Smash Bros. Brawl Sales Thread: Brawl hits 5 million sold! [WW Total: 5,017,100]

[espio87]

It seems sales have calmed down a bit now.

 

[Firestorm88]

01./00. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) - 150,000 / NEW
02./01. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 67,000 / 1,358,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 64,000 / 1,610,000
04./00. [NDS] Soma Bringer (Nintendo) - 51,000 / NEW
05./00. [360] The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Bandai-Namco) - 44,000 / NEW
06./02. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey II: The Royal Grail (Atlus) - 25,000 / 94,000
07./04. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei) - 24,000 / 71,000
08./05. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment) - 22,000 / 67,000
09./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 21,000 / 2,820,000
10./06. [WII] Winning Eleven Play Maker 2008 (Konami) - 17,000 / 53,000

 

[TwilightSky]

o.O Gonna be interesting to see what happens when its released in America.

 

[Firestorm88]

March 3rd to March 9th
01./00. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega) - 181,189 / NEW
02./02. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 50,401 / 1,408,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 48,984 / 1,659,000
04./00. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) - 39,119 / 189,000
05./00. [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 32,388 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 18,765 / 2,838,000
07./04. [NDS] Soma Bringer (Nintendo) - 17,276 / 68,000
08./00. [NDS] Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant DS (Bandai-Namco) - 16,997 / NEW
09./07. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei) - 15,902 / 87,000
10./00. [WII] Everyone's General Knowledge Training TV (Nintendo) - 14,454 / NEW

 

[Firestorm88]

SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL SMASHES NINTENDO SALES RECORDS

Wii Game Sells at a Rate of More than 120 per Minute

REDMOND, Wash., March 17, 2008 – After just one week on store shelves, Super Smash Bros.® Brawl for Wii has become the fastest-selling video game in Nintendo of America's history. Since its launch on March 9, the feature-packed fighting action game has sold more than 1.4 million units in the United States, including more than 874,000 on March 9 alone. It has sold at a rate of more than 120 units per minute between launch and March 16.

"Super Smash Bros. Brawl has made the leap from video game to cultural phenomenon," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Game reviewers and the public alike praise its fun game play and extensive, inventive content."

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features a nearly limitless variety of options for players. Dozens of classic Nintendo characters like Mario™ and Pikachu® are joined by industry icons like Sonic The Hedgehog™ and Metal Gear's Solid Snake for all-out four-player battles. The endless customization keeps players coming back for more. The previous game in the series, Super Smash Bros.® Melee, became the best-selling Nintendo GameCube™ game of all time with more than 7 million copies sold worldwide, so it's no surprise to see this latest installment racking up record numbers.

"It's important to remember," Dunaway said, "that we have lots more fun on the way: Upcoming titles like Mario Kart® Wii and Wii Fit™ will keep our momentum going strong."

Mario Kart Wii launches April 27 with the Wii Wheel™, which lets players drive their speedy karts with the intuitive feel of a wireless steering wheel. It's another "bridge" game like Wii Sports™ that lets video game novices and veterans play and have fun together. Wii Fit arrives May 19 with the Wii Balance Board™ to combine fun and fitness. It lets users track their progress over time, and it's an easy way for every member of the family to keep active and play together.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.

For more information about Super Smash Bros. Brawl, visit www.SmashBros.com.

 

[Rash]

That's incredible. It's great to see Brawl getting the reception it deserves in the U.S.

 

[Wave⁂]

God****, this is amazing. 2 copies a second...

 

[TheStig]

they probably would have sold more if they actually advertised in the US

 

[Firestorm88]

they probably would have sold more if they actually advertised in the US

Brawl received one of Nintendo's most elaborate marketing campaigns so I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[really_calm]

YEAH! more ppl to smash with!!!

 

[TheStig]

Brawl received one of Nintendo's most elaborate marketing campaigns so I have no idea what you're talking about.

How many videos and commercials did Nintendo release for North America? Around 1 or 2, and I never saw a commercial for Brawl on TV. In Japan, there were like 7.

In America, there weren't any official demos of the game until the day of the release, and i'm pretty sure Japan got it a few weeks earlier.

 

[Cubemario]

It was heavily advertised in canada, I saw several commercials of it on primetime hours on a few popular channels. So at least where I live, it was advertised a lot.

