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There are 4 "failures".
1: N64*
Technically, it failed. PS1 beat the shit out of it. The main reason is the cartridges. 3rd party support is really important, & N64 cartridges were hard to develop on. It also has to do with the shitty controller.

2: GameCube
Make no mistake, the games are amazing, but the console itself was a failure. The reason? Again, the storage medium used. Discs, they look cool, but they are so shit & tedious to work with. The 3rd party support just wasn't there.

3: Virtual Boy
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We don't need  to talk about this.

4: WiiU
This is literally GameCube part 2. Discs are just the shittiest way to store games ever, and too much effort when the other consoles basically ran on the same cartridges. Also, as pointed out, people thought it was a Wii controller because of the awful advertising. By the time it became obvious that it wasn't(this'd be 2014, with a new Mario Kart & Smash Bros), the damage was done, & it was over.

5: Wii(second-half)
The second half of the Wii's lifespan was also a terrible failure. Outside of sheltered communities, it is collectively agreed that the Wii is a shovelware box. There are a couple gems from the last few years, like Xenoblade & Kirby's Return to Dreamland, but yeah, 3rd party support was, again, non-existent.

So yeah, it just boils down to how well supported it was. You lose the people who only want to play certain titles if there's an objectively better version of that game somewhere else, & if the developers find it too tedious to develop the game for your console in the first place.
Also the consoles(like, the tech) are shit, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation.