Is Epic Mickey a lesson to third parties?

[Lostplanet22]

jarrod said:

Lostplanet22 said:

That is not the idea I am getting especially not on Vgchartz..

Mickey compared to Pac Man....I think the best years of Pac Man's popularity has passed...

Sure an Mickey Party game would probably not sell 1.3M  first month but that would again be one of those games with long legs;.especially if it gets advertised like Wii party 2-3 million sales would be achievable..

No its sales are not only because it uses Mickey, it is an combination of Advertising, being hyped like the game to get for Wii owners this winter  the use of Mickey etc;.

That was pretty clear, which is why I decided to educate you. :P

I'd say Mickey's best years are behind him also.  And your theoretical "Mickey Party" would sell a fraction what Epic Mickey has and will continue to, that's partly the point.  How well did Disney Golf sell?  Konami's Disney Sports line?  Magical Mirror?  If selling 2-3 million is so easy with these IPs... why is it no games besides Kingdom Hearts (and soon Epic Mickey) ever managed it before?  Have you actually looked at the sales of Disney games?

Have you looked at the sales of the Disney games?

You: Epic Mickey first month in the USA 1.3 million
VGchartz:  EM after more than one month sold 1.05 in North America..

I have no numbers for older Disney games I only remember that Disney games made it pretty easy to the Platinum status On PS One and I am sure they can it today aswell on Wii.. Sadly we only have VG numbers and yes I think they are not correct ...and so do you otherwise you would not use NPD numbers.