R&C Sales

[HappySqurriel]

Tetsuo Shima said:

HappySqurriel said:

250,000 on Week one when the previous version sold 800,000 copies in its multi-year life (with a few years as a budget game or bundle) is not exactly a flop; depending on how it sells over the next couple of months it could end up with a (fairly) respectable total in comparison to other games in the series.

I'm sure everybody is satisfied. Yes, it's one of the biggest flops of the decade. This game struggles to break 500 k in Japan. It's not Lair, it's not VF5 it's not MotorStorm. It's Mario. The biggest Wii game didn't beat Gundam Musou. You will see what means descent start in Japan when FFXIII arrive. 

Compare:

Week	Game 1	Date	Weekly	Total	Game 2	Date	Weekly	Total
1	Super Mario Galaxy	11/04/07	260,993	260,993		Super Mario Sunshine	07/21/02	338,688	338,688
2	Super Mario Galaxy	11/11/07	80,389	341,382		Super Mario Sunshine	07/28/02	111,451	450,139

with:

Week	Game 1	Date	Weekly	Total	Game 2	Date	Weekly	Total
1	Everybodys Golf 3	07/29/01	295,527	295,527		Everybodys Golf 5	07/29/07	167,659	167,659
2	Everybodys Golf 3	08/05/01	130,211	425,738		Everybodys Golf 5	08/05/07	54,882	222,541
3	Everybodys Golf 3	08/12/01	87,159	512,897		Everybodys Golf 5	08/12/07	30,699	253,240
4	Everybodys Golf 3	08/19/01	83,520	596,417		Everybodys Golf 5	08/19/07	26,073	279,313
5	Everybodys Golf 3	08/26/01	62,345	658,762		Everybodys Golf 5	08/26/07	13,315	292,628
6	Everybodys Golf 3	09/02/01	49,063	707,825		Everybodys Golf 5	09/02/07	11,477	304,105
7	Everybodys Golf 3	09/09/01	37,523	745,348		Everybodys Golf 5	09/09/07	9,704	313,809
8	Everybodys Golf 3	09/16/01	30,819	776,167		Everybodys Golf 5	09/16/07	8,093	321,902
9	Everybodys Golf 3	09/23/01	20,061	796,228		Everybodys Golf 5	09/23/07	8,441	330,343
10	Everybodys Golf 3	09/30/01	17,645	813,873		Everybodys Golf 5	09/30/07	6,943	337,286
11	Everybodys Golf 3	10/07/01	12,106	825,979		Everybodys Golf 5	10/07/07	4,792	342,078
12	Everybodys Golf 3	10/14/01	9,045	835,024		Everybodys Golf 5	10/14/07	4,347	346,425
13	Everybodys Golf 3	10/21/01	9,443	844,467		Everybodys Golf 5	10/21/07	6,614	353,039
14	Everybodys Golf 3	10/28/01	10,109	854,576		Everybodys Golf 5	10/28/07	5,907	358,946
15	Everybodys Golf 3	11/04/01	9,579	864,155		Everybodys Golf 5	11/04/07	5,836	364,782
16	Everybodys Golf 3	11/11/01	7,006	871,161		Everybodys Golf 5	11/11/07	7,630	372,412

 

Which is the bigger flop? (remembering Everybody's Golf 3 outsold Super Mario Sunshine almost by 75%)

Edit: Or

Week	Game 1	Date	Weekly	Total	Game 2	Date	Weekly	Total
1	Virtua Fighter 4	02/03/02	367,403	367,403		Virtua Fighter 5	02/11/07	51,493	51,493
2	Virtua Fighter 4	02/10/02	71,426	438,829		Virtua Fighter 5	02/18/07	13,517	65,010
3	Virtua Fighter 4	02/17/02	37,126	475,955		Virtua Fighter 5	02/25/07	5,246	70,256
4	Virtua Fighter 4	02/24/02	17,086	493,041		Virtua Fighter 5	03/04/07	3,668	73,924
5	Virtua Fighter 4	03/03/02	11,316	504,357		Virtua Fighter 5	03/11/07	2,174	76,098
6	Virtua Fighter 4	03/10/02	6,968	511,325		Virtua Fighter 5	03/18/07	1,641	77,739
7	Virtua Fighter 4	03/17/02	4,620	515,945		Virtua Fighter 5	03/25/07	1,265	79,004
8	Virtua Fighter 4	03/24/02	3,951	519,896		Virtua Fighter 5	04/01/07	832	79,836
9	Virtua Fighter 4	03/31/02	4,017	523,913		Virtua Fighter 5	04/08/07	589	80,425
10	Virtua Fighter 4	04/07/02	3,587	527,500		Virtua Fighter 5	04/15/07	458	80,883
11	Virtua Fighter 4	04/14/02	2,914	530,414		Virtua Fighter 5	04/22/07	322	81,205
12	Virtua Fighter 4	04/21/02	2,435	532,849		Virtua Fighter 5	04/29/07	275	81,480
13	Virtua Fighter 4	04/28/02	2,685	535,534		Virtua Fighter 5	05/06/07	295	81,775
14	Virtua Fighter 4	05/05/02	2,679	538,213		Virtua Fighter 5	05/13/07	168	81,943
15	Virtua Fighter 4	05/12/02	2,059	540,272		Virtua Fighter 5	05/20/07	136	82,079
16	Virtua Fighter 4	05/19/02	1,697	541,969		Virtua Fighter 5	05/27/07	156	82,235
17	Virtua Fighter 4	05/26/02	1,861	543,830		Virtua Fighter 5	06/03/07	127	82,362
18	Virtua Fighter 4	06/02/02	1,456	545,286		Virtua Fighter 5	06/10/07	100	82,462