Super Mario Galaxy 2 sales: Yay or Nay?

[theRepublic]

Soma said:

I think it's doing phenomenal numbers!

Just compare the first 5 weeks of both games.

Mario Galaxy

1	619,379	260,993	180,754	1,061,126	1,061,126
2	374,987	78,563	148,485	602,035	1,663,161
3	169,229	44,750	148,013	361,992	2,025,153
4	217,252	35,917	145,951	399,120	2,424,273
5	270,209	38,671	173,997	482,877	2,907,150

Mario Galaxy 2

Week	Americas	Japan	EMEAA	Worldwide	Running Total
1	779,015	340,397	275,255	1,394,667	1,394,667
2	334,740	105,582	194,790	635,112	2,029,779
3	174,923	73,446	122,307	370,676	2,400,455
4	113,220	51,171	83,318	247,709	2,648,164
5	75,298	40,738	71,845	187,881	2,836,045

 

Very similar numbers but the first one released near the Holidays, and the second one during summer. And the legs are pretty good, it could be doing great numbers in the holiday too.

Damn, color me impressed.