@sam300, Mario & Sonic is only listed to be #3 Wii game for the week, not #3 game for the month.
This is also just using the Amazon rankings. Is there a weekly ranking? Because the Sales Rank you see on the product is updated on an hourly basis--so it doesn't represent a whole week's of sales.
Best Buy has it listed at 6th for the week of November 27th-December 3rd in the US. Media Create has it at 9th in Japan for the 26th-2nd.
And the article you're citing says those are the best selling games for the week (I'm assuming its the previous week) and not the month. Highly unlikely M&S will be third best for the month even if it got there for a week.
Also, in the article it's 3rd for the Wii not overall.
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.
Correct, but people are laying a little to bit trust in this one (actually, nearly all our prediction are very very close to VGC this month). They tend to overestimate but more the hardcore than the casual market. Could be that this time NPD>VGC.
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