This game has been selling very well around the world. And apparently it's being bundled in Europe which has helped it overcome NFS:PS (in UK) which was predicted to be the number one selling game over there for December. I think the lifetime stock should be over 200DKP easily. I think it has huge appeal for parents buying Wii's or Wii games for kids 5 to 10 years old here in the USA. And the bundling of course will help because they must have bundled at least half of their Wii's (400k) for the season so that's...i don't know...over 2million life time :p
In past experience amazon underestimates sales in retial for big name games. The mom who buys a christmas gift for her kid, recognizes mario and sonic and does not read reviews.. So I would not be suprised if Mario and Sonic ends up number 3 or 2. Last week it was number one selling in the UK at retailers.
It would have been unthinkable several years ago, but Sega has toppled Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ with ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ recording the largest sales week of any individual Nintendo Wii title, up from No14 to No7 in the all format's chart. And up from No2 to No1 in the Wii sales chart leaving Mario in the dust...
300k? Easy...it's beating Mario Galaxy which is the same price and it's beatinging during the biggest video game buying season ever. Also note my google Trends of "Mario Olympics" is still on the rise while "Mario Galaxy" is way on the decline. I think this means that families will be buying Mario and Sonic so their kids can play together as opposed to Mario Galaxy which is always one player and no fun for people that gotta watch that crap...
@Bleezy, this is an interesting metric. Do you guys look at the Gamespot Trax and IGN Gamermetrics products to aid with your forecasting? I haven't really decided if Internet traffic volume is an indicator of purchase intent. It is a metric for buzz, but that could just be lots of people thinking a game is bad or lots of people just reading reviews and then becoming discouraged.
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