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In Japan, the GameCube is abbreviated as both "NGC" and "GC," as "NGC" is also an abbreviation used by the Japanese electronics company NGC Corporation.<ref>https://www.ngc.co.jp/company/company-profile</ref> In western regions, the GameCube is abbreviated as "GCN," as the abbreviation "NGC" is trademarked by the {{wp|National Geographic Global Networks|National Geographic Channel}}. | In Japan, the GameCube is abbreviated as both "NGC" and "GC," as "NGC" is also an abbreviation used by the Japanese electronics company NGC Corporation.<ref>https://www.ngc.co.jp/company/company-profile</ref> In western regions, the GameCube is abbreviated as "GCN," as the abbreviation "NGC" is trademarked by the {{wp|National Geographic Global Networks|National Geographic Channel}}. | ||
Unlike the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube was not quite successful when compared to its contemporaries, {{wp|Sony}}'s {{wp|PlayStation 2}} and {{wp|Microsoft}}'s {{wp|Xbox (console)|Xbox}}. It sold only 21.74 million units worldwide, making it Nintendo's second least successful home console, losing to the [[Wii U]]. Due to this, it was officially discontinued in 2007. The GameCube's lifetime sales were later outsold by its successor, the [[Wii]]. Commonly cited reasons for the GameCube's confusing sales include its lack of CD and DVD playback, missing genres, limited online features, smaller optical discs, toy-like appearance, few launch titles, few M-rated titles, few third-party titles, tricky controller, and loss of [[Rare Ltd.]], which was purchased by Microsoft on September 24, 2002; however, numerous first-party GameCube titles were [[Reissue|ported]] to the Wii thanks to the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' series. | |||
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