Reported: People buying Wii with Halo3 in Japan

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NJ5 said:

OMG, people went to a store and bought TWO DIFFERENT things! Not one, two! Not equal, different! It's got to be the first time!

Seriously, I don't see how this can be so funny. Slightly interesting, maybe, but funny?

So if Wii sales increase, some of you will conclude it's because of Halo 3? Great logic there. We all know correlation implies causation (eyes rolling).

 

 See this type of reaction would be warranted if it was two things but not consistantly the same two things together.  The fact that there is a connection between the two would be interesting since the demographics are not typically connected very strongly.  So yes it would be a big deal if there is something to this.

With that said it is still anecdotal evidence and so its not exactly reliable.  If the Japanese numbers show a strong connection then I think that is a lot more reliable and it most certainly is an interesting aspect of the Japanese market that I don't think we have seen or heard much about.

But I will agree it doesn't warrant the "omgz teh Wii is selling with teh HaloZ Tre!" type reactions.