Yeah, that would make sense. I forgot that Japan's week starts on Monday. So with about an 80k advantage to the Wii it Looks like it's basically going to come down to how big of a boost FFXIII will give. I'd say it's a coin toss. Although Wii does seem to be holding most of the cards at the moment.

I was talking about Japan, New Year is the big deal holiday for them and that's why it gets counted with the following year in Famitsu/MC sales iirc.

Actually, looking at the historical data, I'm inclined to agree now.  Last year Wii had Taiko debuting (106k) and it's 3rd week of Animal Crossing (98k) and it managed 92k (up from 57k the previous week).  This year they have 2nd week of New Mario (over 500k?), 2nd week of Musou 3 (50k+?) and the debut of Tales of Graces (~200k?) which also has a hardware bundle and it's coming off a 101k week.  Wii hardware may actually increase next week, which is just staggering to think about...

175k would still be the best week for the PS3 if I remember correctly.

This. Yes its true that even the DS didnt get that big a boost,, but really the DS was a much more widespread, and practically DQ9 attracts alot of the mainstream which DS already has. However the PS3 now is probably the opposite of what the DS is, but its getting one of the biggest franchises in japan. I just think that since their's only a 4 million userbase for the PS3, alot of people who dont own it will want this game, so i expect the PS3 to be way above where the Wii is and closer to 175-200k levels. Hell who would've thought the slim would've done 150k first week? i think 200k is not really outa the question here.

Plus @the source

It isnt how much a game sells that gives a boost accordingly, it's what the game represents, how much an initial impact it will give, and much more. MH3 gave a huge boost with "only" 570k" opening. MGS4 boosted hardware sales from 10k levels to abt 70-80k if i recall well, I cant see why F13 wont have a similar pattern on a bigger scale. Plus NSMB is a game that will sustain Wii levels more than giving it an initial boost, the comparison is definitely not right

Since ioi is in this thread, I thought I'd ask, is the schedule back to normal for number updates? I mean, will numbers be up Thursdays or have upcoming numbers also been pushed back by the Black Friday sales from last week?

I might have overreacted, but that's the same arguement ZorroX used and the same way he tried to downplay NSMBWii opening. No need to call me sad, mainly because I have a thread which I keep updated every single week about Wii vs PS3 in Japan. You should check out things before calling names.

And I appologize to Netyaroze, I was too quick to judge, although I did find out ZorroX was Crazzyman. I will find his alternate if he has one, be sure.

Thanks, dude!

MC tends to have PS3 higher (it has lately anyways), so I'd expect a bigger gap in Famitsu data.

For what it's worth, ZorroX predicted 125,000 for Wii this week (revised numbers).  His original predictions (before NSMBW's release date was moved) had the Wii doing 115,000 for the week ended Nov 22.

I can't find the exact ytd figures (and I'm not adding them up, lol) but here's a Garaph's uh, graph, for ytd...