How Come Mario Galaxy Didn't Sell More?

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MikefromHaddonfield said:

Son1x said:
"only sold 8.08"
You make it sound like thats nothing.

     I think it's small in comparison to these numbers:

Wii Sports -- 47.13 Million Sold -- Metacritic Score 76 ( 100 being best)

Wii Play -- 24.03 Million Sold -- Metacritic Score 58

Wii Fit -- 21.60 Million Sold -- Metacritic Score 80

Mario Kart Wii 17.13 Million Sold -- Metacritic Score 82

Super Mario Galaxy 8.08 Miilion Sold -- Metacritic Score 97.

1) bundled with the console, so of course it sold more, meta crtic means nothing in relation to sales.

2) bundled with a controller, and it is mildly entertianing. So, again, meta critic doesn't really mean much.

3) bundled with a balance board. Also a fitness product, which is a multi billion dollar industry. It makes exercising fun. Not only that, but reviewers hated the game and didn't review it from a real exercise standpoint. Some liked it, but either way, I wouldn't look at meta critic to tell me how good of a job it does getting my butt off the couch.

4) the first real game you listed that actually has a meta critic comparison to SMG. Honstly, this game is so much fun online you just keep wanting to come back to it for years later, sometimes even multiple times in a week for months on end. Sure, the critics didn't like it because the graphics weren't that great, and they didn't like the gimics like the bikes and the tricks. The game was easy to pick up and play, anyone can win, and lots of fun. This game will probably crack 25m units when all is said and done.

5) Yes, Galaxy was the highest rated game on Wii, but it also comes in as the 3rd best selling game besides Sports, Play, and Fit. Smash Bros. just edges it out and has a Meta Critic of 93, but also has the benefit of being multiplayer so it has a much higher chance of a friend coming over and playing, and then buying the game for themselves. In fact, Mario Galaxy is the highest rated single player game, and the highest selling single player game (excluding Fit since it has the benefit of being a fitness device) by ~1.2m units. If we go to the first non "GC port", non-bundled single player experience (Super Paper Mario) Galaxy is in the lead by 5.2m units. So, while Galaxy hasn't sold as much as the top 5 Wii games overall, it has sold better than any other similar game.