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Naum on 01 July 2008
psrock said:
seriously, you guys should already be used to see these wii numbers, it happens each time they ship enough consoles. There's nothing unbelievable about it anymore.. It's the norm really.

Not in Europe, there are always Wii's in stock over here.

 



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smbu2000 on 01 July 2008
DMeisterJ said:
Zucas said:
Shouldn't be surprising. With the huge success of DS in E/O, Wii obviously will follow. But to hear anyone say ninty fans can't celebrate this increase in sales when PS3 fans acted like dictators during MGS4 week. No cram and let them say what the want. Seriously the people on this forum have freedom of speech issues.

As for the sales Wii and DS prove what large brand appeal does: it generates monstorous sales at any chance there is for increased marketing. AKA SSBB release. PS3 however proves that once a brand gets that high, that it's hard to knock off, as it and in a way PSP, are still living off that brand that the PS1 and PS2 built.

As for SSBB sales, 400k(the estimate right now) is pretty good. I mean later release didn't help it and 2 days of release obviously isn't going to yield monstorous sales like it did in the other regions where it had a full week out. I mean MGS4 was out for 3 days and was just under 500k to give an example. I don't think people should be that disappointed.

As for Italy and Spain, there is a confliction of brands. Both the Playstation and Nintendo brand are huge. However I'm going to have to go with the brand that is still increasing in appeal, that being the Nintendo brand. While it can only go up, on the opposite the Playstion one can only go down, which it has. Not to mention Wii Fit seems to be pretty big in those respective areas. However you really never know down the line as brand appeal changes all the time.

I understand you're using 2 days as a gauge with the rest of the world, but games launch in Japan on fridays, and the week is over on Sunday, and SSBB sold 850k in Japan in it's launch week in those few days.

 

Ummm...games ALWAYS launch here in Japan on Thursdays. I always get my launch day games on Thursdays, whether I buy them at the store or order them online it's always Thursday.

 




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Tbone on 01 July 2008

Huge hw for wii, sw kinda expected more for ssbb, ps3 and 360 regular sales.



 

Bitmap Frogs on 01 July 2008
Bodhesatva said:

Again, no question that the Wii is dominant, but the PS3 has carved out its own space too.

It's mostly because of the insane brandpower sony carries in europe.

 





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ZenfoldorVGI on 01 July 2008
pichu_pichu said:
brute said:
i wonder if SSBB,will have a big drop off in the second week

I hope not. it had 400k, I think that's a low first week, compare to other regions.

 

Alright, that's it. What other games are you talking about. Spill em. Let's hear it. What games in Others make Brawl's launch look like crap, lets hear it.

 

Others:

Super Mario Galaxy week 1: 129k

Wii Fit Week 1: 600k

Mario Kart Wii Week 1: 550k

MGS4 Week 1: 469k

Brawl Week 1: 400k

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue week 1: 384k

Twilight Princess week 1: 236k

 

Mario Kart is a racing game and is bigger than Brawl in Others.

It also nearly matched its first week numbers in week 2.

MGS4 didn't even come close though.

We're getting reports that Brawl is sold out in this very thread, in some places in europe.

 

I defy anyone to tel me these numbers are much lower than expected, or much lower than "most games."

 

I literally cannot believe that no one but me has busted everyone out on this whole site that has even mentioned it. It is literally the most insubstantial and poorly calculated misconception ever formed into an argument. How long have people been watching these numbers?

 

Is there anyone who can give me a good reason why I shouldn't be upset about this faux and rediculious expectation that people had for week 1 others sales of freakin' Smash Brothers Brawl?

Do you simply not know that these numbers are about right?

Did you expect somehow that things would change just for this game, when they haven't for any other game?

 

A. Others means legs, determined by userbase. PS3 has a relatively small userbase and MGS4 is a rather hardcore game. It's an exception, not a rule. Brawl will have better legs.

B. Others, historically loves racing games, Brawl not so much. Expect sales of racing games(Kart Wii) to surpass sales of non-racing games(Brawl).

 

I'm sorry if this post seems hostile, but there is just no way that this information can reach all of the people who pretend like these numbers are some kind of bad thing for Nintendo.

In fact, it seems like most of this site really does know very little about videogame sales, in general, from reading most of your posts regarding this.

It's like group think got you to believing these sales were bad.

This is a foeboy talking point, backed up by a few Wii owners who don't really follow launch numbers in others very much, apparently.

Why!?

Why!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

 

WTF, WHY!!!!!!!!!!?



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BengaBenga on 01 July 2008
obieslut said:
Darth is no going to like you stealing his thread lol

 

Darth said he wouldn't be on for a couple of weeks, so I don't think he'll mind. What will happen when he's back is totally different story though... 



kirby007 on 01 July 2008
BengaBenga said:
obieslut said:
Darth is no going to like you stealing his thread lol

 

Darth said he wouldn't be on for a couple of weeks, so I don't think he'll mind. What will happen when he's back is totally different story though... 

