Muramasa sold over 50k in NA for the first week

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LordTheNightKnight said:

NYANKS said:

Zucas said:
I was very surprised by these numbers. Obviously it built up quite a cult fanbase for the game. Doubt it'll have legs like Odin Sphere but it is good to see a moderate size of Wii gamers waiting for such Wii games.

50,000 is a mdoerate size of Wii gamers? I'm really not trying to flame, but isn't that kind of on the lower side.  Games seem like they keep getting praised for 100,000 or 200,000 sales.  It's not bad, but it seems like their is always a reason for it not selling more.  Not that their have been an astounding amount of efforts attempted like this game, but still..... 

The thing is that they would have sold about as much on the HD systems. Just that the cost would have been higher, so they would have lost money.

These are niche titles, and 50K is actually a good opening for them. Just the Wii, DS, and PSP mean their budgets are in a reasonable range.

Valkyria Chronicles sold well, but for a PS3 game, it's not spectacular. If the sequel sells even half that well on the PSP, it's a success.

It might have even sold less, because of the bias towards 2D games (that aren't fighters) and less userbase.

But that aside, the fact that this game sold 50k at the beginning is a good sign.  And these games aren't always frontloaded.  Don't get them confused with Final Fantasy or Pokemon.  What may help this game sell better is word of mouth and a long shelf life.  As well as a later price cut which may spur a second small surge in sales.