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Jason1
09-02-2002, 03:11 PM
According to Toys R Us sales, Gamecube beat PS2, and Crushed X-Box in hardware sales, not to mention, SMS sales demolished all other game sales, selling over 30,000 more than its nearest competitor. But its just Toys R us...so...yea...

http://www.gametavern.net/news/EpFpAApyAZndsMRhYn.shtml
Crono
09-02-2002, 03:21 PM
Well thats good to hear, even if it is only from Toys R Us.
D-realJos
09-02-2002, 03:27 PM
yeah.. great to hear.

That's SMS pushing consoles, baby!
Bond
09-02-2002, 03:43 PM
First of all, if it's only from Toys 'R' Us it means completely nothing. Also, it's only for one week, not a lot of time.
Null
09-02-2002, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by Bond
First of all, if it's only from Toys 'R' Us it means completely nothing. Also, it's only for one week, not a lot of time.

touchy touchy :D
Mushlafa
09-02-2002, 10:38 PM
Originally posted by Bond
First of all, if it's only from Toys 'R' Us it means completely nothing.

It means that it sold 30,000 more than any other game... and it also means that it sold 40,000 games... it also means that gamecube sold more consoles than any other system....

from a really large chain of stores...
Perfect Stu
09-03-2002, 12:12 AM
although this is good news for Nintendo, I doubt the sales will stay this high on a consistant (meaning for months) basis. call me 'touchy' but I think the odds are with me.

and did anyone expect anything different? it's-a-Maaaario, after all ;)
TheGame
09-03-2002, 12:28 AM
This is a good sign... imagine if it didn't have all those gay advertizements how much better it would have sold. Zelda is coming around the corner too!!!

Hopfully Sony doesn't let the price wars kill Nintendo's fun. :sneaky: :p
Blix
09-03-2002, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by Perfect Stu
although this is good news for Nintendo, I doubt the sales will stay this high on a consistant (meaning for months) basis. call me 'touchy' but I think the odds are with me.

and did anyone expect anything different? it's-a-Maaaario, after all ;)
Star Fox goes after that and then PSOver1&2, Resident Evil 0, Wario World, and Metroid Prime. And I think they have some more coming after that. I donīt think that its sales will drop much (if they do). So, I disagree. I canīt imagine the GC not doing good with that lineup.
Bond
09-03-2002, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by Mushlafa


It means that it sold 30,000 more than any other game... and it also means that it sold 40,000 games... it also means that gamecube sold more consoles than any other system....

from a really large chain of stores...
It's only one chain of stores though. One game could be popular at another chain of stores. This really is not accurate for a whole count.
DarkMaster
09-03-2002, 06:03 PM
Originally posted by TheGame
Zelda is coming around the corner too!!!
it wont be coming out til feburary and theres an very good chance of delay. I predict a fall 2003 release for the US, it just seems too early for a zelda game to come out so soon as christmas (which is when shiggy initially said it would be released in north america). It doesnt even have an official name yet.
GameKinG
09-03-2002, 10:15 PM
Originally posted by TheGame
This is a good sign... imagine if it didn't have all those gay advertizements how much better it would have sold. Zelda is coming around the corner too!!!

Hopfully Sony doesn't let the price wars kill Nintendo's fun. :sneaky: :p

Advertisements? I never even saw that one people were talking about that sounded bad. They must have disconitued it because all I see is a commercial with JUST game-play footage.
Drunk Hobbit
09-03-2002, 10:21 PM
Yes it was discontinued. And good thing too.
Xantar
09-04-2002, 12:39 PM
For all we know, this could be because Toys R Us customers tend to be young (the store sells action figures and Play-Doh, after all) and so does the GameCube audience.

Of course, we don't know whether Toys R Us customers skew towards the younger demographic, and we don't know that GameCube owners tend to be younger. But they very well could be.
GameKinG
09-04-2002, 10:21 PM
Well, even I bought the game at Toys R Us. The other stores in the area (Best Buy, Walmart) sold out. :(

I see a lot of older gamers shop there. And you can tell me PS2 and XBox dont make big sales there. Ive seen empty shelves for them.
DamnRaccoons
09-04-2002, 10:27 PM
I got mine at Toys R Us, but only because my local EB is a dinghole pile.