 

 buhahaha I'm curious what will happen then ^^



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smbu2000 on 01 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
pichu_pichu said:
brute said:
i wonder if SSBB,will have a big drop off in the second week

I hope not. it had 400k, I think that's a low first week, compare to other regions.

 

Alright, that's it. What other games are you talking about. Spill em. Let's hear it. What games in Others make Brawl's launch look like crap, lets hear it.

 

Others:

Super Mario Galaxy week 1: 129k

Wii Fit Week 1: 600k

Mario Kart Wii Week 1: 550k

MGS4 Week 1: 469k

Brawl Week 1: 400k

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue week 1: 384k

Twilight Princess week 1: 236k

 

Mario Kart is a racing game and is bigger than Brawl in Others.

It also nearly matched its first week numbers in week 2.

MGS4 didn't even come close though.

We're getting reports that Brawl is sold out in this very thread, in some places in europe.

 

I defy anyone to tel me these numbers are much lower than expected, or much lower than "most games."

 

I literally cannot believe that no one but me has busted everyone out on this whole site that has even mentioned it. It is literally the most insubstantial and poorly calculated misconception ever formed into an argument. How long have people been watching these numbers?

 

Is there anyone who can give me a good reason why I shouldn't be upset about this faux and rediculious expectation that people had for week 1 others sales of freakin' Smash Brothers Brawl?

Do you simply not know that these numbers are about right?

Did you expect somehow that things would change just for this game, when they haven't for any other game?

 

A. Others means legs, determined by userbase. PS3 has a relatively small userbase and MGS4 is a rather hardcore game. It's an exception, not a rule. Brawl will have better legs.

B. Others, historically loves racing games, Brawl not so much. Expect sales of racing games(Kart Wii) to surpass sales of non-racing games(Brawl).

 

I'm sorry if this post seems hostile, but there is just no way that this information can reach all of the people who pretend like these numbers are some kind of bad thing for Nintendo.

In fact, it seems like most of this site really does know very little about videogame sales, in general, from reading most of your posts regarding this.

It's like group think got you to believing these sales were bad.

This is a foeboy talking point, backed up by a few Wii owners who don't really follow launch numbers in others very much, apparently.

Why!?

Why!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

 

WTF, WHY!!!!!!!!!!?

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

Everyone needs to read this. Post of the thread right here!

 

 




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kirby007 on 01 July 2008

ROFL brawl sold out? not really, the store i visited had about 50 copies, 2 doors further store had about 100 copies

still left? about 7 and approx 10
so it is selling great, but sold out no



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DMeisterJ on 01 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
pichu_pichu said:
brute said:
i wonder if SSBB,will have a big drop off in the second week

I hope not. it had 400k, I think that's a low first week, compare to other regions.

 

Alright, that's it. What other games are you talking about. Spill em. Let's hear it. What games in Others make Brawl's launch look like crap, lets hear it.

 

Others:

Super Mario Galaxy week 1: 129k

Wii Fit Week 1: 600k

Mario Kart Wii Week 1: 550k

MGS4 Week 1: 469k

Brawl Week 1: 400k

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue week 1: 384k

Twilight Princess week 1: 236k

 

Mario Kart is a racing game and is bigger than Brawl in Others.

It also nearly matched its first week numbers in week 2.

MGS4 didn't even come close though.

We're getting reports that Brawl is sold out in this very thread, in some places in europe.

 

I defy anyone to tel me these numbers are much lower than expected, or much lower than "most games."

 

I literally cannot believe that no one but me has busted everyone out on this whole site that has even mentioned it. It is literally the most insubstantial and poorly calculated misconception ever formed into an argument. How long have people been watching these numbers?

 

Is there anyone who can give me a good reason why I shouldn't be upset about this faux and rediculious expectation that people had for week 1 others sales of freakin' Smash Brothers Brawl?

Do you simply not know that these numbers are about right?

Did you expect somehow that things would change just for this game, when they haven't for any other game?

 

A. Others means legs, determined by userbase. PS3 has a relatively small userbase and MGS4 is a rather hardcore game. It's an exception, not a rule. Brawl will have better legs.

B. Others, historically loves racing games, Brawl not so much. Expect sales of racing games(Kart Wii) to surpass sales of non-racing games(Brawl).

 

I'm sorry if this post seems hostile, but there is just no way that this information can reach all of the people who pretend like these numbers are some kind of bad thing for Nintendo.

In fact, it seems like most of this site really does know very little about videogame sales, in general, from reading most of your posts regarding this.

It's like group think got you to believing these sales were bad.

This is a foeboy talking point, backed up by a few Wii owners who don't really follow launch numbers in others very much, apparently.

Why!?

Why!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

 

WTF, WHY!!!!!!!!!!?

I like it when Zen posts.

Get ready to defy me:  The SSBB numbers are lower than expected.