I only have a GameCube and I'am very happy with it. I'am a casual gamer and don't see the need for all three systems. The only thing I miss are the RPG's, but I get those on my GameBoy.

Here you go (for North America, at least)...

December NPD Hardware Sales

PS2: 1,970,000 [+132% over November sales]
Xbox: 1,122,000 [+129%]
GCN: 1,163,000 [+54%]

Cumulative Installed Base

PS2: 22,258,000
Xbox: 7,791,000
GCN: 6,865,000

You my friend underestimate the deep love or hate some folks have for Nintendo (MS, Sony, Sega....)....

You are almost correct. X-Box has always been in 3rd place worldwide, the only place where it a clear 2nd or 3rd place winner was unclear is the US. Here are the worldwide sales numbers:

PS2: 1 hundred-billion!
Xbox: 12.89 million
GC: 14.36 million

The situation is interesting to watch in Japan. PS2 is the undisputed king along with the GBA SP. Gamecube is gaining a lot of steam due to some major rpgs coming along with Nintendo Franchises and Biohazard (Resident Evil), X-Box is a lost cause over there, it was being outsold by the PSOne for 6 months in a row, Microsoft is no doubt playing their cards carefully now and trying to keep with their markets that they are doing well in (US). Check out these weekly numbers for Jan. 12 through 18 in Japan:

Playstation 2- 60,202/ total 372,945
GBA SP- 41,305/ total 286,197
Gamecube 19,289/ total 167,034
GBA 8,177/ total 55,684
Xbox 1,163/ total 5,441

regardless, a lot of people are spending money on video games. :)

Wow everyone in the world must have like ten of these, including the third world peoples.

And I still don't have one.

actually I hear only one person bought a PS2 but due to defects they rebought it 70 million times ;)

Those numbers for the XBox in Japan really suck -eek-

They really have almost no base to build on for the XBox2. I wonder if they will pass on Japan next time.

I suppose it easier to "overstock" an item when the box that contains it is 1/4 the size of competitors.

That makes no sense. Due to the size retailers purchased more GC? Is that what you're saying? Retailers are ordering GC by size and not quantity?

Geez guys the GC is small. Lets buy 2 instead. :lol:

I didn't mean that there wouldn't be enough discussion, I meant that it would probably be locked. However, it seems most posters in the thread are actually interested in discussing the facts, rather than just mindless bashing...which is unusual for this forum.

Ahh the mating call of an xbox fan... (i've used it)

Both the GC and X-box had a bad year IMO. The only killer exclusives for me across both were Zelda and KOTOR, with Mario Kart being ok but not a must have if you don't play multiplayer much.

But business wise it was worse for Nintendo as they dropped price and are still in 3rd and have lost some third party support.

<s>The Nintendo F******s will be crying over this!</s> :lol:

MOD NOTE: This is totally uncalled for. No need for derogatory name calling here. -namja

I see the "IMO", but Project Gotham Racing 2 also topped many "best of 2003" lists. Crimson Skies, Top Spin, Otogi, and, to a lesser extent, Voodoo Vince were also well-received. If you include temporary exclusives, Rainbow Six 3 too... Wasn't Panzer Dragoon Orta also released in 2003?

Rainbowsix 3 RULES!!!!!!!!!

I feel that all 3 consoles had a great year. Shit, I ended up with a PS2 that has to say something, right?

Even with all the garbage (and there was tons) 2003 was a great year for good games.

I'm not a big fan of racing games or shooters, thus PGR2 and Crimson Skies are on my list to check out, but aren't must haves for me personally.

I don't like tennis games, so no top spin, don't care for Devil May Cryish action games so no Otagi.

I just picked up PDO, only played it for a few minutes and was underwhelmed.

Don't like shooting games like Rainbow Six.

I do love platformers, but Vodoo Vince got pretty mixed reviews (6-7/10 in EGM which is my most trusted review source). Not much reason to pick it up with great platformers like Ratchet and clank out there IMO.

I guess that's a good thing since you've excluded pretty much every other possible genre. :)

It's not a great platformer like Ratchet and Clank, but it's good for what it is. It's more of a puzzle/platformer than a straightahead action/platformer.

Yeah, Platformers, sports, RPGs, and fighting games are the only genre's I really "Love."

I play other genre's here and there, but they're never must haves for me.

Also, it was the puzzle element of Vodoo Vince that turned me off from it somewhat.

But I basically don't buy a ton of games each year, so I try to just get the creme de la creme of the genre's I like, so good, but not great games like Vince usually fall of the radar for me.

PS2: 1 hundred-billion! :lol: rotfl

Yes! Someone finally caught the reference :). Its hard to write with an "evil" accent on a message board.

I made up that number for PS2, but thats what its like because they're so far ahead. Every other number is real.

This year for Xbox I bought ESPN NBA Basketball, the GTA Double, Otogi, Panzer Dragoon, Halo (I got the Xbox last year), and Tony Hawk 2x. Otogi was mediocre. I didn't like KOTOR. Crimson Skies was fun but not worth owning IMO. The only other game I liked was Armed & Dangerous and I'll wait for a price drop. I don't have Xbox Live so PGR 2 and Rainbow 6 have no interest to me. On Gamecube this year I picked up 1080, Billy Hatcher, F-Zero GX, Go Go Hypergrind, Zelda: WW, Zelda: WW preorder (free), Zelda Collectors Edition (free), Mario Golf, Mario Kart (with free bonus disc), Pac Man Vs.(free), PN 03, Prince of Persia (progressive scan and free Splinter Cell), Soul Calibur, Star Wars: RS III, Viewtiful Joe, THUG and Wario World. The Gameboy Player adds a bunch more.

For your next purchase, I recommend an ENTER key for your keyboard.

:lol:

I've had a blast with PGR2 -- though it's been ignored since I picked up Beyond Good and Evil -- and the majority of my play was offline. Don't let that deter you. Live is icing on the cake, and it's neat to see how...poorly I'm doing in comparison to tens of thousands of other people, but the single player game is still great.

Actually yes.

I work at walmart at nights and have also worked for target, two of the larger retailers. Both Gamecube and Xbox recieve the same amount of display area for hardware and software. (Software is displayed at eye level with hadware below.)

At both stores we request the numbers of units to fill the space below. This allows us to have to order less often and it keeps the display looking nicer as we don't have to shuffle boxes around as much. (facing of product.)

A reason we sometimes do overstock our GC's beyond the shelf capacity is because they are smaller. If we order 1 or 2 to many we know we can find space for them so when we do order we often order more then we can offically stock in ithe GC section. The hope is we will sell through a couple before the stock arrives. Typically we simply use the GBA/GBASP cabinet for those extra units.

PS: Walmart is evil for reasons not related to this thread. I suggest NOT working there.