SSBB, fastest selling Nintendo game…ever March 18, 2008
REDMOND, Wash., March 17 /PRNewswire/ — After just one week on store
shelves, Super Smash Bros.(R) 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(TM) and Pikachu(R)
are joined by industry icons like Sonic The Hedgehog(TM) 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.(R) Melee, became the best-selling Nintendo GameCube(TM) 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(R) Wii and Wii Fit(TM) will keep our
momentum going strong.”
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Not the fastest selling Nintendo game, but the fastest for Nintendo of America.
Lets see… 1.4 million times $49.95 is… $69,930,000.00
Holy Crap!
I got to see the Smash Bros. Brawl TV commercial while at my friend’s apt. yesterday. I wish they would show that the Nunchuk combo controllers are not the only options to play the game.
With those four players they should show each player using each controller type.
// Roth
doesnt surprise me
@taylor plus tax
@ don
Yeah but Nintendo doesn’t get the tax money, the government would.
Nintendo won’t get most of the sales money. Remember that the retailers get a chunk, then the wholesalers get a chunk befoe them. I’m not sure if Nintendo do all the distribution in-house, or if a distributor also gets a chunk of cash. Nintendo may get $20.00 per copy in the end. Still $20.00 * 1.5million copies will help to pay back the investment of the salaries for all those people you see in the credits.
This would sell SOOOOOOOO much faster if they decided to release it in europe instead of making us wait at least 3 goddamn months!