The GameCube is the Fastest-selling New Video Game Console Ever! It's faster than the cheetah. It's true. Hotcakes...pfft. Hotcakes ain't got nothing on the GameCube. Full details within...
Booya! On with the press release shall we?
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001-- Ignoring strong economic headwinds, NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) has soared to record retail heights, becoming the fastest-selling home video game console of this generation.
Through its first week of availability, NINTENDO GAMECUBE sold more than one-half million systems to consumers, at a rate nearly twice that of Microsoft's Xbox, and at least 25 percent faster than the launch of Sony's Playstation 2 last year.