But Punch Out was not a bomb by any means. It didn't sell well in Japan or Europe, but is selling decently in the USA.
I do wonder how split the Wii's fanbase really is in terms of casuals and core gamers, because they seem to have much, much less confidence in a new core IP than they do in new casual IP's, considering that ones are advertised and the others are not.
But then again Punch Out was a core game advertised mostly as a family friendly game in the UK and Europe, so I see why it performed really poorly there.
About the undershipping of Disaster in Europe, a lot of people here at VGChartz were reporting that almost none of their stores had the game available, maybe because of low retailer expectations due to it being a surprise release or maybe because Nintendo didn't ship enough.
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tag - "I wouldn't trust gamespot, even if it was a live comparison."
Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
