| S3V3R3D said: Wow, I just read through this thread... Why is everyone so happy about this? 940k? It's not as if it's breaking any records? Modern Warfare 2 sold 8.03 million in its opening week...? |
You can't compare sales of the whole world with the sales of only Japan... And it has the highest first week sales in Japan for a Wii game!
buzzard said:
Because Mario's LTD will stomp MW2s LTD |
So, then why don't you celebrate when the legs of this games are shown?
It opened very well. Nintendo has a hit on their hands.
over 9000!
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over 90000
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OVER 900000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
nintendo fanboy, but the good kind
proud soldier of nintopia
S3V3R3D said:
So, then why don't you celebrate when the legs of this games are shown? |
You don't need to break records to have a good opening week. Particularly Japan, where far too many games have underperformed lately. I'm not certain, but I believe this is the biggest home console launch of this gen in Japan. That really is not something to scoff at.
Yeah, Dragon Quest sold better. But try finding something that doesn't launch better than DQ in Japan. As I said, breaking records isn't needed for a good launch. Or a great launch, for that matter.
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
You don't need to break records to have a good opening week. Particularly Japan, where far too many games have underperformed lately. I'm not certain, but I believe this is the biggest home console launch of this gen in Japan. That really is not something to scoff at. |
Final Fantasy 13 will tear this "record" apart.
| S3V3R3D said: Wow, I just read through this thread... Why is everyone so happy about this? 940k? It's not as if it's breaking any records? Modern Warfare 2 sold 8.03 million in its opening week...? |
In Japan? Wow that's amazing!
OP: I thought it would only be a little more the MK Wii but it certainly did a lot better than vgc users' expectations.
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?post=2829667&page=8&postnum=7
MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.
| S3V3R3D said: Final Fantasy 13 will tear this "record" apart. |
Listen, by this point it should be obvious that the metric being used here is different from the metric being used for front-loaded JRPGs. The point of this is that a 2-D Mario Platformer had a staggering launch in Japan, especially given the degree of legs that these games traditionally have in the region.
No one cares if it didn't sell as much as Modern Warfare 2 (nice pick there, you had to choose the one game that makes Halo 3 look reasonable in terms of standards), no one cares if it didn't sell as much first-week as DQIX, no one cares if FFXIII will beat its first-week numbers. This is about Mario. It's being compared to New Super Mairo Brothers on the DS because that's the most direct parallel that can be drawn this gen, and that particular game outsold any other property mentioned so far in Japan.
New Super Mario Bros Wii is huge.
^^^ I know, but will it outsell mario ltd?
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