Another point.  Tomodachi Collection just shows that Mii is more popular in Japan than even Final Fantasy.  Mii is more popular in DS than FF is on PS3 in Japan.  So yeah, this is kind of a big deal.

if zelda did the usual 300-400k opening in japan, then NSMB numbers are definitely very impressive. FF13 numbers are definitely above 150k, and i gess its at about 200-250k. Healthy numbers. Taiko probably did around 70k which is impressive, and yeah its noo longer a failure and sure to get to the 400-500k level which is what taiko games usually get.

Now i really want to know abt hardware and the rest of software

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1230928_1124.html
Enterbrain/Famitsu

2008/12/29 ~ 2009/12/13

2009 PlayStation3 the Best Top 10

01. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 88,573
02. Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - 88,346 (96,967)
03. Valkyria Chronicles - 81,625
04. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 59,092
05. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! - 55,226 (65,236)
06. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - 39,679
07. Grand Theft Auto IV - 33,202
08. Devil May Cry 4 - 23,770
09. Mahjong Fight Club: Zengoku Taisen Ban - 20,656
10. Samurai Dou 3 Plus - 20,593

- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) --- 706,461 + 59,092 = 765,553
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (SCE) --- 410,052 + 96,967 = 507,019
- Yakuza: Kenzan! (Sega) --- 270,438 + 65,236 = 335,674
- Valkyria Chronicles (Sega) --- 141,589 + 81,625 = 223,214

2009 Xbox360 Platinum Collection Top 10

01. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation - 86,534 (128,414)
02. Beautiful Katamari - 74,166 (115,658)
03. Halo 3 - 25,508
04. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 24,567
05. Left 4 Dead - 12,988
06. Armored Core for Answer - 10,974
07. Idolmaster Twins - 6,621
08. Devil May Cry 4 - 6,360
09. Grand Theft Auto IV - 6,210
10. Fable II - 6,151

Vg chartz should update the numbers for VC and with america new numbers it will skyrocket to 800k

who cares about that silly game.

Sadly, that doesn't depend on Level-5, they only publish their own games for Japan, Layton got here because Nintendo handled the publishing in the West, so it's up to Nintendo (or a 3rd party company like SE)...

@ps3_jrpg_gamer

It's true, 2D Mario always beats 3D Mario (although Mario 64 put some hardcore competition), i personally like both forms of gameplay...

The other reason NSMBWii is selling like this is because the simultaneous 4-player, that never happened on a Mario main game that i remember...

I CARE BECAUSE IT WILL OUTSELL LOST ODYSSEY THIS WEEK

They should update a lot of Ds/Wii games as well. Where a re Phoenix Wright/Apollo Justice,.. Others numbers??? etc...

Anyway, these top 10 PS3/Xbox360 before the FFXIII show really bad sales for this year.

which is another game no one cares about

it's all about NSMBWii baby!

Actually I seem to recall reading that VC in the US are (or were?) largely overtracked when compared to NPD numbers.