Nintendo GameCube

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Nintendo GameCube

Released:	November 18, 2001 (USA), September 14, 2001 (JPN)
Announced
Generation:	Sixth generation
Price:	$199 at launch (US)
Sales figures:
Best selling games:	Super Smash Bros. Melee

The Nintendo GameCube (codenamed Dolphin^[1]) is Nintendo's fourth system and the successor to the Nintendo 64. It competed in the Sixth generation of video games with the Playstation 2 and Xbox. It was succeeded by the Wii.

The console had a lifetime of 5½ years from when it was first released in 2001 until Nintendo ceases production in February 2007.[1] NPD stopped releasing sales figures a few months later.

Nintendo had initially expected to sell 50 million GameCubes by 2005.^[2]

Contents 1 GameCube sales figures 2 Sales tidbits 3 Charts 4 See also 5 References 6 References

[edit] GameCube sales figures

As of June 30, 2008, Nintendo has shipped 21.74 million GameCube systems; 4.04 million in Japan, 12.94 million in Americas, and 4.77 million in other regions.[2]

GameCube sales figures (based on official financial reports)[3]
Date ending	Quarterly sales	Total sales	Source
6 months (Apr01-Sep01)	0.51	0.51	[3]
6 months (Oct01-Mar02)	3.29	3.80	[4]
2002 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2002)	3.80	3.80	[4][5]
6 months (Apr02-Sep02)	2.88	6.68	[6]
6 months (Oct02-Mar03)	2.87	9.55	[7]
2003 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2003)	5.76	9.55	[4][8]
June 30, 2003	0.08	9.63	[9]
Sept 30, 2003	0.81	10.45	[10]
December 31, 2003	3.50	13.94	[11]
March 31, 2004	0.63	14.57	[12]
2004 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2004)	5.02	14.57	[4][13]
June 30, 2004	0.65	15.22	[14]
Sept 30, 2004	0.75	15.97	[15]
December 31, 2004	2.06	18.03	[16]
March 31, 2005	0.47	18.50	[17]
2005 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2005)	3.92	18.50	[4][18]
June 30, 2005	0.26	18.76	[19]
Sept 30, 2005	0.55	19.31	[20]
December 31, 2005	1.30	20.61	[21]
March 31, 2006	0.23	20.85	[22]
2006 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2006)	2.35	20.85	[23] [4]
June 30, 2006	0.15	21.00	[24]
September 30, 2006	0.2	21.20	[25][26]
December 31, 2006	0.31	21.52	[27][28]
March 31, 2007	0.07	21.59	[29][30]
2007 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2007)	0.73	21.59	[31][4]
June 30, 2007	0.04	21.63	[32]
September 30, 2007	0.04	21.66	[33]
December 31, 2007	~0.06	21.72
March 31, 2008	~0.02	21.74
2008 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2008)	0.16	21.74	[4]
June 30, 2008	0.00	21.74	[34]

[edit] Sales tidbits

• United States
  • January 2003: 3.5 million [35]
  • April 2007: 11.7 million [36]
• Europe
  • January 2003: 1.5 million [37]
  • January 2004: nearly 3 million [38]
• United Kingdom
  • Launch: 69,000 [39]
• Australia:
  • November 2007: 167,899 units [40]

[edit] Charts

GameCube hardware sales by region (Sept 08)

[edit] See also

• NPD Sixth generation

[edit] References

[edit] References

• Official Nintendo financial report for GameCube
• Best selling GameCube games in Japan

Sixth generation of video games
	PlayStation 2 · GameCube · Xbox · Dreamcast · Game Boy Advance