Nintendo Sales Update
In the race to be the best-selling video game this holiday, only one competitor can get the checkered flag. In November, that game was Mario Kart®: Double Dash!!™, exclusively for Nintendo GameCube™. According to NPDFunworld's November Toy Retail Sales Tracking Service (TRSTS), approximately 528,000 copies of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! were sold, easily besting any other video game on any system.
This feat is even more remarkable when you realize that Mario Kart: Double Dash!! was in stores for only 14 days in November, following its launch on Nov. 17.
Additional Nintendo highlights from the November TRSTS data include:
- 754,000 Nintendo GameCube systems were sold in November, making it the best-performing month in the system's history. The strong sales propelled Nintendo GameCube past Microsoft's Xbox in year-to-date sales.
- Sales of hardware and software for Nintendo GameCube have increased at a faster rate than either of its console competitors so far this year.
Console sales, YTD versus 2002
Nintendo GameCube: +61 percent
Xbox: +5 percent
PlayStation 2: -36 percent
Software sales, YTD versus 2002
Nintendo GameCube: +60 percent
Xbox: +59 percent
PlayStation 2: +21 percent
- As for Game Boy® Advance, more than 1.3 million units were sold in November, beating the nearest console competitor by more than 50 percent.
- When combined, Nintendo hardware accounted for 57 percent of total hardware units sold in November.
- Eagle Zephyr
This feat is even more remarkable when you realize that Mario Kart: Double Dash!! was in stores for only 14 days in November, following its launch on Nov. 17.
Additional Nintendo highlights from the November TRSTS data include:
- 754,000 Nintendo GameCube systems were sold in November, making it the best-performing month in the system's history. The strong sales propelled Nintendo GameCube past Microsoft's Xbox in year-to-date sales.
- Sales of hardware and software for Nintendo GameCube have increased at a faster rate than either of its console competitors so far this year.
Console sales, YTD versus 2002
Nintendo GameCube: +61 percent
Xbox: +5 percent
PlayStation 2: -36 percent
Software sales, YTD versus 2002
Nintendo GameCube: +60 percent
Xbox: +59 percent
PlayStation 2: +21 percent
- As for Game Boy® Advance, more than 1.3 million units were sold in November, beating the nearest console competitor by more than 50 percent.
- When combined, Nintendo hardware accounted for 57 percent of total hardware units sold in November.
- Eagle Zephyr