HappySqurriel on 26 March 2007
Shane said:
N64 was one of the fastest selling consoles. To which I believe the response is: so? If it's still going like this in 6 months, I'll be impressed. Not ready to hand the torch over to Nintendo but impressed nonetheless.
Actually, if you look at the 6 month and 1 year data the N64 did not sell all that quickly ... From another thread
HappySqurriel said:
Six Month Totals (North America):
Gameboy Advance 3,647,250
N64 2,477,500
PS2 2,450,500
XBox 2,184,500
PSP 2,070,750
Nintendo DS 1,988,750
Dreamcast 1,861,000
Gamecube 1,652,250
XBox 360 1,649,250
Year Totals (North America)
Gameboy Advance 7,682,500
PS2 4,643,500
PSP 4,396,250
N64 3,884,000
XBox 3,526,750
XBox 360 3,195,500
Nintendo DS 2,754,000
Gamecube 2,634,500
Dreamcast 2,168,500
Japan 26 week total:
Gameboy Advance 3,338,750
PS2 2,911,750
Nintendo DS 2,330,250
PSP 1,566,750
N64 1,403,500
Gamecube 1,251,250
Dreamcast 744,000
XBox 261,250
XBox 360 145,000
Japan 52 week total:
Gameboy Advance 5,310,000
PS2 3,867,750
Nintendo DS 3,764,750
PSP 2,336,500
N64 2,191,750
Gamecube 1,580,750
Dreamcast 1,296,000
XBox 378,000
XBox 360 195,500
Combined Totals Japan 26 week and North American 6 month
Gameboy Advance 6,986,000
PS2 5,362,250
Nintendo DS 4,401,000
N64 3,881,000
PSP 3,637,500
Gamecube 2,903,500
Dreamcast 2,605,000
XBox 2,445,750
XBox 360 1,794,250
Combined Totals Japan 52 week and North American 12 months
Gameboy Advance 12,992,500
PS2 8,511,250
PSP 6,732,750
Nintendo DS 6,518,750
N64 6,075,750
Gamecube 4,215,250
XBox 3,904,750
Dreamcast 3,464,500
XBox 360 3,391,000
The Wii is sitting at 1,918,250 consoles sold with 10 weeks before the 26 week mark, and is sitting at 2,107,500 in North America with 2 months to go before the 6 month mark; this means that its sales will be somewhere between the PS2 and Gameboy Advance when it hits its 26 week/6 month milestone.