Smeags on 01 September 2008
Indeed, It's an interesting situation, especially with the Wii.
VGC is full of people who enjoy the here and now, to see how big of a splash a title can make on its first week. It's more exciting because it's instantly gratifying (on that week's sales charts).
We've had plenty of "flops/poor sales/etc./etc." on a title's first week, only to see it end up selling extremely well down the road (Ninja Gaiden II and Boom Blox come to mind).
So, I suppose that in the end it's all about total sales for a developer/publisher (I know, thank you Captain Obvious), and while first week/month sales are nice, they're only used for bragging rights.
