Have people that bring up Carnival Games actually played it?

I rented it when visiting a friend one weekend and we had a lot of fun competing for hours on end.  I prolly wouldn't buy it, but it was def fun for a weekend of competition

Really? I didn't think this game has much hype at all really. It seems to have less hype than Zack and Wiki (and even less press). If people think Valkyria Chronicles has hype, then I guess Im doing my job. 

And secondly, the game isn't released!

Word of mouth is a powerful thing. There are many Wii games shunned by the gaming community, even in certain Wii message boards (eg. the one in GameFAQs), but they still reached 1 mill worldwide.

If anything those so called "gaming communities" should have a demographic change. If something really went over 1 mill, they should at least give credit for the good aspects.

Are you serious? People have been claiming that this game is going to raise PS3 sales by a notable margin. A niche title from Sega.

Then again, people said the same thing about Yakuza 3. 

I blame the huge casual base of the Wii ... unfortunatly because of them some games that would deserve to bomb sell over 500k or even more :(

First for every unhyped Wii game that is a million seller there are a couple ones that do not sell anything. The number of third-party million sellers is fairly comparable to PS3 and lower than 360 and its very dominated by party games.

In the end the Wii just has the biggest userbase by far. (Besides Wii games are a fair bit cheaper)

What games are you talking about on there? If you say all the Nintendo 1st party games are almost guaranteed, remove Mario/Sonic b/c it's Sega but still Mario, and the 2 Resident Evil games and Guitar Hero which are no-brainer sellers, it leaves you with like 4 games.

Carnival Games, Red Steel, Rayman x2, and Lego Star Wars.

Carnival Games is random, and has been covered above.

Red Stell was the only real shooter, and early adopters wanted to try a shooter on the console. Rayman was early mini game - sequel sells on name alone. Lego Star Wars has sold every platform, so why not here?

And then you have the Sims, which has sold forever too.

I don't see what's so random about the million sellers here.

I think people underestimate the buying power of 'Social Gamers' ...

One of the first groups of people who bought into the Wii are gamers who play console games primarily with other people; many of these gamers will have a large library of games bought mainly because of how much fun they're to play in a multiplayer environment. A game like Carnival Games or Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 may not be all that special, but these gamers may buy these games because they're looking to have a lot of variety to keep the experience fun ...

I thought every Wii game was expected to sell one million copies minimum.