| johnlucas said: Shigeru's not gonna be happy about this. First Zelda TW's performance there now this. I usually don't question the Japanese buying public's decisions on purchases but I am disappointed that they didn't think this was worth the purchase. This is like Zack & Wiki X 9000. (ring up Vegeta for the 9000) I hope the game is strong in the long term because this is in every way a commercial disappointment for a first week showing for such an obviously great game. Hopefully America & Europe won't flake out on this stellar title and it gets its proper frenzy and respect here. Maybe Nintendo did the equivalent of a Sony E3 2006 press conference over there and got the Japanese public there pissed. Something is weird over there right now. I wish I could get some on the street feedback. None of this ruins the magic I have for this game and when I get this on launch day it will be an early Christmas for me indeed. But I am sincerely let down by this when thinking of the commercial side. Did Nintendo do any commercials or in-store promotions for it over there? Why in the hell is a spinoff like Mario Party 8 doing better than the mainline franchise?!?!? Eight for God's sake...the sequel is up to EIGHT! This is madness....this is SMG! If this 250,000 figure goes from week to week for the next following weeks then all is forgiven. A sure and steady performance will make up for the lack of explosive frenzy I hoped for. But if this falls off the charts my brow will be slightly furrowed in anger when looking at that mountainy isle in the West Pacific. If you love New Super Mario Bros. you MUST have at least SOME love for the SMG! A few more days and I'll give this masterpiece the playing respect it deserves. November 12th!! It's on!! John Lucas |
Actually if Wii fit does great I don't think he'll mind, as Malstrom said in his recent article the gaming landscape is changing, I think Japan is just further along on the curve than NA and europe and the weakness of more traditional gaming and consoles in Japan supports this, even with a new color and a big game release PS3's numbers were still relatively mediocre in Japan and Wii even with SMG stayed pretty low, yet Mario Party for DS did amazing sales and I expect Wii Fit to be huge
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
