As expected, Super Mario Galaxy was a pretty great game. We're pretty sure it could have been an epic disaster, and still sold a ton, so we're not surprised when Nintendo's George Harrison brags about its success.
"Super Mario Galaxy had the strongest one-week debut of any Wii game to date and has also become the best-selling Mario title ever in its first week, with U.S. sales of more than 500,000, based on internal sales figures," he says in a press release issued today.
It's not over yet -- consumers are still tearing apart retail outlets in Wii rages, looking for the elusive console. It would be criminal is the game didn't sell one-to-one with every installed unit, and when the smoke clears, that will likely be the case.
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9:53 AM on 11.21.2007
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also, First cocks.
Hey, remember Superman 64? That didn't do too bad, besides sucking a cawk that Superman himself couldn't leap over.
Still, seems like it should be higher.
I'm guessing Mario Galaxy won't gain the same attach rate because of the range of gamers that own the console, with a large portion of them being focused on "social" games.
As for this outselling Halo 3...that will never happen in the US. Internationally it might come close, but I still doubt it will overcome the chief. Rest comfortably that sales of Nintendogs are higher than Halo 3...for whatever that is worth.
I think the best selling game of this generation is from the DS with Nintendogs.
(Steve Ballmer style)