Yes America had huge sales....America also had 24 million MORE GBA units sold than Japan, therefore the attachment rate in America was less than Japan. The game sold better in America likely because America always had more GB handhelds out, and I doubt that all the GBA Pokemon fans have converted.
Personally, while I think it'll be a huge seller, this site is predicting it to be the best-selling Pokemon game ever, but with a much smaller install base than the GBA had (currently simexchange is predicting about 30 million fewer DS' than GBAs). The numbers just don't add up when you consider the number of handheld systems.
jayen, no you can not assume that. All higher pre-orders mean is that there's a lot of early demand for it and it says nothing about how many will sell 3, 6, 12 months from now.
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Personally, while I think it'll be a huge seller, this site is predicting it to be the best-selling Pokemon game ever, but with a much smaller install base than the GBA had (currently simexchange is predicting about 30 million fewer DS' than GBAs). The numbers just don't add up when you consider the number of handheld systems.
jayen, no you can not assume that. All higher pre-orders mean is that there's a lot of early demand for it and it says nothing about how many will sell 3, 6, 12 months from now.