And that stops it being done because...? Many shops do it - the two largest in the UK do. But granted, that's UK. I've no idea what Japan and the US do.

There's the key. Store bundles are a lot different from manufacturer bundles. SHOPS do it. That doesn't affect game sales much at all, especially in a country with relatively low sales overall.

Incredible game.

Very simply: It is one of the best games in this gen.

>_

^actually, MKW is infinitely superior to DD. online, more varied tracks, way better multiplayer.

only thing that sucks in MKW is the battle mode.

I proffer it to double dash, It's definatly a progression. It's also the most accessible game out there which assures it's long term legs.

Wait, you are saying bundles that the two biggest high street game stores do are insignificant....? How'd you figure that out?

Not so much that they're insignificant, but that they don't support your point, and for three reasons. One, because they're OPTIONAL bundles. You aren't required to buy them, so unless it's an INCREDIBLE bundle (see: free game), there won't be THAT many jumping on it.

Two, because they're OPTIONAL. People that DO buy those bundles are doing it because they want the game. Any store that does a bundle like this isn't doing it to move the game units. They're doing it to move the SYSTEM units, and it's usually not the only bundle they're doing anyways. They know that luring people in with a game like MKWii will motivate them to buy their system instead of the competitor's, and even so, it's almost never the only bundle they're offering, so people still have to make a decision on which game to get. The fact that they're walking out with MKWii still supports it being a good game.

And three, because, ultimately, the UK only accounts for about 20% of Others region sales, give or take depending on the week. That means approximately 1.9m of the game's nearly 22 million sales. Since it's an optional bundle that hasn't been around the entire time, we'll say it counts for a very generous ~25% of those stores' sales (particularly since there were so many Wii owners before the game came out that obviously DIDN'T buy via bundle). You say those stores are the "biggest street game stores", so I'll give those two stores the benefit of the doubt with a really good marketshare and say they take about 90% of the nation's total videogame sales. That'd mean they sold about 1.72 of the total MKWii sales in the UK, so the bundle's 25% then would count for 432,450 units.

Which is insignificant in the end, in comparison to the overall game sales.

The game sold 13,010,000 in year one
7,600,000 in year two
And as of last week's Update it's at 1,030,000 for this year.

More than a million sold on its third year on the market... just insane (and we're not even half way done)!