Super Mario Galaxy sells ~70,000 in first week IN THE UK !!

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Avinash_Tyagi said:
This would indicate two possibilities, either, the Wii userbase is very casual outside of NA, indicating why a more "hardcore" title like Mario posts relatively weak sales, or people are holding off until the holidays to purchase this game

Or it's sold out in many places (which it is). Or it's unreasonable to expect heavily frontloaded sales on a title like this. Or it sold more than 70,000. Or or or or or or...