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
You're right about MS getting homefield advantage in America, the PS3 outsold the 360, but 360 was the clear winner in the States iirc. Also, even when Sony was outselling MS 2 to 1 in the PS4 era I think it was essentially a tie in the states.