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StarDoor on 01 November 2017
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Jumpin said:
tbone51 said:

Comparing FF to Mario in terms of legs was your mistake. If you think they Are comparable your surely mistaken


The point is the outstanding day one sales recent FF games didn't mean they were going to vastly outsell all past Final Fantasy games. Final Fantasy was an obvious example, and that's why I used it. Unless you can prove that bigger day 1 sales = bigger overall sales in the Mario franchise, then the comparison is apt.

This isn't true everywhere, but bigger day 1 sales do indicate bigger lifetime sales in Japan.

New Super Mario Bros: 6.50M (910k) (17 months)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: 4.70M (944k) (36 months)
New Super Mario Bros. 2: 2.57M (423k) (17 months)
New Super Mario Bros. U: 1.30M (167k) (0 months)

Super Mario 3D Land: 2.15M (342k) (9 months)
Super Mario Galaxy: 1.20M (260k) (11 months)
Super Mario Galaxy 2: 0.98M (340k) (41 months)
Super Mario 3D World: 0.76M (102k) (11 months)

Last edited by StarDoor - on 01 November 2017