And Nintendo fans aren't?  

You are right. Nintendo fanboys don't talk about Wii's success. I enjoy N-boys special - "PS3 is now totally dead" posts though...

It seems there's too much of an habit these days of quoting people without realizing what they're talking about. Either that or ignoring it, which is even worse.

Do you know the difference between "talking about Wii's success" and (and I quote) "posting really every piece of positive news on the internet"?

PS: When you see a sarcastic post like yours I immediately look out for such mistakes/sleazy moves.

Please. N-boys don't enjoy Wii. They prefer bitching about gloomy PS3's future. Right now we have 3 Hot Topics about upcoming doom. Personally I prefer looking for positives...

- Ignore...

It should be interesting ...

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Mario Party	Nintendo	0.88	1.24	0.58	2.70
	Mario Party 2	Nintendo	1.08	1.27	0.15	2.50
	Mario Party 4	Nintendo	0.92	1.13	0.39	2.44
	Mario Party 5	Nintendo	0.73	0.96	0.36	2.05
	Mario Party 3	Nintendo	1.02	0.72	0.17	1.91
	Mario Party 6	Nintendo	0.60	0.85	0.11	1.56
	Mario Party 7	Nintendo	0.47	0.87	0.11	1.45
Totals (7 matches)	5.7	7.0	1.9	14.6

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Everybodys Golf 3	Sony	1.39	0.94	0.29	2.62
	Everybodys Golf	Sony	2.13	0.27	0.19	2.59
	Everybodys Golf 2	Sony	1.49	0.19	0.13	1.81
	Everybodys Golf 4	Sony	1.34	0.28	0.12	1.74
	Everybodys Golf Portable	Sony	0.60	0.27	0.30	1.17
Totals (5 matches)	7.0	2.0	1.0	9.9

Both series have fairly similar sales records with Everybody's golf being more popular in Japan while Mario Party is more popular in North America. Currently, Mario party 8 has sold (roughly) 700,000 units in North America and is still chugging along and may (eventually) be one of the highest selling Mario Party games ever.

Everybody's Golf should outsell Mario Party in Japan but I expect the 3:1 Userbase advantage and 7:1 Weekly sales advantage of the Wii gives Mario Party the advantage it needs to win by a wide margin.

 Good luck with that. MP8 is aimed directly at the audience the Wii is partially intended for. Casuals and some hardcores by the game because it is fun to play with other people. No one cas dispute that, and the Japanese people will not be driven away by bad review scores.

HappySqurriel said: It should be interesting ... Name Console Publisher Japan America Others Total Mario Party Nintendo 0.88 1.24 0.58 2.70 Mario Party 2 Nintendo 1.08 1.27 0.15 2.50 Mario Party 4 Nintendo 0.92 1.13 0.39 2.44 Mario Party 5 Nintendo 0.73 0.96 0.36 2.05 Mario Party 3 Nintendo 1.02 0.72 0.17 1.91 Mario Party 6 Nintendo 0.60 0.85 0.11 1.56 Mario Party 7 Nintendo 0.47 0.87 0.11 1.45 Totals (7 matches) 5.7 7.0 1.9 14.6 Name Console Publisher Japan America Others Total Everybodys Golf 3 Sony 1.39 0.94 0.29 2.62 Everybodys Golf Sony 2.13 0.27 0.19 2.59 Everybodys Golf 2 Sony 1.49 0.19 0.13 1.81 Everybodys Golf 4 Sony 1.34 0.28 0.12 1.74 Everybodys Golf Portable Sony 0.60 0.27 0.30 1.17 Totals (5 matches) 7.0 2.0 1.0 9.9 Both series have fairly similar sales records with Everybody's golf being more popular in Japan while Mario Party is more popular in North America. Currently, Mario party 8 has sold (roughly) 700,000 units in North America and is still chugging along and may (eventually) be one of the highest selling Mario Party games ever. Everybody's Golf should outsell Mario Party in Japan but I expect the 3:1 Userbase advantage and 7:1 Weekly sales advantage of the Wii gives Mario Party the advantage it needs to win by a wide margin.

Yea if everything was equal HGS would have a slight advantage but Wii is the hot system with 3x the userbase, and the wiimote is probably getting people excited about a game like mario party.

What? 500k? Most Mario party games barely average around 800k in Japan. 500k sounds excessive as all hell man. Like WAY excessive when you look at the first week sales in Japan of the older MP games, they have been going down not up. I wonder if retailers are jumping the gun because Wii sells so much, or if their high retail orders are because they have seen a massive spike in preorders for the game. This will be interesting. If HSG cant take #1 for the week all hell is going to break loose. Many a conclusion will be jumped to.

No, it sells well becuase of Mario. At least, thats my guess.