Nintendo Declares GCN Most Popular Console Ever

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday November 29, 2001 @03:21PM from the they-musta-made-a-ton-of-the-things dept.

PhReaKyDMoNKeY writes "According to IGNCube, Nintendo has declared GCN the fastest selling console ever. Additionally, Nintendo claims that Luigi's Mansion is the most popular launch title in history as well. I couldn't seem to find the actual press release, but here's a related news story from Nintendo's site. I don't know how valid the claim is, since it's in their best interest to exaggerate, clearly, but it seems like the console demand in general is pretty high. " Now mind you every store in town seems to have plenty of Gamecubes in stock, but if you want an X-Box, you have to kill for it. Fortunately most people in a video game store are like 12, so I can destroy them with my mind bullets.

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Gaming Sites and Magazines by DarkZero · 2001-11-29 16:05 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Check some gaming sites and magazines. The sales for the GC's launch in Japan were smaller than those of the PlayStation 2, the Dreamcast, the Nintendo 64, and even the Super Nintendo. In fact, they came in about sixth in the all-time launch records, and that's with a gaming community that's growing by the day all over the world. The Cubes also haven't been selling that well in the US.
Most popular? Maybe if this thing had come out in 1992. This thing is the LEAST popular system, as far as sales go, and it's pretty obvious that Nintendo's trying to cover it up.