Monster Hunter 3 Getting a Big Push in the West

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Innervate said:

routsounmanman said:
Shut the mouth of all the naysayers, Nintendo. Support this game and Capcom, even though I'm pretty sure everyone will find a way to dismiss the millions of copies sold and the tons of money made from this game...

It won't sell millions. The game has several things going against it, namely a focus on online multiplayer and no focus on motion controls (as evident by this bundle promoting last generation controls). When you look at all the successful core games on the system, they use motion controls to some extent. Bad enough Tri sales in Japan were harmed by Capcom charging for online play (they are sending the game out to die in the West if they charge), but the game's overall sales are harmed due to the main game not being playable locally, which was one of the things that helped the PSP games be the successes they are.

I expect sales in the west to be on par with Freedom Unite, putting it around 500-600k in North America, Europe, Australia and other.

Mario Kart Wii?

No focus on motions controls + online is a big feature of the game.

It already has 1 million in the bag. I could easily see another million spread out between North America and Others.