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Super Smash Brothers Brawl conquering Europe photo

Today, Media-Control Gfk International has blessed gameindustry.biz with some interesting sales figures from both Spain and Germany. As it ends up, Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii has extended its quest for world sales domination into both countries by taking the number one spot. The data below is for the week ending on June 22.

Spain

  1. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
  2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
  3. Wii Play (Wii)
  4. Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? (DS)
  5. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
  6. Top Spin 3 (PS3)
  7. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (PSP)
  8. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (PS3)
  9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  10. The Sims 2 deluxe (PC)
Germany
  1. Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
  2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  3. Battlefield Bad Company (PS3)
  4. The Sims 2: Ikea Home Stuff (PC)
  5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
  6. Wii Play (Wii)
  7. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (PSP)
  8. Wii Fit (Wii)
  9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  10. Mario Kart DS (DS)
If you take a close look at the data, it appears that Germans would much rather buy furniture in the Sims, than play Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Perhaps they plan on virtually sitting down while watching all of the cut-scenes in MGS4?

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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 13:54
brainderailment
Insert cut-scene joke. It happens every time a MGS game is released.
Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 14:42
Scrixx
@ The last paragraph. I do the same :D
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 14:48
Professor Pew
No 360 sales? Oh wait, there was nothing to buy!
Robbo the hood's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 14:49
Robbo the hood
@brainderailment
MGS4 is much more guilty of cut-scene gluttony. The longest cut-scene in MGS is regularly outlasted by act openers in MGS4, with a fair share of cut-scenes mid act doing the same thing. The ratio has also spiked for MGS4, unless of course MGS3 has exorbitant usage of cut-scenes as well, I haven't played it yet.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 14:55
king3vbo
Hahaha, that pic is epic
Grapefruit Juice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 15:35
Grapefruit Juice
"A game I played is selling better then another game. This validates me and my feelings."
Yuphrum's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 16:32
Yuphrum
Hah!
No surprise there, we've been waiting so long for Smash Brothers Brawl to come out we would have killed our own mothers just to get it earlier
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 16:42
brainderailment
@Robbo_the_hood: It doesn't make the joke any less trite.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 17:00
mrplow8
Why is Mario Kart DS #10 in Germany?
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 17:30
B-Radicate
If I lived in Europe I would wait until Smash was in the bargain bin before I picked up or bought it used just out of principal.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 18:46
Kyousuke Nanbu
Nintendo did everything short of sending a box of shit to every Wii owner in the UK.

What did UK gamers do? Buy Smash in droves, THIS is why Nintendo fucks over the PAL market so badly, because no matter what asshole thing they do they will be rewarded with huge sales.
KMCC's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2008 19:14
KMCC
Does SSBB online work in Europe? Anyone?

Why aren't fixing this...
Cubilone's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2008 09:09
Cubilone
People just can't boycott correctly, no matter where they live.
Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2008 12:31
Daxelman
So what, the PAL version is crap?

Someone wanna give me insight here?
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