Can Brawl open with 1.3 million in Europe?

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GlingGling on 19 March 2008

Right now the difference for opening week between SSB:Brawl and Halo 3 is roughly 1.3 million copies. Is it possible for brawl to reach this in opening week in Europe?

I think it would be impressive, but I'm not convinced it can. They certainly have plenty of time to think of a strategy.

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MANUELF on 19 March 2008

Almost impossible, Europe is the land of legs not big first week.

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StarcraftManiac on 19 March 2008

Nope... Melee did like 1.1 million lifetime in EU.

So, no! Although Brawl will do WAY better then Melee... Userbase!

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Sqrl on 19 March 2008

I would seriously crap my pants if it managed to do that.....

...then proceed to cry because I would have ruined my favorite computer chair ever =/

Seriously though, its not gonna happen, and it doesn't need to either. The game is a huge success by any reasonable standard. Halo 3 launch numbers are not a reasonable standard to expect from any game.

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NintendoMan on 19 March 2008

i think it will sell minimum of 2 million copies in europe, but launch will be something like 800k-900k.

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damkira on 19 March 2008

Nah.. it won't happen but don't forget that Brawl is a much better game and is likely to double lifetime Halo 3 sales, which is much more important.

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famousringo on 19 March 2008

Nope. Halo gets to keep the "Week 1 Crown" for a while yet.

Hm. The only game I can think of that might now challenge Halo 3 for hype and week 1 mania is GT5.

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