Mario Kart Wii Sells 30 million! Sports Resort wants to be next. 100 million Wii Sports at some point?

[famousringo]

Pineapple said:

famousringo said:
I remember waaaaay back, probably in 2008, betting with some dude called PeterPotamus that Gran Turismo 5 would not outsell MKWii.

Too bad he dropped off the site soon after the bet was made. Where ever you are, Potamus, know that I am gloating!

 I went back and read some of the threads from when Mario Kart Wii launched. Before Mario Kart Wii launched, there were actually several threads discussing whether Mario Kart Wii or Gran Turismo 5: Prologue would sell the most. Most people landed on MKWii winning it, but quite a few thought Gran Turismo 5: Prologue would sell more. It seemed like roughly half the people expected the "real" Gran Turismo 5 to sell more than Mario Kart Wii. Which is quite amusing, as Mario Kart Wii looks to sell between 8 and 9 times as much as GT5:P and nearly 4 times as much as GT5.

I'm not that much better myself, though. I remember predicting Mario Kart Wii and Brawl would sell as much as each other, both at 13 million. MKWii is looking to nearly triple that.

Yeah, I remember predicting Brawl would beat MKWii by some holiday season, too. Seems so silly now.

Here's that bet:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=337399

It was actually at the end of 2007, and I never did get Potamus to settle the exact terms of the bet. I think he figured out that his 4 million units margin was utterly ridiculous. Turns out I could have given him GT5: Prologue sales and he'd still be 23 million units short!