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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

04/May/2010

EA shoot to the top of the All Formats Chart this week as ‘2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa’ debuts at No1 putting an end to Ubisoft’s 4-week run.

It’s not surprising to see FIFA depose Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction’ from top spot with what is the World Cup themed version of the 10th biggest selling game ever in the UK, ‘FIFA 10’. During this week in World Cup Year 2006, the launch of ‘FIFA World Cup Germany 2006’ represented 15% of FIFA 2006’s launch week. ‘2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa’, although released on only XB360, PS3, PSP and Wii (compared to 7 formats in 2006), performs in a similar fashion, recording 14.6% of FIFA 10’s launch week. The PS3 version just pips XB360, accounting for 48%, XB360 47% with PSP and Wii making up the rest. It was the other way round at the launch of FIFA 10 with XB360 48% and PS3 46%. At No2 this week is another reinterpretation of a classic with ‘Super Street Fighter IV’ debuting ahead of Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance’.

Sales of ‘Just Dance’ dip by only 5% putting it ahead of Ubisoft’s very own ‘Splinter Cell: Conviction’ which falls from No1 to No4 with a 37% drop in sales despite the release of the PC version this week. Sales of the 3 week old PS3 and PC versions of ‘GTA: Episodes from Liberty City’ (–32%) are slowing meaning a dip from No3 to No5 for the Rockstar title. Nintendo’s ‘Wii Fit Plus’ and ‘Wii Sports Resort’ both perform well this week with sales up 20% and 27% respectively, positioning them at No’s 6 and 7. EA’s ‘Battlefield: Bad Company 2’ rallies at No8, down 2 places, but managing a 7% rise in sales. ‘Modern Warfare 2’ (+42%) still hasn’t dropped out of the Top 10, boosted by price promotions on Xbox 360, only slipping one place to No9. There is a third new entry in the All Formats Top 10 this week with the HD, next-gen ports of the first two God of War games, ‘God of War Collection’, debuting at No10 on PS3. One other new game makes the All Formats Top 40 this week – Sega’s ‘Iron Man 2’ at No20.

Week 17, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) PS3 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) 360 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
04 (01) 360 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
05 (04) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
06 (__) PS3 Super Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
07 (03) PS3 Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
08 (06) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
09 (__) 360 Super Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
10 (__) PS3 God Of War Collection (Sony Computer Ent.)
11 (10) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
12 (05) WII Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom)
13 (08) NDS Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
14 (07) NDS Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
15 (09) 360 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
16 (18) PS3 God Of War Iii (Sony Computer Ent.)
17 (11) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
18 (12) PS3 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
19 (14) 360 Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
20 (16) PS3 Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
21 (15) 360 Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
22 (19) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
23 (25) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
24 (28) PS3 Final Fantasy Xiii (Square Enix Europe)
25 (__) 360 Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
26 (17) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
27 (26) 360 Final Fantasy Xiii (Square Enix Europe)
28 (30) 360 Metro 2033 (Thq)
29 (__) PS3 Yakuza 3 (Sega)
30 (31) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
31 (24) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
32 (__) PC Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
33 (__) 360 Iron Man 2 (Sega)
34 (23) PS3 Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Ent.)
35 (20) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
36 (21) PS3 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
37 (__) 360 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
38 (__) NDS Jewel Quest Mysteries: The Emerald Tear (Gsp/avanquest)
39 (__) 360 Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
40 (22) 360 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)


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Ireland:
Week 17, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
02 (03) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
03 (02) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
04 (01) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
05 (__) Super Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
06 (05) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (09) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
08 (06) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
09 (07) Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
10 (04) Band Hero (Activision Blizzard)
11 (__) God Of War Collection (Sony Computer Ent.)
12 (12) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
13 (13) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
14 (10) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
15 (11) Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
16 (14) God Of War Iii (Sony Computer Ent.)
17 (08) Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom)
18 (__) Iron Man 2 (Sega)
19 (17) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
20 (18) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

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Denmark:
Week 17, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (K.e. Media)
04 (02) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (06) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
07 (10) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
08 (07) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
09 (15) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
10 (05) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
11 (09) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
12 (14) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
13 (18) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
14 (20) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
15 (08) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) Bakugan: Battle Brawlers (Activision Blizzard)
17 (16) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
18 (12) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Pan Vision)
19 (__) Sports Island 2 (Pan Vision)
20 (__) Sports Island (Pan Vision)


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Netherlands:
Week 17, 2010

01 (02) [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
02 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
03 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
04 (01) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
05 (__) [WII] Monster Hunter Tri (Nintendo)
06 (05) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
07 (__) [PS3] Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
09 (09) [PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
10 (10) [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)


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France:
Week 16, 2010

01 (02) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
02 (01) [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
03 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
05 (05) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)


