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UPDATE: 11.21.01 |
Nintendo of America today announced it will increase North American
shipments of GameCube by 200,000 hardware units before year-end. The
announcement - which was expected for some time - boosts total North
American shipments for 2001 to 1.3 million from the previously announced
1.1 million.
The move comes in response to overwhelming launch day demand for GameCube
on Nov. 18, where it instantly became America's fastest-selling new video
game hardware system.
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recently announced that $100 million worth of GameCubes and related
Nintendo merchandise was sold on Sunday, November 18th. The company boasts
that weekend revenues surpassed that of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone which grossed $93.5 million.
Based on Nintendo's revenues announcement, GameCubicle.com estimates first
day GameCube sales of 330,000 consoles. A Nintendo first party per-console sales
estimate of $300 was used to arrive at the number (excludes third party
hardware and software).
Though Nintendo did not offer specific
sales numbers, NOA's VP of Corporate Affairs, Perrin Kaplan did comment to
Reuters
that Nintendo believed first day sales surpassed, "what
we think Microsoft's allocation was." Microsoft is estimated to have
launched with 300,000 consoles in North America.
George
Harrison, Nintendo Vice President commented Monday that the Nintendo
GameCube "appears well on its way to success." Currently, retailers across America are
reporting that expected demand for the GameCube will far outweigh supply.
"Some 700,000 Nintendo GameCube hardware systems moved to retail
locations in time for our launch, our largest first day supply ever,"
stated Peter Main, executive vice president sales and marketing at
Nintendo of America. The
GameCube's impressive showing will likely break all historic video game
launch records. It is now estimated that Nintendo will supply 1.2 million units to North
America before the end of the year. 90% of North American unit allocation will fall to the United
States.
The best-selling games on launch day according to Nintendo were Luigi's
Mansion, Star Wars: Rogue Leader, and Wave Race: Blue Storm. We suspect
Super Monkey Ball is an easy fourth place.
Looking forward, Nintendo estimates international sales will total 4,000,000 by March
2002. Gaming analyst Lisa Spicer comments, "They can easily
sell a lot more… but it's probably production capacity that led to
that forecast."
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Rick - Editor in
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Luigi's
Mansion