@Just_Ben, I'm afraid I have no link, so definitely consider it hearsay. But from people who archived more old data than I did, at the end of 2002 in the US sales of the standalone game were at about a million, with another half million accounted for in the GCN+SMS bundle Nintendo made available for the holiday season. By the end of the year, GCN hardware was up to about 3.5 million.
I believe by the end of its first year in the US, counting bundles, Sunshine had over a 40% attach rate. It did have a few more months to do so, but Galaxy seems to be hotter, and has the advantage of being fresh in the holiday period.
1/3 Attach Rate? I would guess I would figure a lower attach rate, but nice math anyway :o) Well I was right last month on Wii Software, I hope that I will be right this month and given past Mario data I have, and hold my short. At least I now see a reasoning why this thing goes always up again.
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I'm afraid I have no link, so definitely consider it hearsay. But from people who archived more old data than I did, at the end of 2002 in the US sales of the standalone game were at about a million, with another half million accounted for in the GCN+SMS bundle Nintendo made available for the holiday season. By the end of the year, GCN hardware was up to about 3.5 million.