Week 16
Week 15
Week 14
Week 13
Week 12

 

[dabra]

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Sweden :
Week 17, 2010

01 (__) [PS3] 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa
02 (__) [360] 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa
03 (01) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City
04 (03) [PC] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
05 (04) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
06 (05) [PC] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
07 (06) [PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
08 (02) [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
09 (__) [PC] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
10 (11) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
11 (08) [360] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
12 (20) [PC] World of Warcraft
13 (09) [360] FIFA 10
14 (10) [PS3] FIFA 10
15 (07) [NDS] Pokémon SoulSilver
16 (18) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
17 (17) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
18 (16) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
19 (14) [NDS] Pokémon HeartGold
20 (12) [360] Mass Effect 2


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Germany :
Week 17, 2010

01 (01) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
02 (__) [PS3] 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa
03 (02) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver
04 (04) [WII] Monster Hunter tri
05 (09) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
06 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold
07 (__)
08 (05) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board
09 (10) [PS3] God of War III
10 (06) [360] Splinter Cell Conviction


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New Zealand :
Week 17, 2010

01 (02) [WII] Wii Fit Plus Bundle
02 (03) [PS3] God of War 3
03 (__) [WII] Wii Play
04 (04) [WII] Wii Sports: Resort
05 (__) [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV
06 (__) [PS3] 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa
07 (01) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City
08 (06) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
09 (05) [360] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
10 (09) [360] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2


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[NHale]

2010 Fifa World Cup PS3 version outsold the 360 version? WTF?

Was any plataform specific sale on a supermarket? I remember seeing the same price for both plataforms in all online retailers when I was looking for a place to import.

 

[Kenka]

Thank you so much Dabra

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Monster Hunter dropping like a...


...bomb.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Tri holding on OK (though it would have been nice to get a percentage drop there) in spite of 5 high-profile new entries. Will be interesting to see what happens next week.

 

[PowderedToast]

did nier even chart? i can't see it.

 

[El-Suave]

Yakuza 3 - welcome back! Slow but steady sales could mean satisfactory numbers in the end, certainly compared to some other Sega franchises.

 

[Kenka]

MH3 is 12th in the All Format charts, which is not really telling given the ones right below (FF, Avatar, Pokémon, etc.)

 

[CrunchinJelly]

did nier even chart? i can't see it.

25 in PS3-only chart, down from 18 last week. 18 down from 17 in 360 full price.

Should be £18 within hours.

 

[-MB-]

wow, Wii FIFA didn't even chart.

 

[SmokyDave]

Surprised to see PS3 over 360 for FIFA. This weekend I saw three separate people in the pub reviewing their purchases, all 3 had bought Orange Box on PS3. Crazy.

I Ctrl+F'd PSP and got excited this week. F*cking press release.

 

[Hammer24]

I´m happy how good SC:C is doing everywhere!

 

[Acheteedo]

Yakuza 3 - welcome back! Slow but steady sales could mean satisfactory numbers in the end, certainly compared to some other Sega franchises.

I was a part of that, the game was £17.50 from Zavvi, couldn't resist.

 

[Nirolak]

Mirror's Edge at 25.

Given that game's MSRP, exactly how much was it on sale for, 3 pounds?

 

[Turrican3]

Mirror's Edge at 25.

Given that game's MSRP, exactly how much was it on sale for, 5 pounds?

Could it be that GAME Uk promotion?! It had an incredibly low price (maybe 3 pounds or something) but I can't remember right now if the offer was for the 360 SKU. :-/

EDIT: anyway it's selling for 5 pounds, now.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Mirror's Edge at 25.

Given that game's MSRP, exactly how much was it on sale for, 3 pounds?

£3 at Game.co.uk for one day last week.

Just goes to show how poor the sales must be down the last 20 or so places.

 

[micromagic]

Surprised to see PS3 over 360 for FIFA. This weekend I saw three separate people in the pub reviewing their purchases, all 3 had bought Orange Box on PS3. Crazy.

I Ctrl+F'd PSP and got excited this week. F*cking press release.

Football games on PS3 usually do punch above their wieght. FIFA 10 was close aswell at launch. I think it has something to do with the amount of advirtising Sony put into football matches.

 

[Aspiring]

Watching the Premier League, i did notice on a few games that GAME had advertisements to pre-order the PS3 version of World Cup only, so the extra advertising may of helped.

I dont know i got the 360 version coming and cant wait.

 

[Nirolak]

Could it be that GAME Uk promotion?! It had an incredibly low price (maybe 3 pounds or something) but I can't remember right now if the offer was for the 360 SKU. :-/

EDIT: anyway it's selling for 5 pounds, now.

You caught my first stealth edit when I converted $5 directly to 5 pounds. >_< :lol

£3 at Game.co.uk for one day last week.

