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retroking1981 on 16 November 2009

ww 4 week total: 2.5m
LT total: 12m



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Barozi on 16 November 2009

won't break 20m



Pineapple on 16 November 2009
haxxiy said:
jarrod said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:
puffy said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:
The game only has 70k preorders in Japan. It probably won't do much more than Galaxy first there.

NSMB on DS sold 900k in Japan first week.

I know. Do I need to underline the 70k preorders thing? That's only 20k higher than Tales of Graces. I think it'lll do 300-400k first week in Japan and have good legs.

I think if we could get preorder figures for other similar minded Nintendo games (Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, NSMB) that'd probably help sort it out more.  Anyone have them?

SSBB had shortages so that doesn't count (Nintendo had only 30k or so ready for pre-orders).

Retailers pre-ordered 700k SMG copies and it sold 260k first week. Still we have no idea how big actual consumer pre-orders, but that's the best I could find.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2007/10/04/japanese-super-mario-galaxy-pre-orders-exceed-700000.htm

 

EDIT- and a small news about NSMB DS pre-orders and launch that does not bode well for these Wii preorders. For now.

http://play.tm/news/7635/japanese-gamers-desperate-for-more-super-mario-bros/

 

I must be reading this incorrectly. Did you last source just claim that NSMB DS had 1.3 million preorders in Japan? It sold 910K (VGChartz numbers) first week. Clearly that article cannot be trusted, and is useless for any claim.



Killergran on 16 November 2009

@pineapple - That's retail preorders, and not consumer preorders. Which makes a lot more sense.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 16 November 2009

NSMB Wii sold 550K first day in Americas, by comparison Galaxy sold about 619K first week in Americas, so yeah NSMB>>>>Galaxy confirmed



 

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jarrod on 16 November 2009
Mummelmann said:
jarrod said:
Mummelmann said:
I still don't see the reasoning behind the 20 million + lifetime figures, other than people perhaps wanting it to sell that well. Personally, I think its a gross overestimation. Its (the Wii) in a decline, despite Wii Motion + and a price cut, doubly so in Japan where it has plummeted this year so I don't understand why NSMBWii would sell incredibly well and over twice as well as Galaxy.

It's got an emphasized multiplayer mode, it's more approachable/understandable from both a gameplay and marketing perspective, it hits the right nostalgia buttons... Galaxy doesn't make for a good comparison at all honestly.  The reason people are expecting 10+ million is by looking at NSMB and the Mario Karts.

The market overall is in decline, and even it's current decline, Wii's still moving more units weekly than PS2 did comparably.  The industry in general and Wii in particular clearly aren't recession-proof now, but the sky's hardly falling either (except in Japan, you're right there).

I actually expect 10 million + myself (like I posted in the thread earlier) but 20 million? Just seems like a stretch, is all.

After 10m, I think it's really hard to predict one way or the other.  20m does seem like pushing it though, unless it gets bundled.



CommunistHater on 16 November 2009

Never get 10 million. Awful Graphics. Wii will have awful year in 2010



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kingofwale on 16 November 2009

1.9 million in 4 weeks

9.3 million in LT, overtake SMG



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Khuutra on 16 November 2009
kingofwale said:
1.9 million in 4 weeks

9.3 million in LT, overtake SMG

Hmmm!

Want to make a bet?



Avinash_Tyagi on 16 November 2009
kingofwale said:
1.9 million in 4 weeks

9.3 million in LT, overtake SMG


  You do realize it'll probably break 1 million just this week in America, and next week is black Friday, and it'll be launching in the next few weeks in Japan and Others right?

You might want to revise that 4 weeks number upwards, by a lot



 

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