HappySqurriel said:
Erik Aston said:
If this game can do 150-200,000 in Japan, it should get to 1million WW.
I also think Rayman Raving Rabbids can pull 1 million WW, considering price cuts and sequels will push it over the long term as happens with many launch titles... It sold 90,000 in NA in January, putting it over 300,000 for the territory, and I'm pretty sure its still selling well in Europe too... Its easily outperforming Monkey Ball from the GC launch, anyways, and that game sold over 1 million...
If Wii could indeed produce 2 different third party million sellers fairly quickly, that would be incredible news for the console...
Unfortunately Rayman bombed in Japan (
http://www.vgcharts.org/japgamewk.php?name=Rayman%20Raving%20Rabbids ) so it will have a great deal of difficulty breaking 1 Million ... That's not to say it won't happen (it has probably sold ~400K in both North America and Europe) but it won't be easy ...
When the site had American game comparisons up, I compared Rayman Raving Rabbids to Super Monkey Ball from GC launch, and it was easily outperforming it. With Wii selling 300k and 400k a month in America each month, instead of GC which dropped under 100k right after launch, I think Rayman should reach 1 million.
Its main competition is probably WarioWare.
RRR is also on pace to easily be the best-selling Rayman title ever in America.
As for Red Steel... The bad reviews and WOM might kill that one... Rayman is showing better legs than RS right now... But in the long term, it might make it...
Sonic might beat them both there though, since it should do okay in all three major territories.
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