Jonnyram said:I've got to agree with Moor-Angol on this one. Nintendo games do have legs, but you are overlooking some serious facts if you think that AC may go on to sell like the DS release.
1) Like Mario Kart, it's a game which has already found success on DS, so has a large fanbase ready to accept the title at launch. There's nowhere near as much word of mouth going into long term sales here.
2) DS/Wii audience, both current and projected, are totally different. Nintendo aims to have a Wii in every home, and a DS for each person. Based on those projections alone, you'd imagine something like Animal Crossing would sell a quarter to a third of the DS numbers, purely because people in the same house will share out of convenience, and in some cases, necessity (not many households are going to have multiple Wiis, for instance).
3) The game is not a large revision. It's more like a console version of an existing handheld game. Some extra events and no doubt a fair bit of extra content here and there, but the essentials are shared.
1. wait what..? Mario Kart was successful since SNES. It was successful even on the GC.. and its successful on the Wii as well
2. Well third of the DS numbers would mean a million seller.. thats not what i would consider a dissapointment
3. that i have to agree with.. but has barely anything to do with sales..