You guys were right - Nintendo is screwed

Here\'s a quote:

Nintendo will enjoy the best selling U.S. holiday season in its 17-year history.

Holy crap!  I hope they can recover.  Games rated E are obviously not the way to go.

Here\'s the rest of the article...

REDMOND, Wash.--Dec. 14, 2001--Nintendo:

-- Total North American shipments of NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) have now reached 1.1 million, with more than 800,000 sold through in the U.S., Canada and Latin America markets.

-- While retailers report out-of-stock situations everyday, Nintendo is shipping more than 100,000 NINTENDO GAMECUBE units every week to replenish supplies.

-- Due to the overwhelming success of the North American launch, Nintendo Co., Ltd. in Japan has announced an increase in NINTENDO GAMECUBE production.

-- Super Smash Brothers Melee(TM) has reached sales of more than a quarter of a million units in just nine days in the U.S....making it, by far, the fastest selling game for any new console launched this year.

-- Total NINTENDO GAMECUBE titles available will reach 21 by calendar year end, and 37 by fiscal year end.

-- The top selling video game system across all platforms in November was Nintendo\'s portable Game Boy(R) Advance. It sold through 20 percent more units than any video game console.

-- In November, U.S. sales of all Nintendo systems (NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Nintendo(R) 64, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color) nearly equaled the combined sales of all systems from all other manufacturers.

-- Nintendo will enjoy the best selling U.S. holiday season in its 17-year history.

-- The video game industry overall is hotter than ever, with total 2001 retail revenues now on track to exceed $8 billion for the first time ever (+19% vs. 2000).

-Eik

Nintendo is riding the bull**** train once again

GT3 sold more than SSBM

i\'ve had it with them

[Titan]

They keep saying lies about how their system is so great so then people might buy it. I can\'t stand Nintendo anymore. Then they say that they always sell better than PS2\'s games and faster.

It\'s all in how they word it.  You have to read it very carefully.

-- Super Smash Brothers Melee(TM) has reached sales of more than a quarter of a million units in just nine days in the U.S....making it, by far, the fastest selling game for any new console launched this year.

See?  Fastest selling game, for any new console launched this year.  The PS2 was released last year.  GT3 does not qualify with their comments then.  If nothing else, Nintendo is very clever.

Originally posted by Ryu
It\'s all in how they word it.  You have to read it very carefully.

-- Super Smash Brothers Melee(TM) has reached sales of more than a quarter of a million units in just nine days in the U.S....making it, by far, the fastest selling game for any new console launched this year.

See?  Fastest selling game, for any new console launched this year.  The PS2 was released last year.  GT3 does not qualify with their comments then.  If nothing else, Nintendo is very clever.

LOL.. Yep, makes it look better.. :yawn:

Originally posted by Titan
They keep saying lies about how their system is so great so then people might buy it. I can\'t stand Nintendo anymore. Then they say that they always sell better than PS2\'s games and faster.

Microsoft and Sony never lied about how great their systems were to get people to buy it?

Nintendo may have sold SSB:M faster or whatever but I want to see sales of GT3.    Lets not just assume that because it was GT3 it sold billions of copies in a day.

If nothing else Nintendo is very clever indeed.

That is very clever. The normal idiot like me wouldn\'t notice that

They must have a very well rounded marketing team.

If nothing else Nintendo is very clever indeed.

I agree, they are clever, but they also have a way with words.

damn you EIk, you fooled me for a second with yer title there

im not buying a GC untill im forced to play the next RE game

Just get a friend who has the GC.

It\'s hype is now at a still murmur now. I don\'t hear anyone talking about GC anymore. It was a "week" thing.

Originally posted by Vapor Snake
I don\'t hear anyone talking about GC anymore.

That\'s because those of us who own them are too busy playing them to be bothered.

Nah, I\'m just kidding.  The hype has definitely died down.  For everything, really.  The holiday rush is pretty much over; it\'s back to cruise control.

i\'ve had it with them

I know, I hate when companies issue sales press releases, too. :rolleyes:

They keep saying lies about how their system is so great so then people might buy it. I can\'t stand Nintendo anymore.

What lies might those be?  That the games are 3.5 inch discs?  That there\'s four player support?  That it offers many exclusive first and second party titles?  Damn Nintendo and all these shady marketing schemes!

Seriously, you guys need to relax.

-Eik

It\'s cool you like your GC Eik. I\'m happy for you, and I hope you enjoy playing it\'s games. The only thing I don\'t understand is why you defend it. Now if your on Nintendo\'s payroll I can understand it, but if your not, why defend a console?

I mean I like PS2, but I could really care less if someone says it sucks. I\'m happy with it. Screw what everyone else thinks. Until Sony starts cutting me a check I really don\'t care what\'s said about it.

Originally posted by Ryu
It\'s all in how they word it.  You have to read it very carefully.

-- Super Smash Brothers Melee(TM) has reached sales of more than a quarter of a million units in just nine days in the U.S....making it, by far, the fastest selling game for any new console launched this year.

See?  Fastest selling game, for any new console launched this year.  The PS2 was released last year.  GT3 does not qualify with their comments then.  If nothing else, Nintendo is very clever.

Yeah but if they continue this any further they will soon say.

The Gamecube is the "Greatest" Next Gen Console with the name nintendo on it

Originally posted by Dajo4
It\'s cool you like your GC Eik. I\'m happy for you, and I hope you enjoy playing it\'s games. The only thing I don\'t understand is why you defend it. Now if your on Nintendo\'s payroll I can understand it, but if your not, why defend a console?

I mean I like PS2, but I could really care less if someone says it sucks. I\'m happy with it. Screw what everyone else thinks. Until Sony starts cutting me a check I really don\'t care what\'s said about it.

Maybe because he\'s defending his purchase. I mean, if someone said my car sucks ass and it\'s a piece of crap, I would defend it.. But I think it really depends on who you are. I\'m just like you.. I don\'t give a crap if they say my PS2 sucks.