<![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Gremory: I know this topic is days old, so no one is probably going to see this, but I still wanted to commend you for that wonderful analogy. Good job my friend. ;)

Sheetman

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Smash Brothers is to Virtua Fighter like table tennis is to skiing. There is alot of technic in both of them, but if you arent familiar with one of them you cant really grasp it, since skill does not transfer.

Gremory

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I bought four of those games up there DMC4, SSBB, Disgaea 3, and FFIV.

Hammertime

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @photoboy:
@tehFluffz:
@mrantimatter:

It's a great joke and all...but there are over 500K xboxen in Japan.

kNZA

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @hansamurai: I loved Assassin's Creed. It greatly exceeded my expectations which, granted, were really low.

mind in rewind

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I'd love to see some first day/week sales comparisions. Like Halo 3, Brawl, and No More Heros, in each region.

In other news, 820,000 is a large number.

ZinkO: refuses to immanentize the eschaton

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> This wouldn't be the first time the 360 has popped up inside the Japanese top 10. If I recall correctly, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Halo 3 made it for at least the weekly top 10 sales charts.

psychobaka

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> 360 has been poking its head out pretty much with every game release (I recall Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Halo 3 hitting the top 10 before). This makes it quite evident that the 20,000 people who own a 360 over there are liking their investment and the games that are coming out for it, which is not a bad score for MS.

psychobaka

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> How many times has Tales of Destiny been released now? Seems like 3 or 4 times. Also just remembered that Professor Layton is coming out here in a couple days. :D

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> That's 28,000 sad and depressed Assassin's Creed owners.

hansamurai

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Samos42: Nah not really. I wasnt expecting some huge sales even more so when folks had to choose between buying SSBB that day or disgaea.

Only the hardcore fans at first who had a ps3 bought the game I assume.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Disgaea 3 only sold 55k on opening week. Witzbold will be sad.

Samos42

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Lackshmana: 'Not even close' to crushing Halo 3? You are joking right? Sales are a factor of 13 (and a bit) higher than Halo 3's first week. Halo 3 also reached #1; but it would've been #6 if released this week.

Of course if you're trying to suggest that Halo 3's sales in the US will be higher than SSBB's sales in the US, or the same for worldwide, then you are probably right (and perhaps it will also be by a large factor) but this is hardly the time to judge it. All you can tell from this is Japanese sales, in which SSBB is the most successful game since I-don't-know-when. Actually what is the last game that sold more than this in a week, anyone know?

@tehFluffz: Whoa, you mean like every single Kotaku poster made that joke?

@sUKi: wtf were you thinking on those 360/PS3 comparison stat guesses? :)

quen

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Good showing for the PS3 and PSP this week. As for the 360 having a game in the top 10 isn't a surprise, that would be seeing it there next week. Can't wait to see the hardware numbers.

heero69

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Wow. Sony Dominated the top ten this week. 6 out of 10 titles were on Playstation Consoles.

And then you realize Nintendo took 3 of the top ten, and the 29 other ones in the top 40.

I was so happy and so sad.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Samus almost nude in her Zero Suit on the cover... No surprise - Moves product.

Allen750

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @sascha23: I'm not so sure. Most of the people I know with a 360 upgraded from a PS2. For some, it is their first console. Others upgraded from a Gamecube. I only know three people with an original Xbox, and none of them have a 360.

You're assuming all PS2 owners upgrade to a PS3, and all Xbox owners upgrade to a 360. Neither is necessarily true. So, really, who knows how well DMC4 will do on each platform in the US? We won't until we see the NPDs.

mind in rewind

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Whoa, what do I see there?

03. Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2) - 117,000 / NEW

DO WANT.

[Obvious Disgaea and Brawl fanboy action here]

Lyner

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Some impressive numbers. Although, even more shocking is the prescence of a 360 game in the Top 10 in Japan.

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Candlejack:

Those guys need something NEW to play :P

Fixed, fanboyJack ;)

Cloudizme

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Baboon: You sir, are fail.

RaepGoblin

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @blackadvent: I will say this. I dislike stealth gameplay a great deal, but the MGS series is all about characters and story and you can play without the use of stealth. It's not a requirement like many other games...especially in MGS4.

If you're a fan of Psychonauts or Schafer's work, you will definitely want to pick up MGS4 and keep an eye on titles like Heavy Rain that are rooted in strong storytelling.

Didn't mean to get so off-topic.

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @skullivan: You're right. The Sony machines cater well to people who enjoy both products from Japan and Western titles. The 360 leads more towards the Madden and Halo crowd. However, I do admit to titles like BioShock and Mass Effect being simply incredible and make my dual-system ownership worthwhile.

