I would say that what made it lousy is what Nintendo has done over the years. They really lost me. For example, they kicked out Square by treating them badly, hence FF was switched to the PSX, and probably also changed because of it. And overall, they have screwed the customer since the N64. It seems their priority is far from giving customers what they really want, but instead to protect themselves at every turn at any cost. Even with sticking with cartriges while CDs would have made all the difference. and later of course, with weird disks that hold less than DVDs just so they can't be copied (and yet they can). in these ways and others they have alienated the 3rd parties that used to reign on their consoles