I don't want to dig up the threads. I think it's best we leave them be in this instance.

There are actually the same words just in different order

Interesting observation/idea.

I don't think NSMB U is eating into 3DW sales, I just think Japan (like the rest of the world) are just more fond of 2D Marios. Despite the (much) higher production values, freshness, and love given to 3D Marios 2D always trumps it.

Vita TV looks like a bomb. Wii U near 30k is surprising to see.

The PSP version of this game sold ~17k FW.  Criminal Girls Invitation is a remake of that title with a couple of new characters and a bit of new content added.

I have to wonder what the hell your expectations were for it.  Selling more than the title its a remake of (with digital) isn't exactly a flop.  It's not a roaring success, either but still.  If "selling the same as the previous title" = massive flop, then we should be calling Mirai 2 a massive flop as well.

And besides, there's better things to be analyzing this week than this (if anything I'd be looking at why Dynasty Warriors massively under-performed on Vita; not Criminal Girls).

Sooooooooo 3D world has given the Wii U a pretty sizable bump. I think they were only selling 16k per week before it came out and now they are at 28k and the number 1 selling console. These US numbers should be really interesting between Black Friday and SM3DW, I would'nt be shocked if the Wii U moved 200k last week in the US.

How is LR still above 3D World?

Edit: Wii U HW did quite well this week though.

Why would it not be?

Because one is a console FF, where you expect 90% FW drops (and not to mention it's from the seemingly loathed FF13 series), and the other is a Mario game.

I don't know, looking at how FFXIII, FFXIII-2, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 performed, and considering the FW's of 3DWorld and LR I believe LR > 3DWorld was to be expected.

You're right, most of them are very front loaded and a drop in the range of 85% is always expected. However, I reckon that after the bad reception FFXIII got, people reacted differently to FFXIII-2, and I guess the same applies to LR. According to VGC, the first one had a 1.4 FW, and sold 179k the second week, a 87% drop; FFXIII-2 on the other hand, 538k FW, then sold 119k on the second week, a 79% drop.

I reckon you can still get one. I do expect Sony to release it on Europe and NA.

I wonder, where did the PSPGo were first released?

I guess you are right, expecting 3D World to outsell LR, but it will take some time. More than just one week.