| 007BondAgent said: Yeah, let's just forget that New Super Mario Bros U is behind New Super Mario Bros Wii , Or Pikmin 3 is selling worse then 2 or 1, or mario 3d world, being the worst selling 3d mario game to date. And i'm not comparing the best of each franchise, i'm talking about now, no mario game will sell 6 million in japan, and we all know pokemon only sells on handhelds and as does animal crossing, and dragon quest is also on handhelds, so that completely destroys half of your figures right there, not to mention wii sports was bunlded, and it was actual sales. Maybe you should come back with an argument that is relevent and not archaiec
Here is the fact, Final Fantasy Alone will outsell Any Wii U game in japan. |
You want to play that game, do you?
Final Fantasy on PS3 only sold 1.87 million, as compared to 3.63 million for the best-selling Final Fantasy, which was on the original PS. And the best on PS2, Final Fantasy X, sold 2.73 million. So the series appears to be in decline in Japan.
And yes, NSMB U is behind NSMB Wii in total lifetime sales in Japan. This should surprise nobody, given that NSMB Wii was released when the install base in Japan was at about 9 million, while NSMB U was a launch title, plus the fact that NSMB Wii has been out since 2009. Meanwhile, NSMB U is well on its way to beating Final Fantasy XIII, and continues to sell. And that's despite the Wii U having an install base of 1.5 million compared with the 9.7 million of the PS3.
You want a more modern comparison? How about this one...
On PS3, Final Fantasy's best sold 1.87 million. Kingdom Hearts' best sold 0.24 million. Yakuza's best sold 0.63 million. Tales' best sold 0.67 million. Dynasty Warriors' best sold 0.46 million. Idolm@ster's best sold 0.16 million. Pro Evo's best sold 0.55 million. Metal Gear's best sold 0.83 million. Resident Evil's best sold 1.08 million. Level 5's only PS3 game sold 0.21 million. Falcom's best game sold 0.04 million.
Total? 6.74 million.
On Wii, NSMB Wii alone sold 4.68 million. Wii Sports sold 3.77 million, Mario Kart Wii sold 3.7 million, Wii Fit sold 3.6 million, Brawl sold 2.55 million, and Wii Party sold 2.48 million. The only ones from this list that are properly out at this point are NSMB U and Wii Party U. NSMB U is about to hit 1 million. Wii Party U hit 500,000 in less than 9 weeks.
Meanwhile, Wii U has Dragon Quest and it has Monster Hunter - two franchises which are bigger than Final Fantasy in Japan. And if Nintendo were even remotely concerned about Wii U sales in Japan, they'd simply have to bring out a Pokemon game - or are you going to assert that Pokemon doesn't sell well in Japan anymore?
It seems to me that YOU are the one using an archaic argument.
EDIT: Oh, by the way... "Pokemon and Animal Crossing only sell well on handhelds"? Animal Crossing: City Folk sold 1.32 million, which puts it ahead of all bar ONE PS3 game. Pokemon Stadium 2 sold 1.13 million on N64, which is also ahead of all bar one PS3 game. Pokemon Colosseum sold 0.7 million on Gamecube, and that's better than all bar two of the franchises you mentioned, with regards to PS3. And none of these were REAL pokemon games - Colosseum was the closest, but it was a spinoff title, with no wild pokemon (among other issues). What happens if they release Pokemon Z on the Wii U?
