Erik Aston on 19 October 2009
Halo 3 and ODST both had a ~80% first week drop, and extrapolating that, ODST was going to be just below 4 million by the end of the year. Both games dropped ~60% in the second week too, though ODST had the bigger drop.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
