Poll of the day: why is Nintendo ignored?

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TheBigFatJ on 30 June 2008

We have a VGChartz poll of the 'day', which has admittedly been around for a while. It asks, "Which of these will be the top seller of 2008 world wide?"

Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)	1,392	11.21%
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox360)	3,045	24.52%
Mario Kart Wii (Wii)	869	7.00%
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)	3,247	26.15%
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)	1,732	13.95%
Wii Fit (Wii)	2,133	17.18%

Let's look at the current numbers for the leaders:

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Mario+Kart+Wii+-+Wii&reg2=All&game2=Super+Smash+Bros+Brawl+-+Wii&reg3=All&game3=Grand+Theft+Auto+IV+-+X360&weeks=28

Mario Kart is currently the leader and will take the year easily. However, more people are voting for GTA 4 PS3. Is that some kind of sick joke? Is the VGChartz community crazy?

Look at MGS 4 -- a game with virtually no chance of that title is listed with the highest percentage. It's going to be dead last, and shouldn't even be on that list.

It seems to me like Sony is getting undue credit and Nintendo is getting completely ignored. Nintendo is virtually assured to have the top title world wide in 2008, and possibly the top 3 titles world wide. The title that will likely win has the lowest vote total by far.

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And Brawl just sold about 400K in its European launch, so it might pass MKWii for a couple weeks, but definitely be way ahead of GTA4.

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fazz on 30 June 2008

TheBigFatJ said:

Is the VGChartz community crazy?

Well... what's your guess?

Unforunately, I can't say we did it for the lulz. I voted for Brawlz.

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Theyre not voting for what they THINK/KNOW is gonna win. Theyre voting for what they LIKE/WANT to win.

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MANUELF on 30 June 2008

Sony fans vote a lot of time like the hits from some games like Uncharted or MGS4.

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MGS4 at this rate will not be the best selling of 2008
idk why its has the most amount of votes

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Valkyria00 said:

Theyre not voting for what they THINK/KNOW is gonna win. Theyre voting for what they LIKE/WANT to win.

Eh? That's not the question -- the question is which will be the top seller.

MGS4 at this rate will not be the best selling of 2008
idk why its has the most amount of votes

It never had a chance against those other games. Anyone who even bothered to look at the historical sales would have known that MGS 4 would never, ever have a chance of being the best selling game of 2008. It won't even end with 1/2 of the sales of the best selling game.

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Theyre not voting for what they THINK/KNOW is gonna win. Theyre voting for what they LIKE/WANT to win.

You're right on the money! I admit, I voted for mgs4 even though I realize that some nintendo game would most likely win!

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The Ghost of RubangB on 30 June 2008

Who in their right mind thought any MGS game could outsell any GTA game?

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