Together, these countries make up about 90% of the world market. And it seems like in each and every one of these countries, sales are holding steady, rather than falling like a typical game.
At this point it has sold 1300K in Japan (Media Create), 893K in the U.S. (NPD), probably about 90K in Canada (Wii is especially popular there), and 800K elsewhere (VGcharts). That puts it at 3.1M as of the end of April. In April it sold 420K + whatever it did in Europe (probably another 180K). Thatīs 600K just in April!
With the 50% increase in Wii hardware thatīs about to begin (see Nintendo News) Wii Play could very well sell 7M by the end of the year.
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Look Wii Play sales for April:
U.S. - 249K (91.2% of what it sold the month prior)
Japan - 159K (significantly MORE than it sold the previous month).
Canada - came in 2nd place after Pokemon, and sold between 11.6K and 37K.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156668
France - it placed 3rd and 4th overall in 2 different April weeks.
http://www.jeux-france.com/blog153585_Otsuka
Spain - during April it was the 3rd best selling game.
http://elotrolado.net/vernoticia.php?idnoticia=13276&s=
U.K. - itīs doing best of all here. Itīs come in 2nd and 3rd place over the past two weeks.
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110015
Together, these countries make up about 90% of the world market. And it seems like in each and every one of these countries, sales are holding steady, rather than falling like a typical game.
At this point it has sold 1300K in Japan (Media Create), 893K in the U.S. (NPD), probably about 90K in Canada (Wii is especially popular there), and 800K elsewhere (VGcharts). That puts it at 3.1M as of the end of April. In April it sold 420K + whatever it did in Europe (probably another 180K). Thatīs 600K just in April!
With the 50% increase in Wii hardware thatīs about to begin (see Nintendo News) Wii Play could very well sell 7M by the end of the year.
Further evidence of its popularity is that although it costs only $10 more than a remote, on ebay it goes for >$20 (without the remote) plus shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NINTENDO-WII-PLAY-9-mini-games-USED_W0QQitemZ140117011402QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140117011402
I see no possible way this game could sell anything less than 10 million.