Still optimistic are we?

I made this in my free time.

It's 2 weeks out, I don't think we can really gauge a trend off that.  I think sustained sales in America will be what pulls it up (this holiday will be make or break), but Europe's decline is incredibly disappointing (though likely not entirely attributable to the game itself, the EU Wii software market is fast collapsing in general).  Japan's mildly disappointing, but even then it's still the best selling Metroid there since Fusion eight years ago.

Always. <3

The game's flawed, but it's gotten way more negative press than it deserves.  I think that's stunted it upfront comparably, though Europe's collapse is probably an issue that can't be overcome.  Most Europeans who'd want to play a game like Other M at this point are pirating all their Wii games. :/

There are other games that are doing better than Other M in Europe, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart Wii, Just Dance. The piracy issue is getting blown out of proportions.

Other M's sales failure is due to the game, not the audience.

That's a good spreadsheet there, Rhonin the wizard.

Maybe it needs a price cut and the holiday boost to help it now?

If a game needs a price cut after two freaking weeks...

Hey LBP1 got a massive price cut 2 weeks after it came out in UK

and voila that led to legs, great word of mouth for a few weeks and sell outs and then its price was increased

Thanks. I have others, for hardware and software. And I'm making ones for 2009 vs 2008.

I just did a quick check, so far this year 25,719,004 Wii games have been sold, while between Week Ending 03rd Jan 2009 and Week Ending 12th Sep 2009 26,369,995 Wii games were sold. The difference is 650,991 units. Not something I would call "fast collapsing".

Those are games with mainstream crossover appeal... Other M isn't.  That's why they've yet maintained high sales... you can expect Wii Party and DKCR to follow that trend.

The problem is that Wii's become so devalued among the "hardcore" base, and it's so easy to pirate (unlike PS3) with no fear of retribution (unlike 360/XBL) that they simply pirate whatever they want.  Same story as with DS and PSP, who've also collapsed in Europe (though DS piracy has started seeping into the mainstream too)... the EU piracy problem isn't overblown, in fact it's too rarely brought up.  It's like PS1 all over again.