newer one every time I upgraded. I remember liking the Gamecube the best out of all of them because I could carry it in my backpack, which I did pretty frequently to bring it to a teen center to play Smash/F Zero/etc with friends. As far as I'm concerned Nintendo made the right choice in every aspect of the GC's design, from the distinctive color to the carrying handle to the mini-DVDs, but this was the generation when G*mers as a culture really emerged and decided that "having fun playing video games" wasn't their top priority anymore.