6) Gamecube – 500,000 units sold in 7 days
With its powerful GPU and the promise of significant third-party support, Nintendo’s Gamecube enjoyed a very successful launch period. Sadly for Nintendo, the PlayStation 2 continued to steamroll all in its path, with a popularity that spanned east and west in equal measure. To make matters worse, Microsoft’s Xbox offered an arguably more attractive alternative platform, with the company’s brand power able to draw the interest of third-party developers.
5) Nintendo Switch – 500,000 units sold in 7 days
Last week, NPD confirmed that the Nintendo Switch halted the PS4’s streak for the first time since October last year as it was crowned the best-selling console for March. The Switch hit 500,000 units sold in the US in just seven days. You may have noticed its tally is less than the Wii (albeit over a day less) — so how do we know the Switch has certainly recorded more sales in a shorter period of time? It has been reported by Nintendo that the console is Nintendo’s fastest selling home console, also recording the biggest opening weekend for a Nintendo home system.
Whether the Switch can keep up the pace to see it match the Wii in the long term remains to be seen, but recent reports do suggest it is tracking on target. Superdata estimates the console has sold 2.4 million units in a month and a half globally.
