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

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Soundwave said:

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. 

What did the PS1 sell in 3 months? Not trying to make a point, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it was lower due to the PS1 being a new company system. What about SNES though? That probably sold more in it's first 3 months. 

Also 1.77 mil would be terrible by todays standards. Xbox One sold like 2.4 mil in two months

Edit : I was wrong. Xbox One actually sold 3 million by the end of 2013. So roughly half of Xbox One numbers ...

PS1 had a very slow start until the release of FF VII, so I'm pretty sure GC would be in front of it, too.

Wii is also low because it only released in North America on November 20, but only in early December in the rest of the world (Japan December 2nd, Europe December 8th), so it's a couple weeks short of the other consoles launching in the holiday season.