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In the week since the price cut to 99 American boffos, Nintendo sold 61,000 GameCubes in the United States, a quantum leap from the 15,000 units in the months of August and September combined.
"I think it will be sustained (until the Holiday season)," said George Harrison, Nintendo of America senior vice president of marketing.
Source: Boston.com
Holy shit. I'm not sure how to react to that. 61,000 is a lot but 15k for 2 months is pathetic.
in one week they sold 4 times as many cubes as they did in 2 months combined?!
it's gotta be joe.
If Nintendo was to sell out the over stocked Gamecubes
in the wherehouse and the production was up then I would be impressed with their numbers. All in all I feel that the price cut
was a move to keep Gamegube afloat.When the numbers of
all the consoles are in from the holiday season then enlighten me!
Go Cube! Hope it continues to do well.
We can only hope...Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_
15,000 units...
LOL!
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Originally Posted by Rumpy
Yeah, go look at how the Xbox is doing in Japan. It has sold a total of 59,595 units for the year. That's pathetic!
Those GC numbers are for the U.S.
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Originally Posted by Melf
Yes they are, but since it's a Japanese console selling in a US market, I thought I'd show the opposite side of the spectrum. While 15,000 seemed pretty pethetic for the GC in the US, the Xbox numbers in Japan(59,595 for the year) is more than pathetic, it's dormant.
I'm still confused as ever when people tell me how the XBox is killing the Gamecube.
To me, being slightly ahead in the US and dead-last in Japan does not equate to "killing" anything...
Not a chance. Its the price drop.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_
Nobody cares about Joe.
I'm pretty happy about this, since now I won't look like such a fool for buying one, but it looks like this may be the beginning of the end. I wonder if the games will get better.
SC
A) You'll still look like a fool, though - buying a GameCube does that automatically.Quote:
Originally Posted by spacecowboy
B) They absolutely will not.
Once you realize how many worthwhile games there are you'll feel like a fool.
This price point is just what the doctor ordered.
I had a guy at work ask me if I had a Gamecube and if it was any good? He likes sports in general, so I told him yeah, it's pretty good and it has Madden.
Obviously he has'nt purchased a PS2, as everyone at the office knows him to be somewhat of a tight-wad. Nintendo's price must have peaked his interest in buying a game console and I'm sure those who have been waiting for a machine at a low price point will do the same as well.