I was *very* wrong. Off by about 50% - expecting 500k, and 80k Wii sales.
Still hopeful for the future... Galaxy seems to be raking in the good scores, the 2nd WORST score it has received so far is 95%. Definitely on track for GOTY IMO...
One theory...:
I always thought that the poor sales of Sunshine ("weak" launch - although better than Galaxy! And no legs...) was due to the setting. Maybe not - maybe its just "complex 3D" games - they just don't sell that well in Japan.
Zelda did the same. Galaxy did the same - as did Halo (etc...).
The challenge for Ninty is to convince consumers that Galaxy is a casual game - rather than a difficult, hardcore one?
(even Mario64 didn't sell *that* well in Japan...)
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