It will be interesting to keep an eye on the software unit sales in the coming months.

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Thank you for the good man. I try to limit my fanboyism and I'm glad it shows. ;)

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Something about all the PS3 comments in this thread reminds me of my hopeful optimism during the Gamecube days. Ah, to be young and have the wool pulled over my eyes...

Baboon

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Go PS3 go! Yay, I hope we see a lot more weeks like this. And more Japanese games to come to the PS3.

RaepGoblin

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Brawl will sell more than 10 million copies worldwide and potentially be the reason why Nintendo expands its online audience and hopefully one day gets rid of friend codes. On another note to my fellow Kotakuites. Anyone who wants a chance for a free copy of SSBBrawl (I am giving away two copies in two competitions) head on over to my blog at [nintendowiigalaxy.blogspot.com] and enter the competion there. Looking forward to seeing you all.

dampowellwii

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I'm going to ask a favor, to put this in persective, when adjusted for install base and the days they've been available, how well did DMC4 actually do? I mean, the Wii's popularity's insane, so they have more people to sell to.

Voteforme2020

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Perdew: I honestly don't qualify any game as a 'technical fighter'. Fighters are fighters. They are, in essence, a simple gameplay style. There is but one objective, beat the other player with fighting moves. Now, can I say that it's not exactly a 'hardcore' game? Sure. But I'm also not all that big into fighting games as you are, so hey, your opinion of course is going to differ greatly. I honestly don't see a huge difference outside of complexity, which again, my opinion is that complex doesn't immediately equal technical. Again though, I'm not as big into the genre as you are. Fun = Fun in my gaming book, regardless of the genre.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> this may be a trend through 2008,

JackTretton

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @RWHC:

Exactly. Any game can be classified as a 'button masher' or 'technical' based on the players alone. That's why I tried to make the distinction of how the game (the system in which you fight) is intended to be played.

More than that, whether that system is robust enough where we don't need to see exploits to advance (look at high level play from newer Guilty Gears compared to roll cancelling in CVS2, infinite combos in SVC, wave dashing in Melee). What's upsetting is what I mentioned above; the success of the more casual games is hurting the technical ones, which is why we SHOULD be able to make a distinction.

Perdew

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.:

Allright, so all bias aside, you'd agree that going on the system alone, it would be classified as something other than a 'technical fighter'?

I honestly don't like arguing on this topic, but it seems to come up very often in my tastes. For example, after playing IIDX and Pop'n for years, games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band (I love Rock Band!) just don't seem to be 'technical' games by the same standard. Sadly in these cases, we see that the more technical a game is, the less it sells in comparison to the more casual version, until the casual version causes the 'hardcore' game to change (Street Fighter 4/2HD) or simply stop selling (has IIDX cracked the charts really since 5/6th style?).

In an even smaller niche, I often see criticism against people who like Ikaruga since games such as Do Don Pachi are 'harder, more hardcore shooters' (though, that's not what I love Ikaruga for).

Perdew

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @CHU BOI: Hehe! No problem sir! I keed though. But wavedashing was pretty rampant..if you didn't know how or when to do it, you were screwed against anyone who did!

rlh445

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @rlh445: Thx, wasn't ever good with percentages and such! :-D

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Stormrider: Wow, dude. You're fucked. Thats 10x worse than when CoD4's release and my finals week did not mix at all. Curse its RPG-like level up system! Good luck!

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @CHU BOI: Its gonna be hard for everyone to adjust now that wavedashing is out, which was 90% of everyone's game.

Fixed that for you.

I'm glad Brawl is doing well. I am waiting for it with baited breath!!

rlh445

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @sascha23: I tend to shy away from stealth gameplay. I may play the MGS games eventually, but I stay away from stealth stuff.

LittleBigPlanet... I'm just not pumped for it.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @CHU BOI: It ships on the 9th. I have a different problem: Brawl comes out the week before finals for me. There is no way I am going to be able to study with it sitting in my Wii, waiting to be played.

Stormrider

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I'm surprised that Disgaea only sold a little over 50,000. Kind of underwhelming. Personally, I'd take Disgaea over Devil May Cry any day.

baked ham

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @xpnet: Thx for the info. By the looks of things I'm still prob maining with Samus and Ness (I only picked him up cuz his taunt annoys the heck out of opponents) like I did in Melee. Might add Snake out of sheer fanboyism plus Diddy & Sonic are looking like they're a good fit 4 me. let's trade codes when the game hits.

