@Alchemy, While I'm all about ease of finding information, I think this is a bit excessive. The DEC NPD is already listed on the game's main page, and the Japanese data you're referencing is a highly valued article already.
To be honest, I thought this wiki change would be something more updated about the description of the game itself, as it seems like the one up there now is from before the game was released.
Added NPD December numbers and Japanese sales based on user submission. The wikidate says the game came out in November, anybody seen the numbers for that?
Based on the latest info of Mario Party DS Dec 07, this stock seems underpriced.
Current MPDS LTD : Japan : 1.5 Million (up to Jan 6, 2007) US : 385K (Dec) + 190K (estimate of Nov) = 575K Europe : Unknown. I'll use same figure as US = 575K Total LTD (estimate) = 2.6 Million (for the first two months).
note about Europe. I estimate the same # as US since Europe buy a lot of DS H/W (like US), and the casual games, like Brain Training 1 & 2, are doing very, very well there (#2 in UK 2007 list), even better than US (in this regard, it more closely resemble Japan than US).
I wish I had room to short; this is a juicy short right now. Until there's some concrete American sales data, I don't think this should be over 275 DKP. Once we have a better idea of how it's sold in America, this stock will move a lot more.
I am also surprised by the "no correlation between review and actual sales performance" for casual game. I remember one Wii game : Carnival games.
Almost every reviewer on earth (ok, I am exaggerating, but not much, IIRC) hated that game. However, the sales performance of that game is simply "Miraculous", based on my expectation after reading the review. Same with Mario & Sonic (Wii). Almost all reviewer hated them, and I believe it is the second highest Wii game for December, since GHIII Wii is usually sold out in this month (and third best selling game for November)
I personal disagree. It sold incredible in Japan, and I think 30-35 DKP is the right range on this one in December for US. I was long at 25 DKP and got out at the current price (due its right, imho). Reviews don't mean much on party/casual games. For starters its because the people buying it don't read it AND casual titles are bad reviewed. I don't understand the ratings of many casual games I play. Some get high ones, and are really bad, and others get low ones and are good. Word to mouth is what sells those games (look at Mario & Sonic. It got so bad reviews, I bought it after users said, its better than the reviews, and they where right, it is fun). It wouldn't be that hit in Japan if it wouldn't fit the target market.
The users like it more than the reviewers. Look here, here, Here, Here and even on 1UP (The casual game hating site on earth) it is getting a 9.1 from users
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