Next-Gen Top 100 best selling titles - The Analysis

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ZenfoldorVGI said:
...also, without Wii-Play at least, represented, I question the validity of this analysis. It sells thanks to the Wiimote packaged in, but assuming that it is non-existant and has sold 0 units is slighting Nintendo in this survey.

Same with Wii-Sports, really. Assuming that game sold 0 units of software, when it actually is the biggest hardware seller for the system, doesn't seem a fair analysis, and doesn't give Nintendo credit for the development of the game, or the distribution of it.

As I understand it, this is a list of the top selling games for Europe and NA that came out in the last fiscal year (April '07-March '08). Hence those titles not on the list, nor Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Brain Age 1, Nintendogs, or anything else that came out more than a year ago that had great enough legs to sell so well this year (or in the case of Wii Play and Marvel Ultimate Alliance, happened to be bundled, be it with a system or a remote).

Obviously the list would look a lot different with prevous year games, but I think they're just trying to use this as an indicator for current trends and health within software publishers--not what sold well this year, but what of this years games sold well. A small difference but enough of one to have different meaning in terms of tracking.

I'm not sure why they didn't include Japan, though.

Any what exactly is their cut-off date (it just says "The last 12 months," which makes me extrapolate the fiscal year thing). I ask because in the short time it's been out in the U.S., SSBB would obviously be on this list somewhere. Why isn't that it on this list? Doesn't make sense, really.