Question: Does it ship on Mar9th or in stores Mar 9th? I'm hoping for the former cuz I'll be in Cancun and dont get back until the 10th (@ night), plus I have class the next morning! Which leads me to another question: Is Brawl worth missing a day in Cancun? A day where you'll be swimming in drunk white women? (I'm African, btw. Nigerian to be specfic. Yeah, those fraudulent emails you get are coming from me, lol)

*Looks over shoulder just in case Witz is a firm advocate for drunk women*

Discuss!

(Sorry if I offended any of our female Kotakuites!)

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Still waiting on the EU release date. Getting bored, over here.

Infradead

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01:
Haruhi!

Plan303e

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01: Psh. Clearly Shaq Fu is the most technical fighter ever made.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Perdew: I suppose though that any game could also be 'technical' as well then by the same arguement though, it just depends on the skill of the players. Again, I'm not saying Smash in of itself is some super tactical fighting game (Cause then it would be entirely unfun.), but the combat system is deep enough that it can easily be considered technical just from the options given.
Technical in my mind is merely being able to size up an opponent, having several different options of what to do with that opponent, while still having enough options to counter or block an attack should you have the skill to hit the proper move/button at the right time. Again, it's not some sort of SF3 and having parries for everything if you time it right, but it's still got enough depth to be technical if you play it that way. Though I look at it as any fighter can be technical if you play it with that sort of dedication. I'm sure there's plenty of 'elite' that break down every move done by every fighter in every game to size up who's move does how much damage, what attack has more priority, etc.
Again, not suggesting that Smash is such a great, in depth fighter, but I can't understand why anyone would think it isn't at all technical.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Althoug Nintendo has less title than in most weeks is still their week. Combining all the other titles (including Wii Fit an Mario & Sonic) you get 692 k, which is 113 of SSBB. This is incredible with just one game.

kurokotetsu

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @RWHC: NOO! Nothing beats Brutal: Paws of Fury in my book.

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Seeing a western game like Assassins Creed on the top ten is also a surprising and rare sight!

zetopazio

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Perdew: Yeah.. but with that reasoning, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are button mashers with the wrong players.

For the record, I firmly swear by Samurai Shodown IV :3

RWHC

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Am I the only noticing 2 PS2 games on the top 5?

Cuba wha? xbox who?

A.K.O.D.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @CHU BOI: The best thing to do is use the sort by date uploaded and search for "Brawl Wifi" on youtube. I been watching videos prepairing for the many many battles to come.. every once in a while you'll get the reuploaders that upload the same video found on other profiles but you can find some good stuff already. I think I already have most of my countiers ready for when I play and man I can't wait. I wish they would post what controller configuration they are using because that would also help with the videos. BTW.. I can't wait for the sales data for the US.. I have three copies reserved for both my Wiis.. it's going to be a busy few months at my house starting March 9th.

xpnet

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Lackshmana: if the game doesnt sell out when its released here, then you can talk. if you want to be fair, compare the jp release of smash to the jp release of halo 3... yeah.

@Beatseeker: lolol. great one.

shouryuuken

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.:

I'd agree with most of what you say here except you haven't really defined 'technical'. Any game can be a button masher; doesn't mean you will be successful against a skilled player.

What I think is most interesting is that since games like Smash Bros which aren't as technical (in the game system itself) have done so well, now games like Street Fighter Blah Blah HD Remix are including modes which will make it simpler to execute moves, making it somewhat closer to smash. 'Tech' fighters seem to have gotten too far ahead that they can only retain their core base, and now we're seeing very technical fighters dumb themselves down to become accessible.

Is it good? Bad? It certainly increases the sales, and therefore the userbase, and therefore the general quality of later iterations.

Still, I think it's absolutely ridiculous to call Smash Bros. itself a technical fighter; it can certainly be played as one by the right players, but you could put that argument forth for any fighter. Even Mortal Kombat ;x

Perdew

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Candlejack: Weeding trolls is stressful work, I bet :p

RWHC

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: I think it goes by just how much you really play the game and what sort of mindset you take with it. But yes, I think a lot of it is merely snubbing from other fighter fans, simply because so many bash on each other's preferred games of choice. I remember all the 'Tekken is better!' type gripings of back in the days, when everyone cried about how their fighting game of choice was the best. Not much different from system wars I suppose.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @xpnet: Seriously eh? You should submit those 2 vids though and with a well enough written argument. Perhaps they might make a story out of it! ;D Id vote to have it put up if I could. Imagine the discussion that would come out of a post like that!

@CHU BOI: Of course. Dont worry Im watching EVERYONE. ;D

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Gogo Haruhi. Cash in on those fanboys!

