Was 3rd party hardcore games performance so bad this gen with Nintendo. Here are some numbers:
Wii:
· Sonic and the Secret Rings 2.44M
· Call of Duty 3 2.09M
· Disney Epic Mickey 2.04M
· Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 1.93M
· Monster Hunter Tri 1.88M
· Sonic Unleashed 1.81M
· Call of Duty: World at War 1.80M
· Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1.58M
· Saun White Snowboarding: Road Trip 1.56M
· Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 1.45M
· Star Wars The Clone Wars: LightSaber Duels 1.44M
· Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play 1.39M
· Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 1.38M
· Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex 1.34M
· The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return 1.31M
· GoldenEye 007 1.27M
· Table Tennis 1.23M
· Red Steel 1.21M
· Need for Speed Carbon 1.20M
· Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 1.19M
· Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII 1.10M
· NERF-N Strike 1.04M
· Monster 4*4: World Circuit 1.03M
· FIFA Soccer 2008 1.02M
· Sega Super Star Tennis 1.01M
· Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 1.01M
· Call of Duty: Black OPS 1.00M
DS:
· Dragon Quest IX 5.51M
· Professor Laytin and the Curious Village 4.91M
· Professor Laytin and the Diabolical Box 3.66M
· MySims 3.57M
· Sonic Rush 3.03M
· Professor Laytin and the Unknown Future 2.74M
· Final Fantasy III 2.35M
· Kingdom Hearts 354/8 Days 1.74M
· Dragon Quest Monster: Joker 1.73M
· Dragon Quest IV 1.52M
· Dragon Quest VI 1.50M
· The Sims2 DS 1.49M
· Dragon Quest V 1.48M
· Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 1.32M
· Dragon Quest Monster: Joker 2 1.24M
· GTA: ChinaTown Wars 1.19M
· Inazuma Eleven 2 1.18M
· Chrono Trigger 1.10M
· Final Fantasy IV 1.09M
· Sonic Rush Adventure 1.05M
· Spore Creatures 1.02M
All those games surpassed the 1M units mark. I reckon that some huge numbers in the HD console games cannot be compared to these ones but it's safe to say that this gen Nintendo has improved 3rd party harcore software in its platforms.