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Galaki on 02 August 2012

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High Sell Through For Persona 4 Arena; Low Sell Through For Mario

Nintendo may have shipped greater quantities in anticipation of summer break.

Anoop Gantayat

With over 400,000 units sold in its first two days, New Super Mario Bros. 2 was easily last week's top seller. But retailers have plenty of stock left for those who are waiting.

Media Create reports a low 41.56% sell-through for the game. This low figure may be due to over shipping as Nintendo anticipated demand during the coming Obon and summer break holiday period. A sales boost during these periods would be typical for Nintendo, Media Create notes.

At the other end of the sell-through scale was Persona 4 Arena, which sold 128,000 on PS3 and 10,000 on Xbox 360. Both versions sold over 90% of stock.

The 128,000 figure makes Arena PS3's fastest selling fighter. The previous record holder was Tekken 6, which sold 103,000 units in its first week in October 2009.


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the_dengle on 03 August 2012

Physical sell-through low.

Higher-than-expected digital demand brought their servers down.

People see what they want to see.



Busted on 03 August 2012

People see what they want to see.

That is correct my fellow.



carlos3189 on 03 August 2012

^ What he said!



Juma009 on 03 August 2012

Higher than expected downloads tho...just saying



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Level1Death on 03 August 2012
the_dengle said:
Physical sell-through low.

Higher-than-expected digital demand brought their servers down.

People see what they want to see.

How do you know that high digital demand is what brought the servers down?



 

 

 

the_dengle on 03 August 2012
Level1Death said:

How do you know that high digital demand is what brought the servers down?

Logic



Mr Khan on 03 August 2012

Haven't we been through the matter of Legs with Nintendo titles before?

Though sell-through is a new statistic for me. I wouldn't know what is correct, but we've known Nintendo's heavy hitters do not pull their biggest numbers on the opening weekend, unlike many games (and Persona 4 Arena would be that kind of game, geared towards Otaku enthusiasts who are more likely to pounce quickly)



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Noel_Kreiss on 03 August 2012

42% sell through in two days is extremely good; thus, Nintendo shipped over a million copies to retailers. People have to bear in mind that the sales only count for Saturday and Sunday. By the end of the month, it will have sold a million. Nintendo always have steady numbers (especially Mario), and that is why they always over-ship them. I'm sure the retailers do not mind holding mario games because at the end of the day, they know it will sell. And good on Nintendo, if they produce more copies, it'll cost less to manufacture.



Sal.Paradise on 03 August 2012

When do we learn the number of downloads?