NPD: Switch US retail SW on pace to be biggest Nintendo launch year on record

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StarDoor said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This is a whole lot of nothing sandwich. How much consoles did Nintendo sell when the 64(or whatever this 1995 launch is) launched in the US?

Total sales in launch calendar year:
Nintendo 64 (September 1996): 1,771,791
Game Boy Advance (June 2001): 4,746,422
GameCube (November 2001): 1,236,059
Nintendo DS (November 2004): 1,200,000
Wii (November 2006): 1,080,000
Nintendo 3DS (March 2011): 4,112,000
Wii U (November 2012):  890,000

GameCube outsold the Wii in basically the same period. Nintendo for sure undershipped the fuck outta that thing, lol. 1.77 mill N64s in basically three months is not bad, not bad at all especially for 1996, that must've been a record for any game hardware at that time and would still be a healthy number today.