PowerPC-Fired Nintendo GameCube Leading Game Machine in Sales

according to a Nintendo press release. "Ignoring strong economic headwinds, NINTENDO GAMECUBE has soared to record retail heights, becoming the fastest-selling home video game console of this generation. Through its first week of availability, NINTENDO GAMECUBE sold more than one-half million systems to consumers, at a rate nearly twice that of Microsoft's Xbox, and at least 25 percent faster than the launch of Sony's Playstation 2 last year." The GameCube uses a 480 MHz G3 PowerPC CPU and costs $200 versus $300 for its competitors.