@Kemkle33, Well Japan has seen a steady decline on sales for most games lately. Despite the initial enormous Wii success, Japan is now the Wii's weakest region. I believe NA and PAL will be friendlier to the plumber.
By the way, the futures are for US sales only, so sales in Japan are not as relevant ;)
@rikitikitik, With only 251k sold in Japan during its launch week, do we really think that Mario can sustain that level of sales for the other regions which only have a few weeks to reach the expected 1.9M in sales?
Sorry, The Ray. Thats not an official number from them, thats just an early estimation what first data indicates.
"Taking both into account, here is an early take on how some of the figures will look this week. These figures are not to be taken as gospel, just an early take on approximately where the market will be for the week."
Thats the first sentences. So yes, the numbers can be far of. The numbers for japan are usually in at Thursday.
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Second week in Japan and only 74.000 sold.
It'll be very hard to reach 1.9M