GameCube Under the Shadow of Xbox
 

Microsoft's overweight console pulling ahead of Nintendo's bite-sized purple cube.
Yes, well, quite interesting... not quite sure what to think I am.

Hmm, interesting indeed. I'm not surprised, though. Although maybe if Nintendo can release some more big titles it might pull out ahead, although higly doubtful, as that's the same thing people said last year. One would think that with Metroid Prime, SMS, RE0, SFA, AC, and PSO, that GameCube would be selling more than Xbox, but maybe Nintendo's titles aren't as popular anymore? Or maybe people just love Xbox? Or maybe both? I dunno...either way it's good news for MS.

And additional information from NPD:

The November NPD report of sales data from American retailers shows that Nintendo GameCube jumped more than three full percentage points in next generation console share...while Playstation 2 increased two percentage points...all at the expense of Microsoft’s Xbox...which lost five points of the market.

Unit sales of Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft’s Xbox were dead even in November (468,000 units each) – despite Microsoft giving away two free games with their hardware.


Nintendo GameCube also showed the biggest jump in software sales, climbing more than 150% over October totals...compared to 97% for the Xbox and 48% for PS2.

Nintendo held 46% of the total hardware share for the month of November, an increase of 11% over October. Sony held 42% (-6%) while Microsoft held only 12% (-5%).

Those numbers seem quite radical to me. Even for only a month.

Nintendo = Gamecube + GBA. GBA = 33% of hardware sold in November.

I forgot they included the GBA. That's not a very fair comparison then vs. the PS2 and Xbox.

Unit sales of Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft’s Xbox were dead even in November (468,000 units each) – despite Microsoft giving away two free games with their hardware.

That one does the trick.

Nintendo = 46% - 33% = 13%. Xbox held 12%, figure in rounding in the subtraction, and it's right on the money with the statement.

I still don't think the comparison between the 2 bundles offered is fair. From what I have seen, the only XBox boxes I have seen lately have the games in them. I've basically not seen any regular boxes without the games. But numbers don't concern me. As long as I get the great games from Nintendo I'm more than happy.

Well, yes of course it does the trick... for Nintendo. Microsoft's numbers are different, and I would assume as are Sony's. It's kind of hard to tell who is right, probably no one is. Although it is rather hard to find some in-between reasoning.

Another thing to keep in mind.


None of this charts any sales at walmart because npd doesn't track walmart sales. Walmart is the largest dealer of nintendo merchandise in the US.

Why wouldn't they track the largest dealer of their merchandise in the US?!?!

God, I'm getting sick of this company rivalry. I wonder how much Microsoft payed IGN, (who is also one of the largest sources for video game news on the internet?). Gamecube's been ahead almost the whole time, and you can't change that. There's nothing to celebrate about yet, or crack open champagne bottles, or whatever crap IGN says.

What a waste of an article. Fanboys.

*hugs GCN and XBox*

Damn Straight. Im so sick of this sales figures bull****. Microsoft is selling this, Xbox pisses in my tomato soup...

My god...Who really knows anyways? One poll shows this, another shows that, another makes me want to crap my pants.

What have we come to? I just dont care anymore.

They're all right. The NPD data is accurate, they just word is differently. Like "Xbox outsold the Gamecube bundle by 172%." True, yes, but it didn't outsell Gamecube, it just needed that bundle to catch Gamecube. But they word it so you don't realize that.

Reading over the info, I can't find anything that contradicts itself. Each company is speaking the facts, just twisting them in their favor. Annoying, yes. But both are right.

Ita called "working the numbers" people... I work in Marketing and I do it all the time. There are no bad numbers that can't be made to look good with enough effort.

While those numbers for GCN and XBOX are both correct, neither of them are likely accurate.

Here in Europe... gamecubes are picking up DUST.

There is no advertisemnet even for Sunshine in shops. The PS2... is found in every shops with a wide variety of games ame for Xbox. The GCN... is a different story... children of 8 year of age go for PS2 over GCN. It's a pretty sad...

Actually, Microsoft does not pay IGN to post this. Microsoft releases an official press release, which IGN copies onto their website at their own discretion. They are not forced to.

Nah, don't worry about that statement. I was just thinking out loud..

And we all know why Gamecube sold so well in the last two weeks of Nov! I don't think sales of gamecube will stay very high till the next big game.

Nintendo admitted that Xbox (worldwide) outsold GameCube nearly 3 to 1 this holiday season- and in terms of software sales, Xbox has outsold GameCube ALL thirteen months of availability.

Following a relatively troubled end of 2002 for Nintendo, with sales of GameCube disappointing when compared with its nearest rival.

Linkage

Japan
 

well xbox miught outsell cube in the us but as far as im awhere dreamcast and psone are still selling better than xbox in japan. Not to mention gba is making so muhc money that it doesnt matter how much cube sells. And keep in mind M$ has lost around 1 billion off xbox so far...its in game informer. Why because the system costs alot more than 200 to make not to mention adds and commercial costs. And also if you read up on your rumors it sounds like more and more japanese companies are abandoning xbox not to mention xbox lost alot of its exclusive deals such as hunter the reckoning. Anyways as much as any of you like xbox its not gonna make it becuase even a company as rich as M$ will realize their mistake due to massive profit loses.

Re: Japan
 

GT needs to have a n00b grammar class. I mean, capitalize some words. Xbox, Japan, Dreamcast, PSOne, Microsoft, Game Informer, Hunter the Reckoning, etc. Not to mention spelling can be worked on, as as much as MS needs to burn in hell, M$ isn't funny.

No offense or anything...

:D

I ran out of breath reading that post. LONGEST SENTENCES EVER!!!

Re: Japan
 

*Cough* *Cough* (I try so hard at those things...)

Japanese Hardware Sales:

1. PlayStation2 - 3,732,020 St.
2. Game Boy Advance - 3,366,723 St.
3. Gamecube - 1.034.484
4. Xbox - 327,699 St.
5. PSone - 248.260
6. WonderSwan (Color and Crystal) - 221,663 St.
7. Game Boy Color - 107,649 St.

Well, I'm pretty sure that I could make a much longer sentence that would make even more sense and probably would have no relation to this topic.

Anyhow on topic, Nintendo surely did get it's @$$ handed to them this holiday season. I really can't blame anyone but them, it seems like a lack of games in Europe hurt them and ofcourse the super Xbox bundle over there, Japan they did ok in, and there has been no US figures released but I doubt they will be good.