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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Re:I can verify this in New York City by BigDork1001 · 2004-03-02 01:50 · Score: 5, Informative

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Gee I dunno. Hrm...fun games that everyone can enjoy. I know with every GC topic there's a list but here it is again because perhaps you haven't seen it before
Super Monkey Ball
Pikmin
Viewtiful Joe
SSMB
Zelda
Metroid Prime
Mario Kart
Mario Golf
Bomberman(Great Multiplayer)

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Re:You've got to be kidding me... by edwdig · 2004-03-02 02:57 · Score: 4, Informative

Read the story. Nintendo currently has the production lines at maximum capacity. It just takes time to make the systems and ship them from Japan to the US.