Topic: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Five Million Worldwide

[NWR_insanolord]

Maybe Sega's localization is better than Nintendo's European localization, but I wouldn't trade the Treehouse for anybody. And this isn't about sales momentum, something Brawl doesn't need as it'll be selling consistently until the end of the Wii's lifespan.

[Shift Key]

And this isn't about sales momentum, something Brawl doesn't need as it'll be selling consistently until the end of the Wii's lifespan.

It is about sales momentum. Sega is able to do a better job than Nintendo on a worldwide scale and everyone goes "oh, but Brawl guh fuh buh wuh".

I guess only time will tell, but already Brawl is slowing down in Japan.

[Luigi Dude]

Not only am I confident that Brawl will sell over 5 million worldwide, I say it'll sell over 5 million copies worldwide by this time next year. 

Somebody didn't read the original article. Why not show some chutzpah and say how it'll go over three months? There's a good chance Brawl won't be available worldwide in the three months since it was released in Japan. Still so sure?

I was just responding to how you said you didn't think Brawl could sell 5 million.  When Melee was the Gamecubes highest seller with over 6.5 million copies, Brawl is guarantied to do even better since it's on a system thats way more popular then the Gamecube ever was.

That's the reason most of Nintendo's series are selling better on the Wii then the Gamecube.  The Wii version of Twiight Princess has already outsold Wind Wakers lifetime total in only a year.  Mario Party 8 is the best selling Mario Party.  Super Paper Mario is already the best selling Paper Mario game and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves is the best selling Wario Ware game.  And then there's the big one, Mario Galaxy has already OUTSOLD Mario Sunshines lifetime total by selling close to 6 million copies in only 4 MONTHS. 

Considering Brawl aims to the same audience of Nintendo fans who bought all the above games and to many other parts of the Nintendo fanbase as well, to think Brawl wont hit 5 million copies, something that Mario Galaxy was easily able to do, makes no sense.

And lets not forget that Sonic is ALSO in Brawl, which will give the game huge sales in Europe when it's finally release.  Even if it takes Nintendo until November to do it, Sonic will insure that Brawl is a big hit over there.

[IceCold]

Melee sold over 6 million and that was on the GameCube. I don't think there's much chance of Brawl selling less than 5 million.

I'm skeptical about the Wii userbase getting behind Brawl. It started out as a fighting game and, despite the efforts to make it more accessible, remains a fighting game.

Sure, every hardcore gamer and his dog are talking about it, but I see Mario Kart selling better than Brawl. I just don't think it's going to sell well with the casual gamers.

It'll easily sell 5 million. Hell, Mario Galaxy is already at 6 million.

EDIT: Luigi Dude beat me to it.

I'd actually be willing to bet that Brawl will eventually outsell Halo 3. Halo has always been extremely front-loaded in terms of sales - the opening month or two are incredible, but then the sales screech to a halt.

Brawl, on the other hand, will keep selling for years just like Melee did. And with the Wii userbase constantly increasing, it's pretty safe to say that it will surpass Halo's 7.5 million or whatever it is.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Where on the planet are you getting these sales numbers

and the rest of the world should be reminded the Wii's userbase is dominated by casuals, so it's no wonder sales for traditional games like Mario Galaxy came to halt in Japan.  Brawl got lucky cuz it's fanbase is stronger than hardcore 3D Mario.  But soon you'll see it's legs are tall but will trip and fall.

And Melee was big seller because it was CHEAP.  Cheap enough that people picked it up with their new, cheap, 3rd place console.  But also packed enough content that it caused people not to go out and buy any other games, a phenomenon which hurt 3rd-parties to no end.

[Infernal Monkey]

You're all forgetting that Nintendo has no plans at all to release Brawl in PAL regions. So it'll have a hard time beating Melee's sales.

[KDR_11k]

And Melee was big seller because it was CHEAP.

For values of CHEAP approaching 55€...

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

*Player's CHEAP line-up in Amerika for $30