Nintendo Declares GCN Most Popular Console Ever

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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The reason...

[m3000]

The reason it's easier to get a Gamecube than an Xbox is because there are a whole lot more Gamecubes to be had. Nintendo has shipped hundreds of thousands more Gamecubes than XBoxes, and so there are just plain more to sell. IGN also has an interview with a Nintendo spokeswoman about the whole thing, clarifing it a bit.

Ohhh! Look at me!

[Shaheen]

I've got a product that sold a lot of units really quickly!

Note that this is the same way SEGA started out with Dreamcast. Dreamcast destroyed the previous record for 1st day sales when it came out (9/9/99 by the way). Nintendo is saying they've done the same, basically.

Popularity in the video game market is way more than preliminary sales figures. We'll see who really has the best games about a year from now.

/me predicts Xbox. Let the flames begin.

Re:Not quite.

[hexix]

Why's that? Although I know that the fact that it's selling the fastest right now doesn't mean it will be the most popular. But I don't see what's wrong with saying that the console that sold the most is the most popular, seems semantically fine to me. After all, a synonym for popular is common. I think if a console has sold more than other consoles it would be more common.

Or maybe there is something I'm missing?