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 sold 514,015 in its first 4 months in the US. It launched on September 9th, 1995. It also sold just 2,044,047 during all of 1996, so it was almost beaten by N64's three months in that year.

SNES likely sold a little less than N64 did in its first three months, since it had slightly lower shipments to North America than N64 in its first fiscal year, and it launched during August, so December + the last week of November wouldn't be included in its first three months. Not that it matters, since N64 probably sold more in 1996 than SNES did in all of 1991 anyways.

Also, Xbox One sold 1,817,000 in its first two months in 2013, not 3 million.