According to VGCharts, this sold another half a million this week in North America, bringing its total sales to 1,107,754. (for North America) This figure is for the first eight days of sales.
1 million in American sales in the first week, brings total so far up to 6 million.
Also, in order to compare Japanese sales with Ruby/Sapphire: D/P is currently 800k ahead of where R/S was this far in release and selling about 3k more a week. Expecting 6.5 to 7 million Japanese sales isn't unreasonable (compared to 5.4 mil for R/S). However, its price will depend on American and PAL sales, which have a much smaller DS install base than the previous GBA one.
While their weekly numbers must be taken with a grain of salt, they're pretty much the only place to get sales data on older titles (under "world" then "software", you can get data on volume shipped if it passes a million).
Since they also list total console sales, it's easy to figure out what kind of attachment rates (ie, how many GBA owners bought Ruby/Sapphire, then figure out a %) for franchises, which tend to be somewhat consistent.
Also, regarding your Halo comments, keep in mind that this site is tracking worldwide sales. A series like Halo, while extremely popular in America, is nonexistent in Japan...a place where this game has already sold over 5 million copies.
Did this stock drop like 6.5% yesterday because it only got an 8.5 from GameSpot? Not a AAA rating but in line with what Pokemon games received in the past.
Omega, I understand where you are coming from, but if you look at the numbers, Pokemon and Halo aren't even in the same league. A single Pokemon handheld game can sell more than all Halo games combined. Halo was a big deal for Xbox, but in the larger history of video games, it is no where near the footprint that many Xbox fans make it out to be.
Why would you not expect Pokemon Pearl/Diamond to sell many more copies than Halo 3? Pokemon games are the best selling games in history.
Omega, if you would've looked just a couple posts down on this page you would see the attachment rates for the previous Pokemon games and see that 1 in 5 is just a bit above what people should expect.
And you shouldn't compare a game that sells less than 8 million copies (Halo 2) on a system with less than 10 million units sold, to a game whose last true incarnation sold over 15 million (Ruby/Sapphire) that's on a system with over 40 million units sold....and then claim that Halo should be priced higher.
There's absolutely no chance that Halo 3 will sell more than Diamond/Pearl and any other claim is just pure fanboy. While I think that Pokemon is still overpriced, it rightfully deserves the top spot in terms of price.
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