The president of Nintendo himself said that Brain Age is selling 10k/week in America, and it was the 8th best selling NDS game. So in March (5 weeks), K:SS sold >50k (a likely guess would be 65k - which is very good for a 4th month). http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/070427qa/02.html
Continued high sales are to be expected. All previous Kirby handheld platformers have sold >1M in America alone according to VGchartz (the last sold 1.12M). And this one is on track for about 1M.
So just between Japan and America it will sell about 2M.
And then there is Europe, where the game will soon be released. So this game should sell 2.5M.
And lucky for us, the next Nintendo report will definitely tell us exactly where itīs at (since itīs a worldwide million seller).
As for VGchartz, itīs generally accurate for old data where financial reports or official sales data can be used, but the new data is based on such a small sampling that it is currently terribly inaccurate. It is usefull for getting a general idea, but always stick to Media Create, NPD, and other reliable data sources where possible.
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In Japan K:SS has already sold 1.06M to retailers.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/070427e.pdf
Although it is at 0.97M sold through, the weekly sales have slowed considerably, and thereīs a good chance that once the 1.06M are done selling, no more will be sold.
(see post #19)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154255
In NA (where it came out a month later), only 0.54M have been sold to retailers - but it continues to sell very well. In March (its 4th month of release), it was the 5th best selling DS game (the 4th best, Mario Kart DS, was the 19th best selling game overall).
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169937.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews
The president of Nintendo himself said that Brain Age is selling 10k/week in America, and it was the 8th best selling NDS game. So in March (5 weeks), K:SS sold >50k (a likely guess would be 65k - which is very good for a 4th month).
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/070427qa/02.html
Continued high sales are to be expected. All previous Kirby handheld platformers have sold >1M in America alone according to VGchartz (the last sold 1.12M). And this one is on track for about 1M.
So just between Japan and America it will sell about 2M.
And then there is Europe, where the game will soon be released. So this game should sell 2.5M.
And lucky for us, the next Nintendo report will definitely tell us exactly where itīs at (since itīs a worldwide million seller).
As for VGchartz, itīs generally accurate for old data where financial reports or official sales data can be used, but the new data is based on such a small sampling that it is currently terribly inaccurate. It is usefull for getting a general idea, but always stick to Media Create, NPD, and other reliable data sources where possible.