Just goes to show how poor the sales must be down the last 20 or so places.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, that does help shed some interesting light on it all.

 

[KingDizzi]

Football is associted with the Playstation brand, for one the advert for the game was only for the PS3. Also anyone whom has watched a footaball match will see the Sony and Playstation brand plastered everywhere.

Just Dance is simply insane

 

[Vortex566]

SSFIV PS3 outselling the 360 version? I always thought everyone owned it on the 360?

 

[°°ToMmY°°]

SSFIV PS3 outselling the 360 version? I always thought everyone owned it on the 360?

i recall the same for SF4.

 

[Withnail]

SSFIV PS3 outselling the 360 version? I always thought everyone owned it on the 360?

Street fighting is also apparently associated with the Playstation brand.

 

[Chosen3]

wow, Wii FIFA didn't even chart.

I can think of two reasons for this.

1. Wii's FIFA games suck.
2. Normal people don't buy sequels if they don't show any real improvement.

 

[cws]

Monster Hunter dropping like a...


...bomb.

5 new entries disagree...

 

[CozMick]

This chart is starting to show the shift from 360 to PS3 in the UK.

It's hard to find a friend that doesn't own a PS3 nowadays.

 

[Acheteedo]

This chart is starting to show the shift from 360 to PS3 in the UK.

It's hard to find a friend that doesn't own a PS3 nowadays.

It's been a long time coming, but I think the days of 360 UK-dominance are over. I wouldn't say the PS3 is ahead, but a year ago I only had friends with 360s, now I have 4 friends with PS3s. Small sample I know, but it's in line with what we're seeing in the weekly charts.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Good, not great for Monster Hunter Tri, but it's on Wii and its... Monster Hunter, so I guess it's doing pretty nice.

GO! Playing for 140hs!

 

[nny]

Look at Yakuza go!

 

[Sammy Samusu]

I just noticed that Monster Hunter Tri charted higher than Super Street Fighter IV on launch week.

 

[-MB-]

Good, not great for Monster Hunter Tri, but it's on Wii and its... Monster Hunter, so I guess it's doing pretty nice.

GO! Playing for 140hs!

Actually it's doing better than any monster hunter before it. So not bad I guess.

 

[MYE]

Fuck it, i'm buying Monster Hunter Tri!

I have no time for it and i'm sure i'l end up being a shitty and frustrated MH player but hey

 

[Turrican3]

You caught my first stealth edit when I converted $5 directly to 5 pounds. >_< :lol

Yep.

It was like "hey, there's a missing dollar symbol here, wth!!??" :lol

I just noticed that Monster Hunter Tri charted higher than Super Street Fighter IV on launch week.

Hardly comparable without actual sales numbers...

 

[dabra]

Ireland:
Week 17, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
02 (03) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
03 (02) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
04 (01) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
05 (__) Super Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
06 (05) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (09) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
08 (06) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
09 (07) Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
10 (04) Band Hero (Activision Blizzard)
11 (__) God Of War Collection (Sony Computer Ent.)
12 (12) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
13 (13) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
14 (10) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
15 (11) Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
16 (14) God Of War Iii (Sony Computer Ent.)
17 (08) Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom)
18 (__) Iron Man 2 (Sega)
19 (17) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
20 (18) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I think bar FIFA (helped thanks to it being cheap) sales look pretty poor across the board again this week (worst week for 4 years last week and sales dipping further on titles mentioned in the OP). I thought SSFVI would have done better it being again cheap.

 

[Baki]

Yep.

It was like "hey, there's a missing dollar symbol here, wth!!??" :lol


Hardly comparable without actual sales numbers...

Not to mention last week was the lowest week in 4 years. :lol :lol

 

[DMeisterJ]

Actually it's doing better than any monster hunter before it. So not bad I guess.

Hardly a comparison when no other MH game has had a comrable advertising and marketing.

Do we really hve to go through this with every high-profile Wii Release? So many excuses :/

Somehow the fact that there are five new releases explains the drop, even though the five new releases were all PS360 games and I can count 5 games that went up on the charts this week. >_>

 

[schuelma]

Hardly a comparison when no other MH game has had a comrable advertising and marketing.

Do we really hve to go through this with every high-profile Wii Release? So many excuses :/

Somehow the fact that there are five new releases explains the drop, even though the five new releases were all PS360 games and I can count 5 games that went up on the charts this week. >_>

This is getting ridiculous. Many of you seem as eager to declare it a bomb as others are to declare it a success.

Advertising doesn't change what the series is and how it has performed in the past. Some perspective is needed here.

 

[cws]

Hardly a comparison when no other MH game has had a comrable advertising and marketing.

Do we really hve to go through this with every high-profile Wii Release? So many excuses :/

MH Tri is the biggest bomb ever - happy ?