Zippidydoodaa

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @CHU BOI: Yeah, if you were just a mindless button masher you'd never manage to finish Adventure Mode on Very Hard difficulty. In fact I think Smash involves a bit more skill and reflexes than something like Soul Calibur or Tekken, which are more about playing mind games on your opponent.

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> See there is also a Tales game on the top 10 list. I wonder why won't they release this updated version of the original on this side of the pacific.

Bluejuan85

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Famitsu sales numbers are really low for hardware, with around 100K Wiis sold and only 36K PS3's. Seems pretty low eh? Let's hope MC's numbers are more accurate.

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Oh god, Disgaea 3!!!! come on NIS.... I do not even need voice overs, English subtitles and menu and you have a sale

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: Yup, he is trying, but don't loosen that hammer grip there, Thor. I always look forward to good comment discussion on Smash posts he just loves raining on my parade.
@xpnet: THANK YOU for the video comp. Smash can be the opposite of button mashing depending on the gamer. Its gonna be hard for me to adjust now that wavedashing is out, which was 50% of my Samus game. the Brawl Central forums are picking up adv techniques every now and then.

To Advanced Smash Brothers: Apparently you can now cancel your momentum with an air dodge. Very helpful recovery technique. [brawlcentral.com]

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: I need to submit a article to Kotaku or something...

xpnet

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: Seriously my friend had that game down so goddamned good that his friggin captian falcon was unstoppable. It was insane how well he memorized the animations and what not, along with what was good for countering what. :x Fun times indeed... lol

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @badasscat: DOA3? Aaaah, Hitomi...

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> And here we have the true conspiracy: Capcom released their game to multiple consoles in order to take up two spots on the top ten list in the face of smash bros. ;)

Policroma

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: It's really just a level of technicality. Lot of the "hardcore" don't find it technical enough though really any game can be technical. I don't think Brawl is that technical myself compared to most fighters, but doesn't mean it's not fun. It's one of the few Wii games I'm looking foward too this year cause I'm a fighter whore....

People have been arguing the technical nature of SSB for years now, it's never going to change. "Hardcore" fighter players are very picky, especially the tournament level ones who often have a stick up there bums.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: I'll give you that, he's definitely improved. I'm just giving him a hard time until I can honestly say he's reformed.

I mean, there are definitely some asshats around these parts, but at least a deal of them that I disagree with I can also respect sometimes, so long as they show some intelligence. So, keep up the improvement Kyle!

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: I think the fans will burn down the office if they dont bring it over.

The scary thing is I dont think thats a joke either. :x

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Sparx88: I was scared there for a second lol

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Aflack: Likes slushies: All the Disgaea games have come to the US, including the PSP one. The thing is if a company like NIS is willing to invest into the PS3... they probably don't even have PS3 dev kits and such which cost lot of money. I'm sure they want to, they are fans of the game, so I bet they are doing the math to see if its worth bringing it over.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Perdew: I think a lot of people muddle 'technical' and complex together. A technical fighter does not need to be complex JUST to be technical. Nor am I saying Smash is like, the killer, definitive technical combat game. Fighters are fighters. Every fighting game is, essentially the same, with variables in the combat style. Smash can be as technical or as mind-numbingly chaotic as you want it to be. The problem with comparing Smash to other fighters however, is most base their complexity off of position on a level fighting field (a straight map) and add in things like combos/breakers, parries, supers, things of that nature... while Smash's complexity comes more from positioning on the map, be it a flat zone, a multi leveled area, whatever it might be, because you don't just knock someone's hitpoints down to zero.

To just say Smash isn't technical because it doesn't have a ton of variables is silly. Sure, it may not be as technical if that complexity adds something deeper to the combat, but complex does not necessarily equal technical.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Gonzodamus: Like someone said, I personally don't see Brawl as being a party game myself.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only:

BANG!

lol, j/k

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> The problem here is that these are the only numbers Japanese developers appear to notice. Here's looking forward to another year of Japan-centric 1st party games for Wii.

Gonzodamus

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Does Disgaea have a history of being released in the US? And was the game a PSN release or a boxed version?

Aflack: Likes slushies

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @badasscat: The 360 is doing a HELL of a lot better then the old xbox in Japan, if I'm wrong shoot me!

