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Nintendo GameCube sales soared last week to 67,000 as the holiday shopping season in Japan kicked into full gear. Unquestionably a significant influence in GameCube's sales, The Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto had a tremendous launch on the 13th with gamers lining up outside of Japanese game stores to claim their copies. The game sold more than 400,000 copies in its first three days of release. Meanwhile, Mario Party 4 continues to defy all expectations, holding onto the #7 spot on the software sales chart after five weeks of release. Party sold 48,000 copies in the week with total sales now reaching 414,000.

On the handheld front, Game Boy Advance sales neared a quarter million units this week. Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, continue to lead the way for Game Boy, selling 180,000 copies each in the week for combined sales of more than 2 million units.

Xbox sales came in strong at 13,400 with Japanese retailers selling the system for Ľ19,800 ($160) and Microsoft offering a free DVD remote with a console purchase during the holiday shopping period. Sony recently cut the suggested retail price of PlayStation 2 to Ľ23,800 ($192) in Japan and the move continued to pay off this week with the console selling 115,000 units. It's important to note that while GameCube sales were quite impressive, PlayStation 2 still outsold GameCube by 1.7:1 on a relative basis. This, in the week of Zelda's release. 

Sales data courtesy of Media Create.



Console Week Year
1 Game Boy Advance 241,600 2,821,400
2 Sony PlayStation 2 115,200 3,357,200
3 Nintendo GameCube 67,500 1,052,300
4 Microsoft Xbox 13,400 296,200
5 Sony PlayStation 2,800 213,300
6 Bandai Swan Crystal 1,000 107,300

December 19, 2002

Rick - Editor in Chief, GameCubicle


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