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Super Nintendo: 49.1 million sales Nintendo 64: 32.93 million sales Nintendo Gamecube: 22 million (PS2: 155 million, Xbox: 24 million) Nintendo Wii: 101.63 m
by naet 4y ago
Super Nintendo: 49.1 million sales
Nintendo 64: 32.93 million sales
Nintendo Gamecube: 22 million (PS2: 155 million, Xbox: 24 million)
Nintendo Wii: 101.63 million
Nintendo had very high targets for Gamecube, hoping to make up for some of the "lost ground" of the n64's weaker sales compared to its predecessor. The Xbox struggled heavily in Japan compared to Nintendo, and was a newcomer to the console scene, but still made more total sales.
The Gamecube also had an extra year before Nintendo released a successor compared with the Xbox. Both came out around the same time, but the Xbox 360 was released a full year before the Nintendo Wii. Luckily for Nintendo, the Wii ended up being very popular compared to the Gamecube and sold ~5x more consoles.
I think both original Xbox and Gamecube had sales targets higher than what they ended up reaching, but you could make an argument that Nintendo failed to capitalize on their previous popularity and market share and had a bigger flop.