 

[FunPhax]

I've only seen the advertisement once...

But yeah, got the game yesterday >

but... I couldn't find a Wii AHHHHH D=

 

[Firestorm88]

How many videos and commercials did Nintendo release for North America? Around 1 or 2, and I never saw a commercial for Brawl on TV. In Japan, there were like 7.

In America, there weren't any official demos of the game until the day of the release, and i'm pretty sure Japan got it a few weeks earlier.

There were 2 commercials and a tournament held weekly up until release with about 200+ participants at each. Also featured at a public convention (E for All) which Nintendo NEVER does.

Look. Brawl has great marketing. Unless they went all out like Halo 3 (don't think it's needed), this was great. I've seen it plastered all over the place. Not sure about TV as I stopped watching TV long ago.

 

[Pit_Mainer]

YEAH! more ppl to smash with!!!

Also more lag. Nintendo needs to upgrade there server!

 

[Thirdkoopa]

Wow, that's a lot of money, and wii fit is beating H3 and galaxy? Wii Fit = Pathetic, but still, amazing job with that money, ninty must be very very pleased.

 

[Firestorm88]

Wow, that's a lot of money, and wii fit is beating H3 and galaxy? Wii Fit = Pathetic, but still, amazing job with that money, ninty must be very very pleased.

Mario Galaxy has sold more than Wii Fit. Halo 3 obviously doesn't sell well in Japan. Don't judge Wii Fit without playing it.

 

[Cubemario]

Wii fit has terrible gameplay, exercise is failure.

 

[Thirdkoopa]

Mario Galaxy has sold more than Wii Fit. Halo 3 obviously doesn't sell well in Japan. Don't judge Wii Fit without playing it.

Wii Fit sucks. =|

Anyhow, that's still a LOT for nintendo, even with brawl's sales that's a lot of cash, and to think they are able to hold mass load production like this, wow.

 

[SilentDrifterZ]

Also more lag. Nintendo needs to upgrade there server!

Indeed, they have the money to do it, they just need to work on it faster lol

 

[Firestorm88]

You guys have played Wii Fit? I didn't realize we had so many Japanese users here =o Or did you guys import?

 

[DraginHikari]

Also more lag. Nintendo needs to upgrade there server!

There is no server to update, Nintendo's wifi goes through Gamespy's server in the form of peer to peer connection.

 

[Tyrael64]

Fastest-selling game in Nintendo of America's HISTORY.

Bigger than any Zelda.

Bigger than any Mario.

Bigger than everything.

In their HISTORY.

HOT
****.



http://wii.ign.com/articles/860/860179p1.html

 

[Firestorm88]

Not as fast-selling as some mainline Pokemon games, but this time they counted each version separately so Smash looked better and their sales seemed more significant. Gotta learn to look past the PR!

 

[SHUCKLE MAN]

Yeah, Brawl hasn't done as well as some of the Pokemon games, and I don't think it's gonna sell over 20 million copies or anything, but I must say, it's doing terrifically so far. I wonder how long it'll be until it reaches 5 million and overtakes Twilight Princess.

 

[Firestorm88]

March 10th - March 16th
01./00. [NDS] Beautiful Character Training (Nintendo) - 66,000
02./01. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega) - 46,000 / 227,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 45,000 / 1,704,000
04./02. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 41,000 / 1,449,000
05./04. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) - 24,000 / 213,000
06./00. [NDS] Shugo Character! The Three Eggs and the Strange Joker (Konami) - 20,000
07./00. [PS2] Daito Giken Koushi Pachislot Simulator: Shin Yoshimune (Paon) - 18,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 17,000 / 2,855,000
09./11. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment) - 11,000 / 93,000
10./12. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 11,000 / 2,271,000

 

[Rash]

Screw Japan. America is Brawl's true territory.

 

[Firestorm88]

Next week we'll be seeing a big milestone reached =)

March 13th - March 23rd
01./00. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon) - 242,000 / NEW
02./00. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 65,000 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Armored Core for Answer (From Software) - 54,000 / NEW
04./00. [NDS] SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (EA) - 49,000 / NEW
05./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 48,000 / 1,752,000
06./00. [PSP] Tales of Rebirth (Bandai-Namco) - 47,000 / NEW
07./04. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 41,000 / 1,490,000
08./00. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (Banpresto) - 35,000 / NEW
09./01. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 35,000 / 101,000
10./00. [NDS] Time Hollow: Seeking the Lost Past (Konami) - 34,000 / NEW

 

[Sinistar]

Multiply that times 50 bucks and...


