One of the main reasons it was so down in the listings a month ago is because it was undertracked. Go back now and you'll find it's moved up a few spots from 77th.
I've seen some estimates based on NPD's December rankings that figure 350k or more sales for this game in December. Now consider that VGC has it at about 250k for all Americas in the month of December, and that's after a 100k upwards adjustment.
I guess my point is that CoD Wii's VGC ranking in recent weeks is probably more reflective of the game's actual sales than its VGC ranking a month ago.
Edit:
Here's my source:
http://gonintendo.com/?p=70631
The 370k-487k range is due to announcements that Shaun White Wii sold 370k in December, while Wii Music sold 478k. CoD Wii ranked higher than Shaun White, and lower than Wii Music. There are quite a few titles in between CoD Wii and Wii Music, so actual numbers probably fall near the bottom of that range.
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