Topic: Gamecube outsold Xbox 360 by over 26:1 last month

[BranDonk Kong]

Of course both systems are basically officially DEAD, but the Xbox is much "deader" than the Gamecube, at least in the US. I don't know how long the sales have been going on like this for these two consoles, but it might be possible for the Gamecube to close the gap by a little bit, at least in NA. Nintendo could potentially end up #2 for the last generation, but it's very doubtful. Maybe with a $49 pricetag for the GCN.

Looks like my gamefaqs numbers were wrong (yeah, I'm shocked too...)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5612929&postcount=96

They're not 100% confirmed, but they should be pretty close. Last month in the US - Gamecube = 33,806, Xbox = 833. That's 40.58:1 for Gamecube. If they sold ~35k for the rest of the year (which they won't even come close to doing), they'd sell another 4.2 million, which I believe would put Gamecube at #2 worldwide for the previous generation, at least if this Wikipedia article is somewhat accurate - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_%28sixth_generation%29#Consoles

[BranDonk Kong]

Sorry, here's the NPD numbers, should have included them in the original post.

Wii 431,550
Nintendo DS 389,901
PlayStation 3 288,636
PlayStation 2 253,456
Xbox 360 217,670
PSP 164,342
Game Boy Advance 146,667
GameCube 28,954
Xbox 1,099

[Khushrenada]

And you need to get rid of the 360 from the title of the thread. So, disappointing to find out it was only the original XBOX.

[BranDonk Kong]

Done and done. My mistake. NOW ENJOY!

[Khushrenada]

Alright, I will. Actually, it still is nice to see.

[Kairon]

Oh snap! NPD numbers! Brandogg you teh bomb!

~Carmine "cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[UncleBob]

The XBOX would sell more if Microsoft hadn't stopped making them.  I get asked about it at least once a week....

[ViewtifulJoe]

xbox is actually really hard to find  

[UncleBob]

Well, they stopped making it and all...

[WuTangTurtle]

is nintendo still making GCN's or do they still have like a pile of them in a warehouse like they used to do?  IMO i don't think the xbox would sell even if they were still in production since it doesn't have any new games for itself either.

[UncleBob]

The GameCube hasn't had any new games for like, a year and a half or so and it still sells.

Seriously though, I can't say that the original XBOX would sell well, or even enough to justify keeping it in production, but I know it would sell *some* if it were still being made.

[Bloodworth]

Interesting, what month are these from?

[vudu]

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Gamecube outsold Xbox by over 26:1 last month

January 2007

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: vudu

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Gamecube outsold Xbox by over 26:1 last month

January 2007

The only stated source so far, though, is the GameFaqs message boards... I'd love for these to be correct, but until a see a good source cited I'm going to stay pretty pessimistic about them.

[BranDonk Kong]

Well apparently, my gamefaqs-quoted numbers are wrong (gasp!), but the Wii managed to sell 5,000 more than the previous number, and PS3 sold 44,000 LESS...also, XBox 360 sold 77,000 MORE. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4775&Itemid=2