GameCube a "complete failure" in Nintendo's view?

GameCube a "complete failure" in Nintendo's view?

Nintendo's Iwata says that the Revolution will be a "complete failure" if it doesn't outsell the Nintendo GameCube:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12530

This, of course, strongly implies that the GameCube was a complete failure--a fact most of us have been aware of for some time now. Then again, some complete failures keep pushing forward--Howard Dean, anyone?