GameCube Demand Spiking in U.S.?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday March 2, 2004 @12:04AM from the return-of-the-mack dept.

LlamaRama writes "Reuters reports that Nintendo has nearly sold out of GameCubes in the United States, with Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan explaining: 'Store shelves are just running very dry... I'd say about 50 percent of our stores are out.' Seems like the holiday rush on GameCube might last a few months past December!" Kaplan also indicated that "...January hardware sales were up 60 percent year-over-year, while January software sales were up 101 percent" following last year's GameCube price cut to $99, though it's unclear how these increased totals compare with current PlayStation 2 and Xbox sales.

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Actually no by gasaraki · 2004-03-02 00:13 · Score: 5, Funny

According to wordwide sales and ownership, Gamecube is not dying. In fact, in many countries it out-sells... Oh wait, sorry. I just assumed this was like all the other Gamecube articles.
Easily Explained by tyndyll · 2004-03-02 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Its all because of Linux. Viva the Revolution!!!

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Morale seems good, considering, although high spirits are just no substitute for eight hundred rounds a minute
Re:You've got to be kidding me... by prockcore · 2004-03-02 13:54 · Score: 2, Funny

For someone who works in a games store, you appear to be way out of the loop.

Who said he worked at a games store? For all we know, he works at Bed Bath and Beyond.