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:
Show
I guess they were right since they were talking about American gamers in the year 2001
The Gamecube was pretty popular with kids where I lived. The Xbox was more for tweens who wanted to be seen as mature and teenagers. The PS2 appealed to everybody. People that I had never seen play a gaming console before had it and I haven't seen them pick up another one until the Wii.