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"US 2003 Sales"

Hardware Sales Jan-Nov:
1.) PlayStation 2 - 4,410,000
2.) GameCube - 2,120,000
3.) XBOX - 2,030,000

US Hardware Sales Totals As of Nov:
1.) PlayStation 2 - 20,250,000
2.) XBOX - 6,640,000
3.) GameCube - 5,700,000

US 2003 Software Sales Jan-Nov:
1.) Madden Football ‘04 (PS2, EA) - 2,400,000
2.) Pokémon Ruby (GBA, Nintendo) - 1,500,000
3.) Pokémon Sapphire (GBA, Nintendo) - 1,400,000
4.) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC, Nintendo) - 1,300,000
5.) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2, Sony) - 1,100,000

Mwhaha! Ruby and Sapphire *individually* beat GTA! As did Zelda actually, brilliant news. And the Cube is catching the Xbox back up in total numbers sold.

If only European numbers were this good, the Cube is lagging well behind in third place.

Yeah. Completed it numerous times. :-)

Challenge Mode is far more difficult though, and therefore much better. You have to complete everything with a set amount of lives, so you can't just continue over and over and over again like in Story Mode.

Hey AJ have you done all the story levels on MB2? Some of them are just too insanely difficult for me. :(

gerriod_the_princess wrote:
> Because it is the only game that keeps me coming back for more over
> and over and over again.
> I've racked up more playing time on madden than on Zelda and Metroid
> put together. Easily.

I'm exactly the same. If there was a decent football game on the Gamecube then maybe it would be able to challenge Madden, but... there isn't.

Although my game time on Super Monkey Ball 2 probably won't be that far off. AJ = master.

Dringo wrote:
> tphi wrote:
> But if Nintendo was doing crap in it's homeland, then I'd be very
> worried.
>
> Nintendo aren't doing crap.

Never meant that they were though.

tphi wrote:
> If only European numbers were this good, the Cube is lagging well
> behind in third place.

That's actually wrong. It's easy to think that with Nintendo's minimal success over here in the UK, but considering Europe as a whole, Nintendo are in second place. Combine that with Japanese sales and the GameCube is No. 2 world over.

Because it is the only game that keeps me coming back for more over and over and over again.
I've racked up more playing time on madden than on Zelda and Metroid put together. Easily.

Madden 2004 top of the charts.

There's a reason.

tphi wrote:
> But if Nintendo was doing crap in it's homeland, then I'd be very
> worried.

Nintendo aren't doing crap. Just not as well as others. Sales in Japan are amazing... remember this is Sony's home land too.

These numbers are very good.
Nintendo came in second on the hardware sales and they had three spots in the top five software sales.
And they were exlusive games too.
But were is the GBA?

But if Nintendo was doing crap in it's homeland, then I'd be very worried.