Nintendo to ship 1.1 million GameCube units at launch

Nintendo Company Limited has announced that it will ship 1.1 million units for the November 5 North American launch of the GameCube. Meanwhile, Japan will receive 500,000 GameCube units for its September 14 launch. Nintendo plans to ship a total of 900,000 units in the Japanese territory by the end of the year. Purple will be the only color of choice for the Japanese launch, though other color schemes will eventually be released. There has been no word on the color availability in North America, but industry sources will have us believe that NOA will follow Japan's lead and ship purple GameCubes at launch. The company plans to ship 4 million units worldwide by March 2002.