I'll post these again:
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. - First day sales (480,000) - First week (865,024).
[Wii] New Super Mario Bros. Wii - First day sales (420,000) - First week (936,734).
Why do people think it's doing bad for a Mario game when this proves otherwise.
pezus said:
I never called doom though, but anyone saying this matches the other games is in denial. I said the sales were fine, but nowhere near great or amazing for mario. |
*I meant gloom.
430m is okay considering day 2 was probably a little lower than day one for the 450m figures posted earlier. Also, the DD sales will be considerable, and so if you're only looking at retail numbers it is amazing but still a tad lower than usual, however when including full sales numbers (which we will have shortly) I believe our minds will be blown.
pezus said:
Well I am not a believer |
Okay, but remind me when the time comes :)
| pezus said: It is kind of ironic to see everyone here going on and on about digital sales but when they are mentioned for Vita's games they are brushed aside as irrelevant and too small to matter. Digital sales for a handheld (especially the first digital game...) are not going to be huge. Quote me |
I don't think it's ironic at all. It's pretty much a given that Vita digital sales will be negligible. A 2D Mario game released in tandem with an extremely popular hardware revision is another matter entirely. Seriously, that's not a good equivalency argument at all...
I'd expect you to be pessimistic though...
Great sales. A bit lower than the DS & Wii installments, but should still sell amazingly. Will still be a 20m sellerat least and may even surpass the DS & Wii installments with legs.
| pezus said: Well I am not a believer |
We all knew that Pezus. 
pezus said:
It is? I'd be inclined to think that Vita's userbase is much more digitalized than the 3DS's. Nintendo are not known for digital distribution after all and Mario is a title that appeals to casuals (as well as hardcore gamers) which lessens the likelihood of good digital sales even more. Tell me again why this is not good? We are of course talking about relative numbers here, if you didn't get that already. There has to be someone to counter all the over-expectations. |
@bold. True, and it's appreciated. but when the facts come back, hopefully you'll be able to fine-tune your "devil's advocate" persona ;)
So, I bookmarked this. When the Digital numbers come in, would you consider 200k for FW (2days) to be considerable as compared to Vita FW digital download figures? If so, how could we tell the Vita DD numbers, are they publicly released?
| pezus said: It is? I'd be inclined to think that Vita's userbase is much more digitalized than the 3DS's. Nintendo are not known for digital distribution after all and Mario is a title that appeals to casuals (as well as hardcore gamers) which lessens the likelihood of good digital sales even more. Tell me again why this is not good? We are of course talking about relative numbers here, if you didn't get that already. There has to be someone to counter all the over-expectations. |
Depending on what you and others mean by "casual" -- I believe it is actually the "core" console gamers who are against digital distribution. Here on VGChartz and in gaming forums all over the net, I see people saying they want to keep buying physical products. Meanwhile, "casual" gamers are already very accustomed to buying digital games on the iTunes App Store (though this may not be the case in Japan as much as it is in the West).
In other words, given a choice to buy games physically or digitally, I believe "casual" gamers are more likely to buy digitally than "core" gamers. Nintendo also pushed digital very hard in their marketing, offering double the Club Nintendo coins for buying digitally. We'll see whether that pays off for them.
You are right about the last bit, though. Someone has to be pessimistic enough to keep our expectations in check.
pezus said:
200k would be amazing, but there's no way it was that much really. Vita DD numbers are not publicly released but I believe there's a thread somewhere on this site where users estimate digital sales based on player ratings in the PSN store. |
Okay! :3 It makes is so much easier when an unbeliever gives a standard against which the faith must prove itself. Let's follow this, I live to serve all believers :) and unbelievers :D
i really dont' expect many digital sales out of Japan, the west should have more though
currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X
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