johnsobas on 05 November 2007
preliminary sales aren't based on data as far as i know, they are guesses based on sales trends and extrapolating data. Many times the prelim numbers are way off to be honest. I think it's gonna be similar to that data though, it's gonna have a similar curve to a game like MP8. Many games will sell 75% of first week sales in the first day, but mario is gonna be different. If you remember that Crisis Core outsold pokemon on first day, then pokemon outsold Crisis core by something like 150k on first week sales. A game selling 130k then ending the week at 300k doesn't happen with many games. If you expect something more than 350k you're gonna be dissapointed.
currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X
