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noname2200 on 14 March 2013
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Otakumegane said:
Smeags said:
Otakumegane said:


Best 1st US month of a FE game?

It would've been better if they had shipped more..... lol.

That's what Nintendo's saying:

Building off its 92 Metacritic score, Fire Emblem Awakening for Nintendo 3DS had the best first month sales in franchise history, selling more than 180,000 units (more than 117,000 at retail + more than 63,000 digital units). By comparison, the previous hand-held entrant in the franchise – Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon – has sold a little more than 250,000 units life to date in the U.S. Fire Emblem Awakening sold 70 percent of that figure in just 28 days.

Yay. :D


AND YET THEY STILL UNDERSHIPPED.

I swear I love Nintendo for their games and all but they make some really, REALLY poor business decisions.

I'd argue that's why they undershipped. Previous Fire Emblem games have done quite well in the West, but I can understand why they wouldn't expect Awakening to sell 70% of the prior game's lifetime sales.