Red Steel 2 had ONE day to sell the first week in Sweden. 25 of March, that would be a Sunday, a day when (at least where I'm from) many shops are closed. VGChartz has the game on the 26th, Monday this week in Europe.

Does anybody now get my point why Red Steel 2 did not sell that good in Europe the first week?

That way the second (or first) week sales might be higher. Or it won't be. Anyhow, I just bought the game.

Once the internet says so.

...and if it sold 499,999 copies it would be just a disappointment and not THAT severe?

It's very hard for games to bomb on the Wii, almost impossible. That's why the developers keep trying.

*talks in serious voice*

I still don't know if that'll be the case.  For this game not to sell as much as the original, which it is a big improvement over, it has to be looked as a disappointment to everyone but Ubisoft.  We know that they only expect the game to sell 500K.  

That's the new thing to do for developers.  Make your predictions for a game so low that you have a good chance of meeting them.   

Red Steel 2 should have better legs than The Conduit because The Conduit is a bad game. But then again, Wii owners seem to prefer bad games. Tough call.

But that's how these games have performed on the Wii period. There isnt that big market in there unless it has the Nintendo touch. I am watching the sale og MH3 because it could break the trend, but I seriously think it wont change a thing.

This Gen has gone long enough to many things:

Wii: Fun, family console

MS: Multiplayer machine, 3rd party favourate.

PS3: It used to do more in 2006.

Would you consider New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort bad games?  Those are two of their huge sellers this year. 

Irrelevant.... Everybody had already played and enjoyed the great game Bioshock by the time it released on PS3. Hell, Bioshock sold over 2 million on 360 alone. Since not many people play core games on Wii then that means that the majority of Red Steel 2 sales can come from a PS MOVE port.