Here is some context folks:
N64, in its best year, worldwide, only topped in 9m shipped once
Gamecube never topped 9m shipped worldwide in a year ever
Also:
In the 12 months ending June 30, 2008 Microsoft just announced that they shipped 8.7m Xbox 360s worldwide. I'm pretty sure thats their best Xbox year ever by shipments too. NES shipped 9m in the Americas. In the 80s...in a similarly shitty economy.
Sony has only forecast shipments of 10m PS3s in the year ending 3/31/2009, after shipping 9.24m PS3s in the year ending 3/31/2008.
If this article is correct, Nintendo shipped 9m NES units in the Americas alone in Jan-Dec 1989
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