Gc Sells More Then Box????!

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Nintendo today claimed an early
                                 victory against Microsoft in the console wars.

                                 The GameCube raked in over $98 Million in retail sales on Sunday, marking
                                 the most successful hardware launch of the year.

                                 It is estimated that around half of the original 700,000 GameCubes have
                                 sold through, that number is already more than the amount of Xbox units
                                 shipped. Initial hardware unit sales were said to be double that of
                                 Microsoft\'s Xbox.

                                 "Some 700,000 Ninetndo GameCube hardware systems moved to retail
                                 locations in time for our launch, our largest first day supply ever," says
                                 Peter Main, executive vice president sales and marketing at Nintendo of
                                 America. "But right now it appears that none of them may be left by this
                                 weekend."

                                 Nintendo revealed that most the three most popular GCN games were all
                                 exclusive to the console. The top-seller was LUIGI\'S MANSION, followed
                                 by ROGUE LEADER and WAVE RACE: BLUE STORM.

                                 "Nintendo GameCube is the most exciting new entrant in the video game
                                 sector," says Joseph Spiegel of Spinner Asset Management. "Its lineup of
                                 exclusive software titles is fun and unique, and with a price tag $100 less
                                 than its competitors Nintendo GameCube is particularly attractive in the
                                 current economy. Consumers, whether 28 years old or the parents of an
                                 eight-year-old, can buy a system and two great games for less than the
                                 price of the competitions\' hardware."

                                 Nintendo was expecting most retailers to be sold out of the Nintendo
                                 GameCube by the end of this weekend.

       See it for your selves!!!! NGC sold more units than x-box!

I knew it was going to happen..

300 000 against 700 000.. :fro:

Yup thats were experiance helps. Gateds thought he could get away with only 300,000 at launch? But nintendo knew better then that.

LMAO

MS couldn\'t manufacture moe then the 300,000 it has nothing ot do with what they felt was a good number

and Nintendo diehards all ran out an bought the lamepube

in a month all those diehards will have a LP and there won\'t be many people around who will want the lamepube

Is that Nintendo\'s fault?

Whoops................wrong name sorry.

Microsoft says 1 million consoles at launch... we get 300,000.  I thought their whole production surrounded the emphasis that they didn\'t want to (excuse the quote) "Pull a Sony" and yet they produce EVEN LESS than what Sony produced.  This is just confusing.  I guess no one really CAN believe what a console manufacturer says.  Nintendo sold more at a cheaper cost and with more produced units.  Did they both sell out on the first day regardless?  Yes.  Will that matter in a year?  No.

Well Ryu accually it does have an affect on the system if it doesnt sell out as first as another. If X-box sold out in the first 2 hours and Gc sold out in the first few days, more people would probally buy x-box. It\'s a cause and effect situation.

GO GAMECUBE. GO GAMECUBE. IT\'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. IT\'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.

Umm Ryu, MS didn\'t pull a Sony by any means. They only supplies slightly less than the demand to create a sense of need for consumers. Best Buy got their second shipment in yesterday of 45 consoles. We got 106 at launch, So far we havent seen any new GCs, of course that could be because XBox sold out in a matter of hours and it took days for GC to sell out.

Of course, our MS rep treats us right, though.


Eric Jacob

Altered, your store is but one of hundreds, how can you be so sure that it was the same for you as it was for others everywhere?  As for days to sell out, the GCN came out sunday, are you now saying the report of the console completely selling out everywhere, that was posted Monday, is false?

Indeed I am, I work in an electronics store, is one of the top retailers in terms of videogames in the US, and I know at least 4 other stores in my district that still had at least 3 in every store (out of varying first shipments) by Tuesday.

It simply isn\'t possible for a site, nor Nintendo, to know that all the systems have been sold out. The news is most likely a guess, and a bad one at that. By the time I left today, we had sold around 20-25 more XBoxs out of the 45! That is a one day sell, without any promotion or anything. So, so far, in my store, which could be an anomaly, XBox is outselling GC nearly 2:1 (after tomorrow).


Eric Jacob

i see gamecube\'s everywhere LOL sell out my ass hard to find many xbox\'s some stores have like 2-3

I see your point.  It\'s good to have someone on hand to tell me these things.  See, I live in the Bay Area in California and we sell out of everything all the time.  More kids?  More gamers?  I have no idea, but I do know that when it comes to console launches and first day sales of highly anticipated games, without a pre-order, you\'re totally screwed.  It\'s good to know that Nebraska still has some Cubes and some X-Boxes though.

We didn\'t have XBoxs for like 4 days and people were getting pissed! They would call and berate us for not having them. I am very pleased we got in the new shipment. Hopefully it doesnt sell out until we get another shipment in!!

Friday is gonna be nuts at Best Buy and if Nintendo doesn\'t ship more GC\'s to the stores around here, I know MS will. They will, IMM undoubtedly, win the Christmas wars.


Eric Jacob