Mario & Sonic Sells 5 Million SALES(not shipment)! VG undertracked?

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The Ghost of RubangB on 05 March 2008

Damn, you seem really pissed off by this game's success. I heard it was fun.

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konnichiwa on 05 March 2008

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I don't really care. I trust Ioi enough that he will sort it out over time.

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izaaz101 on 05 March 2008

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still, I think this means M&S is undertracked. There is no way 1 million are sitting on the shelves.

You don't think 500K for each console is possible? It seems like a reasonable amount for a popular game after ~ 4 months.

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bigjon on 05 March 2008

izaaz101 said:

bigjon said:
still, I think this means M&S is undertracked. There is no way 1 million are sitting on the shelves.

You don't think 500K for each console is possible? It seems like a reasonable amount for a popular game after ~ 4 months.

Yea, I was thinking 1 million for 1 game. 500k is pretty high(M&S has been supply constained alot in Uk and other places), but definitly possible.

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Erik Aston on 06 March 2008

Well... 800K "on shelves." VGC has the total at 4.2M, not 4M.

And could some of that 800K be "sold" but "in transit"?

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loadedstatement on 06 March 2008

BengaBenga said:

loadedstatement said:

BengaBenga said:

loadedstatement said:
Its shipped, not sold to consumers.

FAIL

Was the FAIL statement really necessary?

You do that a lot. This guy is fairly new and pointing him to his mistake should be enough.

I do that a lot? I'd like to think I'm pretty nice around here. If he/she gets offended over the word "FAIL" then that really is not my fault. I was not lashing out at him. And I certainly know it isnt his fault. Im sorry you took offense, Benga. And OP, Im sorry if you took offense, as well.

It was more meant as a general statement, and I was a bit irritated when I wrote it, wasn't meant that harsh, sorry. Still I feel that a little more patience with newbies wouldn't do any harm. I agree that people should try to avoid duplicate threads and definitely learn the difference between shipped and sold asap (more experienced members make this mistake also btw).

In my defense, I did not realize OP was a newbie. And also, VGChartz shoudl really get a Search function for these forums. It would help with the duplicate threads =P

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