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Mario & Sonic nears 2m in the UK
Mario & Sonic nears 2m in the UK
MCV - December 30, 2008
Submitted by deftangel (291) at 4:12AM PST on December 30, 2008
Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games is creeping towards two million sales in the UK – and is still flying out of stores over a year after it was released.
Sega has told MCV that lifetime sales currently stand at nearly 1.3 million on Wii and 460,000 on DS.
From the sounds of the article they expect this to keep on going. Looks like I was wrong to bug out at 6.5m / 3.5m :-)
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3apujanata posted on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) at 5:02AM PST on December 30, 2008. RE: Mario & Sonic nears 2m in the UK@deftangel,
I am surprised with this statement :“On Nintendo DS it’s the biggest full price title of the year so far, and is second only to Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for all price points.
On DS, the other games with higher LTD (Diamond and Double Platinum) than Mario & Sonic (Platinum) are New Super Mario Bros (Diamond) and Mario Kart DS, Cooking Mama and Big Brain Academy (Double Platinum). For Brain Training, to be able to defeat M&SATO it is quite surprising. Especially since DS version is released in 2008 (IIRC).
About cashing out at 6.5M / 3.5 M, you are not losing much over DS version (current price only 3.9 M, 11% higher). You lost more on Wii version (current price 8.0M, 23% higher).
As long as you can use that money for other stock that yield better return, it is not really a lost. :)[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
9deftangel posted on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) at 4:12AM PST on December 30, 2008. Article: Mario & Sonic nears 2m in the UKMario & Sonic At The Olympic Games is creeping towards two million sales in the UK – and is still flying out of stores over a year after it was released. Sega has told MCV that lifetime sales currently stand at nearly 1.3 million on Wii and 460,000 on DS. From the sounds of the article they expect this to keep on going. Looks like I was wrong to bug out at 6.5m / 3.5m :-)[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 291 ]
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Wouldn't say I'm surprised. Brain Training is the iconic DS title for a large segment of the new market Nintendo has created. Full price is £20 vs £30 and it's bundled. A good proportion of DS buyers would buy it even if it wasn't bundled.
That title will sell at full price as long as they keep selling DS' :)
As for M&S a very impressive performance. Only time will tell if my investments since will pay off! Though M&S was one of the first stocks I got into when I started TSE so I never had multi-millions in them.