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foxtail on 03 March 2015
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haxxiy said:
Samus Aran said:

Sales don't say everything of course.

GC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS3 /XBOX profit wise


We don't know that. Nintendo never set apart the revenue figures for the GC and the GBA. We know the company as a whole posted a loss when the GC was down to $99 by the end of 2003. So the GC must have sold significantly below break-even for a large part of its lifetime.

For the FY 2003 Nintendo posted a profit, they also posted a profit for all the years of the Gamecube (FY 2001-2006).

Here is a chart with "Sales" data for the Fiscal Years 2001 - 2006 with separate info for Handhelds and Consoles (and Other Hardware).

 

Below are sales for the years that are covered by the Gamecube:

Console and Handheld Sales for FY 2001-2006 (Hardware + Software) in Millions JPY (¥)

Fiscal Year Handheld (Hardware + Software) Console (Hardware + Software) Other Hardware
FY 2001 354,532 - 46% software 163,114 - 39% software 26,878
FY 2002 255,615 - 48% software 200,879 - 49% software 41,453
FY 2003 318,086 - 42% software 140,628 - 61% software 49,679
FY 2004 352,301 - 41% software 116,418 - 64% software 41,690
FY 2005 396,530 - 44% software 75,171   - 67% software 32,947
FY 2006 665,979 - 44% software 238,839 - 34% software 54,258

Gamecube was released near the tail end of 2001 (JP/NA)
DS was released near the tail end of 2004 (JP/NA)
Wii was released near the tail end of 2006 (JP/NA) 

Couple notes:

  • The main years of the Gamecube 2002-2005 had higher percentages of sales coming from software on the console side.
  • "Other Hardware" (controllers, peripherals, memory cards,..etc) also had very healthy sales during the Gamecube years.