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Sales of Nintendo GameCube in Japan declined this week to 26,200 units. Capcom's GameCube exclusive, Resident Evil Ř fell to #17 on the software sales charts in its
third week of release. The game has sold a total of 222,000 copies
since its release. Mario Party 4 fell to #12 on the charts, while
still selling nearly 40,000 copies this week for a total of 362,500
units.
Game Boy Advance sales were extremely strong for a third week in a row
at 120,400. Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, took the #1
and #2 positions on this week's Dengeki game sales charts. Combined sales
for both
Pokémon games have now topped 2 million units.
Xbox sales surged to 5,900 as Japanese retailers began to sell the
console for Ľ19,800 ($160). Microsoft recently began to offer a
free DVD remote with Xbox consoles to drive sales during the holiday
shopping period. Sony recently cut the suggested retail price of PlayStation 2 to Ľ23,800
($192) in Japan.
Sales data courtesy of Media Create.
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1 Game Boy Advance |
120,400 |
1,672,700 |
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Sony
PlayStation 2 |
74,100 |
2,003,600 |
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Nintendo GameCube |
26,200 |
984,200 |
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Microsoft Xbox |
5,900 |
140,800 |
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5 Sony PlayStation |
2,300 |
211,600 |
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6
Bandai Swan Crystal |
1,000 |
91,600 |
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December
12, 2002 |
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Rick - Editor in
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