I wish it had sold more but word of mouth will keep it going I believe.

Also, I am tired of this whole piracy thing people seem to throw out on this bard all the time. I am not a proponent of piracy, yet (more on that in a bit), but can any of you show me any expansive statistic that says piracy adversely affects the industry? Any of you? Please share with me.

Because through the magic of google I can show you, at least on the PC, only what are widely regarded as shitty games have high piracy rates. I can also find you sources that say that music pirates buy more music, and contribute more to the music industry, than non-pirates. Lastly, it has been brought to my attention that the Netherlands has conducted a study showing that not only does piracy have no effect on the industry, it may have positive effects on the overall economy.

Dante's inferno? Nah, that only had a superbowl ad. LoL. And what core Wii gamers were greatly anticipating this game? And what makes this game so big? I have it but I can understand the mixed reviews, its a hate it or love it sort of game. And it is pretty short, around Madworld short. With no multiplayer whatsoever. Though it does have some replayability if you want to complete all the challenges. Why would they think twice? For all the bombs on HD consoles why wouldn't those investors think twice? Don't try and make Wii bombs out to be a bigger deal than any other bombs on other consoles. A bomb is a bomb is a bomb. However, you might want to think twice in calling Wii games bombs so early, as time and time again Wii bombs either go on to sell quite a bit of copies and somehow end up getting sequels.

In the US it did what I expected if you were paying attention to preorders for several...months. The ads have run for the title so I think it has done OK so far. Like stated before, the game has done 11% of expectations so far (if you exclude the measly Others sales).

Like history has shown us, we can't just base a game's sales off of the first week either. Monster Lab started off with 2k on the Wii first week and is at 150k now. Sales for Skate It fell completely off the map for half a year and then resurged recently due to renewed interest in Skating brought on by Tony Hawk Ride.

Red Steel 2 will do just fine :)

Look, you are right and I was wrong. You can not use the HomeBrew Channel to play pirated games. In fact, no one has ever installed the HomeBrew channel for the sole purpose of playing pirated games. All the people I know who tell me they have done it are obviously lying. All the YouTube vids showing step by step instructions on how to play pirated games by first installing the HomeBrew channel are false reports with no truth behind them. The logical and indisputable evidence you have provided has shown me the error of my beliefs. Congrats on your victory, there is no longer any need to continue this pointless discussion.

It's been quite extensively advertised, though on the same places that such games as MadWorld and The Conduit were advertised (Adult Swim and Comedy Central)

I forget how much did you bet it would sell in it's first year, was it 500,000 or One million? 

On topic: I expected it to actually sell a little less then this based on pre-orders. Still selling half of what your predecessor did isn't very good =/

See Wii Sports Resort.

You aren't alone, I predicted 500K LT sales and I am sticking by it.

It is really a shame, I believe this is one of the best Wii games (if not THE best) so far this year.

Well 500k is Ubisoft's updated expectations as of several months ago, and my guess is that at this amount (probably less) it will be worth their while. For HVS and Sega over 350k of sales was enough to warrant a sequel.

Then maybe, developers should make better games, if they want to charge so much? Maybe it's because only the best of the best are worth the price? And maybe, just maybe, you have no idea what you are talking about. The vast majority of Wii owners, do NOT have a softmod installed.