I remember similar posts about MySims when it only sold 46,000 units in its first week in North America and has since broken 1 Million units worldwide (and sold 17,000 units worldwide last week) ...

first of all boom blox was selling only for 4 days during its launch week and if you consider that it's 2nd week for mario kart and 9 for brawl 25k for boom blox isn't that bad after all.

It may be off to a bad start, but Boom Blox probably would have performed WORSE on the PS3 and 360.

It's a shame, too. The game is actually rather fun. Any game that gets me talking to it has got that special something.(I caught myself saying "No no no no ARGGG" several times while playing it)

Let's watch the legs for a few weeks. As others have pointed out, a few 3rd-party Wii games started slow, and went platinum.

The sell curve for Wii games is often very different. It is slow and constant. They are the tortoise to the hare of games on other systems.

And if you were not following the games release schedule, I don't recall seeing any big advertisement campaigns that would make the casual gamer run out and get this title. (Many hardcore gamers here decided pre-release not to get it because EA took out the head tracking Easter Egg).

Finally, it might just be a bit overpriced for the market niche. At $40, it could be more of an impulse buy than $50.

Mike from Morgantown

Wait and see the amazing legs for this game...

It is priced to high for a puzzle game, when it comes down to $30, I will get it.
I hope it has legs.

Did EA do any television commercials for Boom Blox? I know No more heroes and Zack and Wiki did not have advertising and were sent to die a quick death at retail. I hope EA did not do the same thing. If they did then it's their failure and it shows just how much faith that they had in the product, None.

@Neos

LOL thats a different matter

AC was crap...VERY crap....I brought it over COD 4...I still regret that decision big time!

BTW

didn't Pokemon Blue/Red do 25K in JAP in its first week

ZOMG the Magic number!