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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii Sport Resort already breaks 5 millions

megaman79 on 19 October 2009

It serves as a lesson to Sony and Microsoft. They NEED a casual line up of games because they simply won't sell 20 million controllers without it.



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DSLover on 19 October 2009

Good job WSR.



 

 

Pineapple on 19 October 2009

I think you're underestimating it.

Look at Wii Sports Resort's start in comparison to Mario Kart Wii; it's nearly selling as much as Mario Kart Wii did. And that's in a time of lower Wii sales.

I would say it has a chance of selling close to Mario Kart Wii levels, and MKWii should end in the 30-40 million range.

As for WSR's sales by march:

It's selling ~ 200K pr week now. That's what MKWii entered with last year, and it sold 4.8 million from here on and in last year. Wii Sports Resort should be at ~ 9.5 million by the end of the year. Then 2 million for the first quarter sounds correct (150K/week).

11-12 million seems fair.



Pyro as Bill on 19 October 2009

20 million is a certainty. How fast it will get there is the question. Being bundled in the UK will be a big help and if the bundle goes WW it would obviously be huge. I think Nintendo would bundle WSR WW if SonyMo or Natal gathers momentum.

I think WSR will beat Wii Fit eventually because Wii Fit+ will eat up future Wii Fit sales. Mario Kart is going to go on forever with little chance of a sequel this gen. I think WSR is more likely to get a sequel after 20m sales than MK so that could stop it. My money is on Nintendo bundling everywhere eventually (new wiimote?) giving it the No.2 spot.



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Carl on 19 October 2009

Already?

Impressive.



                            

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Lucas-Rio on 17 November 2009

One month later, WSR has passed 6 millions. The sales are likely to increase in the next weeks and the game could add more than 2,5 millions of copies before the end of the year.

PineApple, 30-40 millions is out of range I think, it's too much. Except if Nintendo stars to bundle the game with the Wii.

It's the possibility, of course, because Nintendo will try to maintain its domination on the motion controllers.



Demotruk on 17 November 2009

If you look at a comparison chart, this game is actually showing stronger legs than MKWii. The slope is higher, although it's still tracking somewhat behind, it could be an indication of where this game will end up.



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Bladeforce on 17 November 2009

What is it with the archery in WSR? I played it first time and now none of us can put it down. Every time a friend comes around it's out with archery LOL I know of another 12 people here who are getting the bundle at christmas. It's going to be another Nintendo Christmas in those sales figures !!



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Lucas-Rio on 05 January 2010

The game sold even better than I thought. 11 millions before the end of the year, that's great.

I bet it might have even surpassed Nintendo's projections.

The Wii motion plus is really selling very well and his installation could hardly have benn quicker.



Galaki on 05 January 2010

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