The Gamecube was more powerful than PS2 and a big reason PS2 succeeded was the fact that it was also a DVD player. This is taking nothing from the console because the PS2 was awesome and it's library is legendary. It's my 2nd fav. console. The narrative that you're trying to build though that Sony "scarred" them away from high-end hardware is fucking hilarious lmao
People often forget (or choose to ignore) that Nintendo is a video game company first. Sony and Microsoft have way more areas to pull money in from. Nintendo can't afford to just keep upping the power of their consoles like them.
Also nice to give PSP a pass as a "secondary console" yet ignore that fact for Nintendo.