Seriously, Nintendo is not THAT Important

[JWeinCom]

lucidium said:

JWeinCom said:

O_o... so... we shouldn't count the sales because Nintendo sold it at the price they wanted to sell it at? 

Not sure how else to make it any clearer to you.

Japan sold 3.7m, elsewhere was bundled with every console.
Nintendo aggressively priced the game since it was included for free elsewhere
Nintendo aggressively advertised the game since it was receiving heavy media attention elsewhere (due to being included free)

You are taking A (japanese sales in the existing climate) and trying to use them to calculate B (US/EU sales in a different climate), without factoring in the effects climate B would have had on A.

It isn't rocket science.

Marketing and pricing is part of what made the game a success.  Nintendo could have, and likely would have, marketed it heavily and priced it aggressively in the US if it wasn't bundled.