There may be a definition for a AAA game, but I haven't researched it. I feel that any game with a lot of polish, gameplay, good graphics, and sound should be considered amongst the best. Gears of War came out in 2006. It's still a AAA game. Zelda TP, too. Okami is up there with those games. Just because it didn't sell does not diminish the quality of the game. It's very well made. I missed the PS2 version. I'm sorry I did. Like I said before, if you have a PS3 or a Wii, Okami is (in my honest opinion) a must play.

But, but the Wii print's Yen right?

Okami will sell 500k there alone XD.
I kid

I don't understand why this game doesn't sell as fast as a Zelda aside from name sake... oh well.

If feels similar to Ocarina of time to me, wierd.

anybody know how much Okami sold for PS2 in America on its first week? It would be interesting to see how they compare.

Pretty impressive with the launch week, given its a port of a 2 year old game. Here's hoping for strong legs

I think I know it. It just is hard to identify yourself with the protagonist and the story. both are never transported by description, trailers etc.
Unless you read a review or wikipedia entry you are never shown who the hero is, who the enemy is, what the situation is.
You do not even know how you play the game because they seldom show a fight, weapons etc. Mostly images and trailers have a wolf running around in a beautiful but strange environment. And this puts people off. I wouldn't buy it from trailers or gameplay videos either although everybody says its an awesome game. Perhaps I should get it (PS2 version) to see but if it wasn't one of the best reviewed games ever I wouldn't even think about it.

That's a better openning than I expected. If this has any kind of (typical) Wii legs it should easily beat the PS2s 270k.

Hopefully when Wii owners come into stores looking for another Zelda-like game the store reps will refer them to Okami. That would give it nice steady legs for a long time. I expect this to slowly drop to about 8-10k/week and hold there for a long time.

good launch sales could sell 1 million lifetime sales who knows maby we could see an okami sequel

Kyros said: Not bad sales for a PS2 port. On the other hand people have to stop calling this a AAA title. It was one ... 2006.

So fun is like some radioactive isotope that decays over time?

That reminds me, I need to get some Wii points and pick up River City Ransom.

 But seriously, what do you mean about "time just marches on?" I can only think of one adventure game that's come out in the last two years which is in Okami's league. Okay, maybe three if we include Uncharted and Metroid Prime 3. But I don't think any of these titles put Okami to shame and I don't see any on the horizon which I expect will.

Capcom should try ADVERTISING IT!!!!

To be honest yes it is. Times change. For movies, songs and video games. More for some (I cannot play PS1 3D games amymore its pretty awful) Less for others (I still play Commander Keen once in a while.)

But that was not what I meant. 120m PS2 owners already had the chance to buy it. So re-releasing it pretty much unchanged on the next generation of consoles just doesn't have the same Wow factor than the first time. It was a AAA game, Now its a classic.