| jarrod said: DKCR already the best selling western developed game in Japan this generation, and it's actually tracking ahead of DKC2/3/64 going by Famistu numbers. Amazing really, it's going to be a million seller and probably then some... lol, I can't help but remember when certain posters (who shall remain nameless) were saying it's the same (disappointing) story as GT5 and insisting I was trying to "make thing look better than they really are" when I compared DKCR's sales to the DK series historically. How's that crow taste boys? ;) |
I think what we were claiming that DKCR is not going to be some great hardware mover. I still believe that. I believe that Wii sold for 3 reasons this Holiday. Normal holiday boost, extra software included and all the special sales prices. In NA nearly every week you could get a Wii for at least $20 below the $199 price. Believe only the week after BF were there no deals to be had. This culminated with the weekend at Walmart with a $75 gift card with a Wii purchase. I know there were deals and new special bundles in EMEAA as well.
Last year vs this year
Japan 2009 November and December: 980K Wii sales
Japan 2010 November and December: 560K Wii sales
EMEAA 2009 November and December: 4,383,980
EMEAA 2010 November and December: 3,810,113
NA 2009 November and December: 5,249,030
NA 2010 November and December: 4,972,153
DKCR is a good game and it sold very well, but the evidence says that people did not say "I am getting a Wii for DKCR."
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
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