Sales of Nintendo`s GameCube video game machine quadrupled in the first week after it slashed the US price of the console of $99, the US arm of the Japanese video game company said yesterday.
Nintendo, which cut the price of the GameCube on 24 September, said it sold 61 000 consoles during the week following the price cut, up from weekly average sales of 15 000 during August and September.
"I think it will be sustained [until the holiday season]," George Harrison, Nintendo of America senior VP of marketing, told Reuters.
Nintendo said in a statement that more than 100 new titles will be available before the end of the year.
Nintendo`s price cut made the GameCube $80 cheaper than its two competitors, Sony`s market-leading PlayStation 2 and Microsoft`s second-place Xbox, both of which start at $179.
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