XBOX is the WORST system out.

January 15, 2004 - Today, Nintendo announced that it has succeeded in seizing Microsoft's seat in the 2003 console wars, which places the GameCube as the second best selling console for 2003 (deferring to Sony's Playstation 2). According to Nintendo, recent global sales over the holidays increased by 70 percent over 2002s numbers. Nintendo believes that it will still be able to reach its target of six million global holiday sales for the GameCube this fiscal year.

Nintendo's latest estimates for 2003 state that GameCube sales in the United States increased by 35 percent over 2002, while the PlayStation 2's sales dropped 25 percent and Xbox showed no signs of market growth. December's sales of the GameCube (thanks to the price drop) increased by 69 percent compared to December 2002. Meanwhile, Nintendo claims that the PlayStation 2's sales dropped by 30 percent and that Xbox's sales have remained unchanged.

This sales boost in the U.S. is a result of the GameCube's September 25 price drop to $99. GameCube has almost sold 6.8 million units in the U.S. since its 2001 launch. Mario Kart: Double Dash!!! is currently the fastest-selling GCN game in the U.S. -- selling over one million units in seven weeks.

"With the price drop for Nintendo GameCube and strong games across the board, we expected to have a good holiday season, but these numbers surpassed even our best projections," explains George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance have become the engines powering the video game industry this year."

IGN was unable to obtain official hardware sales figures to confirm or deny Nintendo's claims. However, IGN did seek an official comment from Microsoft on Nintendo's alleged ascension into second place. "According to the latest figures, Xbox maintained its No. 2 install base overall in the U.S. and Europe. Xbox had a great holiday. Holiday momentum was driven by our strong games line-up, superior online gaming service and offers at retail. We will be updating more specific figures next week when Microsoft earnings are released," stated an Xbox spokesperson.

Sony was also contacted for a statement regarding Nintendo's recent announcement. A spokesperson said, "It's difficult to comment on Nintendo's announcement this morning, especially regarding holiday sales, specifically because Nintendo didn't list any sales figures." At the time of publication, IGN was unable to verify with Sony whether the Playstation 2 suffered a 25 percent decrease in sales in 2003.

IGN will update with more information regarding Sony's, Nintendo's, and Microsoft's 2003 market shares when sales figures are released.

READ THAT BEFORE YOU SAY X-BOX "OWNS"

dude draco the dragon or whatever who cares if u played every system. nobody gives a shit. obviously ur a video game nerd. and also ur the 1 whos cryin a river u 4 eyed nerdass piece of shit

Originally posted by darkfire
Hey u ps2 lovers why dont u all go **** off in the restroom with each other given eachother blow jobs and cum shots go to fuken hell ***** xbox owns and i rest my case.

why dont you stick that big ass Xbox controller up you @$$ one more time, i'm sure after many times you've done it, it wouldn't be much trouble now (given how dilated your @**hole must be now)

jeez, talk about FANBOYS, and obviously no one will say anything about it (Xbox fanboyism)cuz you just won't accept it.

sorry about that i just couldn't help it
man, this has got to stop

where are you tex?

Originally posted by sith_darth_jay
it seems unfair (to me at least) that everyone who doesn't like Xbox, gets called a fanboy, and not the other way around. like i said, there's some ppl (annoying as hell) that'll never listen to reasons other than theirs, but not everybody is like that.

i think is all about the game: if it's good, i'll play it regardless of which console i play it

Yes that's right is about the games. I don't know why fanboys argue so much about the consoles. Fanboys aren't real gamers just geekie kids that go around putting down their friends (if they have any) consoles. Xbox fanboys and PS2 fanboys or even Gamecube fanboys are not worth the time discussing with them.

CGTUNA21> Go tho hell, you have no clue about life and how it works.
EVERY1ELSE> Anyone who sits there and says that the Xbox is the best system (when PS2 and GCN are whooping its ass in titles and sales) is a retard. (no offense linkalicious)

sry draco the dragon. i dont sit on my ass all day playin video games u pussy. thats all u do u pansy, jus sit on ur ass playin the dumbest ass system gamecube. video games, video games, video games. ur such a nerd

I don't like playing mediator but can I suggest you two quit it with the generalizations and actually say something?

Originally posted by DracotheDragon
CGTUNA21> Go tho hell, you have no clue about life and how it works.
EVERY1ELSE> Anyone who sits there and says that the Xbox is the best system (when PS2 and GCN are whooping its ass in titles and sales) is a retard. (no offense linkalicious)

no prob and i understand...but fall sales for xbox were quite excellent in comparison to PS2 sales....(% more so than quantity) and of course gamecube is selling like hotcakes...it's $100...shit that's why i bought it and it wasn't even a christmas present. Sales regardless, xbox does NOT suck, and it's no different than gamecube or PS2. And i don't see how gamecube is whooping anyone's ass in titles other than Wind Waker...because all the other games aren't selling much better than any of the good xbox titles.

i think this threads getting abit outta control.... i think that cgtuna should stop bein an ******* and start bein respectful to others opinions..

hey just wondering but how good is knights of the old republic? for xbox i've got ps2 and gc but that game looks so good i'd be willing to buy the xbox just for that

hey tranceduo y dont u look at what draco the dragon put about everybody. ya y dont u look at that u little faggot

this needs to get civil, its a friggin thread ints not like sombody stepped on your nikes
all of you need to settle or sombody is goona get suspended

nuff said!the only reason i said that is bcuz your cussing my friend out...and no i dont care about this argument....im going to stand up for my friend whether or not it goes against my beliefs...

Thank you Tranceduo (sorry bout before), CGTUNA21 is needing to calm down, I did, so Im done arguing with him. Im gonna say that I am a little impressed with the Xbox now, but before I didn't care, I still like gameplay over features. Xbox isnt as bad as I thought.

YEAH!!!!! draco admitted that....now i can stop bitching! thanks guys

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GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

finally we're getting to a closure here

Let's celebrate

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME (check out the link vs seph thread if you don't know what that means)

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finally draco u finally like xbox

Didn't say I like it, just said it's OK, and don't talk to me CGTUNA21, u are a certified A S S H O L E!

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