When did this become a PS2 vs Gamecube discussion? Even Reggie didn't mention the gamecube, he only said the PS2 was underpowered to its competitors which is true. Seriously, is proving Nintendo to be an awful company your reason for existence?
By the way, weren't you the one making fun of Microsoft because of its main focus on entertainment capabilities?
I'm pointing out errors in his reasoning, that's all. Well, perhaps not errors - these are obvious truths, the term
"things we don't talk about for the sake of our argument" would be more appropriate. There were good reasons why the PS2 and the Wii succeeded whilst being underpowered and those reasons do not apply to the WiiU, I thought I made that point pretty clear.
EDIT: As for
"making fun of entertainment being the focus", I see a big difference between
"creating a system capable of doing a whole lot of things" and
"completely losing focus on what you're designing". All-in-One systems are
good and designers who make those should be
praised because in this day and age, unless you're a collector, there's
no reason to have several boxes next to your TV rather than just one if the one box
is entirely capable of doing it all.
Thing is, you still need to hold onto that
primary focus, which in this case is gaming. The additional features have to be the
icing on the cake, not the meal proper. The initial problem with the XBox One and the way it was presented was that we were shown the
additional features but not much information was given about what the console can do in terms of gaming. This was rectified during E3, but it left a long-lasting, foul impression on the community - you just don't do that. Your console has to
"be a cool gaming platform that ALSO supports TV interaction and BluRay playback" not a
"TiVo box that plays games".
Xdqwerty
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Saturday dude. 
JM 