Mario Sunshine > Mario Galaxy ?? (Japan)

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endurance on 25 November 2007

MontanaHatchet said:
Sigh, Wii lovers say every game will have long legs.

When a game is performing less than another game week after respective week, I don't see the logic of X game outselling Y game.

Sunshine fell under 10k by its 10th week, and it looks like Galaxy will get there even faster.

Of course, I'm talking about Japan only. Worldwide, Galaxy has a chance.

but sunshine didnt have any christmas legs,we will see with galaxy though

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Faxanadu on 25 November 2007

I blame tetsuo for this being the 20th thread about exactly the same topic

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stranne on 25 November 2007

MontanaHatchet said:
Sigh, Wii lovers say every game will have long legs.

When a game is performing less than another game week after respective week, I don't see the logic of X game outselling Y game.

Sunshine fell under 10k by its 10th week, and it looks like Galaxy will get there even faster.

Of course, I'm talking about Japan only. Worldwide, Galaxy has a chance.

Sunshine sales hit 2k/week after 6 months and 1k after a year. Galaxy will level off at a much higer level.

And for WW, "has a chance" is a big understatement. It's just a question of when.

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ilovetogame on 25 November 2007

yeah looking at that comparison sunshine had no xmas legs which seems really surprising. but it got most of its sales out of the way in the first like 4 weeks. galaxy i think will continue to sell well over the holidays and maybe pull within 100-150 thousand of sunshine after 8 weeks, then it will level off at like 10k probably and fly past sunshine later in '08. at least it better! japan is getting crazy

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TWRoO on 25 November 2007

Sunshine was released in July, an excellent time for schoolchildren to pick it up and a much better time of the year sales wise in Japan generally... Yes it has been a tad dissapointing none the less, i wanted it to at least 1.5X Sunshine (worldwide anyway) but after looking at the past charts it's clear the time of the year in Japan has affected it quite a bit

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endurance on 25 November 2007

@TWRoO
yep the slow period has kinda affected it

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rudyrsr8 on 25 November 2007

I think the Japanese just don't fully understand SMG nintendo has to be doing something wrong in my opinion for SMG not to be selling that well. Maybe too little marketing? Availbiltiy? But hopefully as word of mouth goes around that it is great it will have legs. If my memory serves me right didnt Fam. score SMG really high? It is interesting to watch and see what happens over the holidays.

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MontanaHatchet on 25 November 2007

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MontanaHatchet said:
Sigh, Wii lovers say every game will have long legs.

When a game is performing less than another game week after respective week, I don't see the logic of X game outselling Y game.

Sunshine fell under 10k by its 10th week, and it looks like Galaxy will get there even faster.

Of course, I'm talking about Japan only. Worldwide, Galaxy has a chance.

You ignore the fact that the Wii is in a good position for things like that to happen.

And yet we're not seeing any indication that it can.

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d21lewis on 25 November 2007

Since Nintendo refuses to pay me when their games sell well, it doesn't bother me one way or the other. I had a blast with "Sunshine". I'm having a lot of fun with "Galaxy". Anybody who doesn't experience them is really missing out. Regardless of whether the game breaks records, or not, it's a huge success.