| JEMC said:
1-Other than the lackluster launch of GameCube... no, no evidence. Dark Moon launched in March 2013, 20th, 24th and 28th, 3DS sales went up by 5% the week ending the 23rd, and a 28% the next one, only to fall 18% the following week. So ok, Luigi's Mansion had a short but noticeable effect on 3DS sales. If that's the kind of performance we want for a game to be a launch title, that's debatable (personally, I'm not satisfied). 2-You only get that many months after launch |
, and I already agreed on another response.Was it really short though? I'd think a game that goes on to sell another 3.5 million more copies probably helped extend the legs and keep the baseline up a bit. There's more to it than initial launch numbers, including before the game even launches, especially when we're talking about Nintendo games and their sexy legs.
Uh what? The game will still exist and be a factor until the console dies, but anyway I do agree with your main point, they should have a really big game at launch, but already they do, Zelda U!
