blizz
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Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) reported that during the launch week (November 18 - 24) of both Microsoft XBox and Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo has sold approximate 469,000 units of GameCube, not the 700,000 units Nintendo stated. Microsoft on the other hand has sold 186,000 units of XBox, and a total of 556,000 units were shipped to retailers in the week.
- CSFB stated that the over 810,000 software units for PlayStation 2 were sold in the period of November 18 - 24, 83% higher than previous weeks. Nintendo's most popular GameCube title is Luigi Mansion, which has sold over 257,000 units. Microsoft's best selling title is Halo, sold 97,000 units.
- For the software to hardware sales ratio, XBox is taking the lead with a ratio of 2.4 (2.4 units of software per system sold), while GameCube and PlayStation 2 following with a ratio of 1.9
this is probably more realistic, but I'm not sure, anyway, smart people will realise that Nintendo are in a better position than M$ also note that the X-Box only walks away with a higher ratio because of retailers being "forced" into selling pre compiled sets