My god.

 

[HugS]

lol, i'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm hoping it only sells up to 5 million max.

So that nintendo could realize that deeper gameplay can lead to more sales overall in the long run, like Melee had.

But that probably won't happen.

 

[Firestorm88]

lol, i'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm hoping it only sells up to 5 million max.

So that nintendo could realize that deeper gameplay can lead to more sales overall in the long run, like Melee had.

But that probably won't happen.

Ah, but you bought it anyway so you probably aren't helping The milestone I'm referring to that will be reached next week is actually Brawl's Japan numbers surpassing Melee's lifetime total in Japan (1,498,000). Wii's much larger userbase makes it impossible for Melee to outsell Brawl I would say. Brawl also has much more hype behind it than Melee.

 

[milind4]

only 8,000 more?? i wonder how much america is selling, if japan is selling at a rate of 6000 per day...

 

[PwnyRide]

lol, i'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm hoping it only sells up to 5 million max.

So that nintendo could realize that deeper gameplay can lead to more sales overall in the long run, like Melee had.

But that probably won't happen.

Cause deeper gameplay really matters to new players , casuals and scrubs

(Which, make up a vast majority of smash players. Yay for being catered to! )

 

[Firestorm88]

This week, Super Smash Bros. Brawl surpass Melee's lifetime sales in Japan! Yep in 9 weeks. Not bad at all! Next up, Super Smash Bros for the N64!

Japan Sales (March 24th to March 30th):
01./00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 880,468 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon) - 105,855 / 348,000
03./00. [NDS] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Bandai-Namco) - 48,646 / NEW
04./05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 41,837 / 1,794,000
05./00. [PSP] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (Bandai-Namco) - 34,472 / NEW
06./07. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 34,180 / 1,524,000
07./00. [PS2] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (Bandai-Namco) - 29,940 / NEW
08./02. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 28,873 / 94,000
09./04. [NDS] SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (EA) - 25,172 / 74,000
10./08. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (Banpresto) - 19,302 / 54,000

 

[LouisLeGros]

lol, i'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm hoping it only sells up to 5 million max.

So that nintendo could realize that deeper gameplay can lead to more sales overall in the long run, like Melee had.

But that probably won't happen.

This is why I'm a fan of Blizzard

 

[Uncle Fitzy]

And there was much rejoicing.

 

[volbound1700]

Brawl wasn't advertised a lot where I am at (Southeast United States) and I was able to go in BestBuy and buy it easily a week after it came out, tons where still on the shelf. Why didn't Nintendo advertise a lot here.

Funny thing was, Madden is the hardest Wii game to find in my area.

 

[RockCrock]

More copies of Japanese Brawl sold than Japanese Melee already??? Does that seem ridiculous and proposterous to anyone else? You're telling me one of the most popular games for the gamecube has sold less than 2 million copies in the 6 years its been on the market?

 

[Firestorm88]

Yes that's what I'm telling you. In Japan, Melee sold 1,498,000 copies. Games selling on and on way after release is a relatively new thing in Japan. Usually, games would be on the top list for a month at most and drop off. Usually only the first week or two. Nintendo changed that with the DS and Wii targeting more casual and non-gamers.

Games selling well past the first month really want a more western thing.

If you wanna know, I believe Melee sold 6 - 7 million worldwide. I don't have the numbers in front of me right now, but I'll say so when we pass it!

 

[Firestorm88]

Week 10 Japan Sales (March 31st - April 6th):
01./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 488,000 / 1,369,000
02./00. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (Koei) - 228,000 / NEW
03./00. [PSP] Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution (Square-Enix) - 91,000 / NEW
04./00. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami) - 80,000 / NEW
05./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami) - 60,000 / NEW
06./02. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon) - 58,000 / 406,000
07./04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 39,000 / 1,834,000
08./00. [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (Bandai-Namco) - 39,000 / NEW
09./06. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 24,000 / 1,548,000
10./08. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 22,000 / 116,000