Parokki on 02 November 2007
Let's not be fooling anyone, sales of under 500k for the first week would be much less than anyone expected. It will undoubtedly have absolutely insane legs, and definitely do well in the end, but just 300k would be a surprisingly slow opening week.
Calling this a sign of the Japanese market moving to non-gamers is jumping the gun just a bit, but it does show how their tastes differ from those of the Western market. It might be a sign of Japan moving from home consoles to hand helds, but even that would be reading into it too much. I'll wait and see after Galaxy, Mario Kart and Brawl are out, then pass judgment on Japanese gamers.
