Iwata: Thoughts on Japanese market

[Demotruk]

Soma said:

JTurner82 said:

"Mario Galaxy" didn't do that badly in Japan (I think it's crossed over 1 million by now), but its sales were significantly smaller than in other parts of the world.  Still, it was hardly a failure.

 

I just looked at the charts and you're right   It already passed the million mark (I thought it would take longer)

Anyway, it was a failure for Nintendo in the same way Animal Crossing and Wii Music were a failure. They couldn't build momentum for the Wii in Japan in the same way other games did it, like Mario Kart or Wii Fit.

 

Exactly. It wasn't a system seller. This is the same reason we call games like LBP a failure, they were intended as system sellers, even though they're a commercial success.