jarrod on 16 November 2009
| Mummelmann said: I still don't see the reasoning behind the 20 million + lifetime figures, other than people perhaps wanting it to sell that well. Personally, I think its a gross overestimation. Its (the Wii) in a decline, despite Wii Motion + and a price cut, doubly so in Japan where it has plummeted this year so I don't understand why NSMBWii would sell incredibly well and over twice as well as Galaxy. |
It's got an emphasized multiplayer mode, it's more approachable/understandable from both a gameplay and marketing perspective, it hits the right nostalgia buttons... Galaxy doesn't make for a good comparison at all honestly. The reason people are expecting 10+ million is by looking at NSMB and the Mario Karts.
The market overall is in decline, and even it's current decline, Wii's still moving more units weekly than PS2 did comparably. The industry in general and Wii in particular clearly aren't recession-proof now, but the sky's hardly falling either (except in Japan, you're right there).
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