 

[Fularu]

This is getting ridiculous. Many of you seem as eager to declare it a bomb as others are to declare it a success.

Advertising doesn't change what the series is and how it has performed in the past. Some perspective if needed here.

The worst is, the same people labeling it a "Bomb" are the ones screaming success at stuff like Heavy Rain when it hangs on in the bottom of the charts or QQing about Just Dance.

Hardly a comparison when no other MH game has had a comrable advertising and marketing.

Do we really hve to go through this with every high-profile Wii Release? So many excuses :/

Somehow the fact that there are five new releases explains the drop, even though the five new releases were all PS360 games and I can count 5 games that went up on the charts this week. >_>

DMeisterJ
D is for Dumbass, M is for Makes terrible posts, J is for JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY

 

[Peff]

The worst is, the same people labeling it a "Bomb" are the ones screaming success at stuff like Heavy Rain when it hangs on in the bottom of the charts or QQing about Just Dance.

Heavy Rain "only" sold about 86.000 units the first week versus the around 17.000 of MH Tri.

 

[donny2112]

Mario Kart Wii sells consistently 8-10K per week. This week it dropped 9 places with 6 new games in front of it. Therefore, MH3 probably sold 10-12K on the low end. Considering it launched at ~17K, that's a pretty good hold. Anyone saying that it's dropping like a rock or bombing more than it was last week is just trying to troll its performance this week. It debuted not good last week, but it's held up better than a lot of core focused games this week.

<insert nli10's line about Wii games often having legs>

 

[Fularu]

Heavy Rain "only" sold about 86.000 units the first week versus the around 17.000 of MH Tri.

The marketing push behind Heavy Rain dwarfs anything Monster Hunter Tri got. It's just all around hypocrisy and people are way too eager to label a wii game as a bomb or as an anomaly.

MHT is performing decently compared to any MH game prior to it. That means, it's outselling them.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Bison will Psycho Crush Europe soon :/

 

[Peff]

The marketing push behind Heavy Rain dwarfs anything Monster Hunter Tri got. It's just all around hypocrisy and people are way too eager to label a wii game as a bomb or as an anomaly.

MHT is performing decently compared to any MH game prior to it. That means, it's outselling them.

The Wii has like double the userbase though Dunno about marketing presence of either title, but yes, I agree that it's more complex than "lol bomba".

 

[brain_stew]

Mario Kart Wii sells consistently 8-10K per week. This week it dropped 9 places with 6 new games in front of it. Therefore, MH3 probably sold 10-12K on the low end. Considering it launched at ~17K, that's a pretty good hold. Anyone saying that it's dropping like a rock or bombing more than it was last week is just trying to troll its performance this week. It debuted not good last week, but it's held up better than a lot of core focused games this week.

<insert nli10's line about Wii games often having legs>

Most Wii games see thier sales rise in the second week, not fall. For what is probably the most heavily promoted Wii game since Mario and Sonic its sales are disapointing by any normal metric. Its far from reaching the sales of any run of the mill PS3/360 multiplatform "core" title, which, for the single biggest third party "core" title on Wii just isn't good enough really.

 

[heringer]

Holding the 12 spot with 4 new releases, given the frontloaded nature of Monster Hunter, is not bad at all. Not sure what did you guys expect.

I honestly thought it would have a much bigger drop.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

People really want Monster Hunter Tri to bomb. :lol

And it's quite sad, because we are all gamers and Monster Hunter Tri - or any other in the series - deserves the best, on the Wii, PSP or

Spoiler

iPhone

.

 

[schuelma]

Most Wii games see thier sales rise in the second week, not fall. .

I don't think that's true at all. Most big Nintendo games do that, but I don't think its the norm.

For what is probably the most heavily promoted Wii game since Mario and Sonic its sales are disapointing by any normal metric. .

Again, I don't live in Europe, but are you telling me MH Tri is receiving more advertising than Wii Fit Plus and NSMB Wii received?

its sales are disapointing by any normal metric.

Jesus. We literally have somewhat concrete numbers from one 3 day period from one country and you honestly feel that you can make that statement? Are you shitting me?

Its far from reaching the sales of any run of the mill PS3/360 multiplatform "core" title, .

Again, how can you possibly say this with any concrete proof or justification?

which, for the single biggest third party "core" title on Wii just isn't good enough really.

Getting back to my earlier point, which a lot of people tend to ignore. This isn't some typical action game or FPS. This is a series with, quite frankly, gameplay that seems pretty uncommon for typical Western tastes. I can't speak for the UK, but there is a reason the series has only done about 150K lifetime in the biggest market in the world. And the reason isn't just "advertising." Yes, this is the biggest advertised and highest profile Wii 3rd party game so far. That doesn't mean its destined to outsell games from established and popular Western genres.