Always one to play the numbers game, Nintendo claims to have sold "at a rate of more than 120 units per minute between launch and March 16." Assuming they mean the entirety of March 16 (i.e. the first eight days), that amounts to 8 days * 24 hours/day * 60 minutes/day * 120 units/minute = 1,382,400 units. Too bad they didn't make 130 units per minute. Oh well, better luck next time.
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sold like 2+ million copies in 24hrs or something.
plus its the highest grossing media product ever in a 24hr period i believe.
if anyone has the deets on this plz chime in.
The only thing that might evar come close to beating Halo3's record is either Halo4 or Gears 2. Oh yeah I said it!! Whats that? Metal Gear4 you say?
Oh thats rich!!!
Nintendo games keep selling almost the entire generation. Twilight Princess, a launch title, still appears in the charts every week.
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Wii Play, Guitar Hero Wii (wich will outsell the 360 version), Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario (a two year old game), Pokemon Diamon/Pearl, Mario Kart DS (a three year old game), Nintendogs (a 2005 game) and Phantom Hourglass... titles that still appear in the top 50 every week. Same with Twilight Princess, but this is the first week that droped to number 57.
Now, imagine how many months will Smash Bros be in the charts. Even Melee keep selling!
By the way... attention Joystiqers... of you guys want to brawl in teams, we challenge you! We are almost invencibles. =p
Finally they can pull the Wii back out from under the stairs, dust it off, and play something new..
Finally they can pull the Wii back out from under the stairs, dust it off, and play something new..
For every good PS3 title, there's one good Wii title. So, shut the fuck up.
If someone says something bad about Nintendo then he threatens physical violence.
If your going to dish it out....you better be able to take it too you little bitch.
Waaaaaaahhhhhhh Fernandos...go cry about it in your Mario underoos.
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You know, your name loses it's meaning when you're basically a carbon clone of Fernando, only much more of a dick and not as fun.
Anyway, to be serious, I can't say I'm surprised by such a turnout considering how awesomely great the game is (to me). It is to be expected.
Oh ok that explains it. I thought I pissed you off some how,and you didn't wanna let me join your games anymore. btw Fernando,i bet i had you throwing your controller at the tv screen with our match against your pit and my ice climbers.You almost had me dead,but the animation for smashing someone upwards on screen is so slow,Nana made sure you were dead before me.Gotta love that computer AI. :)
Hehehe, you make me feel so special.
Up for a match tonight?
As much as I was looking forward to playing with Olimar, he just ain't my style. Anybody care to venture on how many units will have moved in North America in a month or two?
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But yeah, Subspace was kind of underwhelming. I still enjoyed it if only for the hilarious cutscenes, particularly Olimar and Falcon joining forces.
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Almost in a worlwide release, with the time differences.
Now, add another 800,000 when the game is released in EU. 2.4 million day one if the game was released worlwide at the same time.
What part of "Only In America", that Halo is the American version of Idolm@ster, it sells high in three territories with a fourth in Korea added soon and that Nintendo games have long legs did YOU not understand?
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Still having a bit of trouble connecting, but the lag itself is now (at least in my peak-hours test) negligible
But this weekened everything was running very smoothtly... I was playing with Joystiquers from LA, and Im in Texas, and I played with no lag.
I finally tested bin2jpeg, too. Soon I shall use it to get my next avatar
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I have played with dozens of Joystiqers, and it's so much fun... you can just brawl in crazy stages with all the weapons, or you can play pro, in Final Destination with no weapons when you want to show your skills.
And the taunt messages are so much fun.
I do agree with you on the industry benefiting, though. Gaming sure has become both awesome and prominent over the years. :)