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Onizuka-GTO: I didn't make sales prediction..... I was talking about predicting someone coming in and getting angry about calling SSB not technical.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01: The 360 is not doing better than the original Xbox in Japan. That said, both systems have had their share of top 10 sellers; this is nothing new. DOA3 sold 78,000 copies in its first week on the original Xbox, for one example.

badasscat

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @MJDeviant: I'll probably be joining you in that purchase once I get back on my feet again. Our PS2 broke (Thanks to brainless siblings) and I ended up missing out on a lot of games that I can pick up on the cheap once I'm able to afford it, or borrow from buddies that invested in their PS2 libraries.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Sparx88: Gundam has had it's ups and downs over the years. It was in a rut for many years really till Gundam Seed revitalized the franchise. But the franchise is also losing a bit of popularity, the new Gundam 00 hasn't been a huge success so far though its not doing bad... but ratings and dvd sales have been less than SEED was. But Gundam will always be around.... just fanbase will always fluctuate.

But of course SRW games are not just Gundam, thats the best part.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @TheHun:

If it's worldwide, I'd say it's possible!

@Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.:

You know, I am a huge fan of 'technical' fighters and yea, it annoys me when people defend brawl to the death.

Think of it this way: what knowledge and skill set is required to become competent (read: not exploiting, not an EVO level player) in Smash, and compare that to what's required to become competent in Guilty Gear or Third Strike. In the latter 2, you are more or less required to learn how their unique systems work, and they both become pretty involved.

Smash I don't think has differentiation from high and low attacks, at least not in the way 'tech' fighters do.

Perdew

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Truthfully man, I think Kyle81 has been trying to improve and seems to be doing a good job of it so far. So lets just all be friends ok?

Granted he and I call eachother shitfaced cockmongers and rarely see eye to eye, but still though his commenting of reciently has been much better and its highly appreciated.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @MJDeviant: hehhe, cool, I'm glad you like it. I know exactly what you mean, I just got the Wii and DS Lite and I'm drowning in games, some old that I never played and some comes at a cheaper price ;D

Right now I'm playing Zelda phantom hourglass everyday and I got SMG and other great games I just started or havn't got around to play yet :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: i can see that, you must be well respected in the field of console gaming analyst.

Especially with their outstanding prediction

i can see why you analyst earn so much money, the accuracy of your work are unbelievable.

I'm surprised people don't just invest in console game analyst evey time they bring out a new one, its like a guarantee money maker.

I salute you fine profitable gentlemen with your prophetic powers!

All hail the far-sighted prophets!

Onizuka-GTO

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @xpnet: Excellent comparison. If that doesnt clear up any of the misunderstandings, nothing will.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Beatseeker: You're kidding right, or as Booker T might say "tell me I didn't just hear that."

Brawl's been highly anticipated, very highly.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> SSBB = GOTY 2008

RotatingRingKing

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @skullivan:

It could go either way. Sony owners are familiar with DMC as a franchise and know what it is. Xbox people were just happy to "steal an exclusive", I'm sure there's a few players but not on as wide a scale. As far as they're concerned its just another Ninja Gaiden to them. Besides, after the horribly uninformed X-Play review I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of people turned off (if they buy into that sort of crap that is)

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: You never know. Not that it's a determination of DMC4's sales in America, but looking at Amazon's top sellers, the PS3 version is doing far better than the 360 version. I'm thinking the numbers in America for titles like this will be much closer and by a year's time lead on the PS3. Mostly due to its Japanese stylings...caters well to the PS mentality. ;)

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> sweet, now to wait for disgaea 3 to be translated :'(

SupaPhly

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Shadows of the Colossus is amazing (except for the camera sometimes). I got the Guitar Heroes to kill time in-between studying and class. Shadow is for nights before bed. Perfect. And just think, every week or two I can just buy a new game for less then $20 that is new to me. Awesome. I loved the Cube, but I should have picked up a PS2 a long time ago.

On topic, I like seeing these numbers on Kotaku. Not because I care about them, because I really don't. But it's fun when I know sparks will fly as people grind their gears together.

MJDeviant

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @MJDeviant: This I like to hear.

A gamer looking through the new-gen hype we are all blinded by, and buying a ps2 for the first time.

Price for hardware and games is rock bottom... criminal for the fun you will have. Instead of waiting on new-gen AAA's to hit you will have months of proven AAA game time.

On topic, I hope Disgaea 3 sticks around... overall it was a bit of a "hardcore gamer" dominated chart which is good to see :)

Astrofox

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> great game but also shows how desperate some are for wii content.

Beatseeker

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Er.. 'in the Japan list.'

Time for more coffee.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Ok ok.. NOW here is where the confusion is..

This is a example of some one that think smash is a button masher
[youtube.com]

This is a example of some one who thinks it's a technical fighting game.
[youtube.com]

xpnet

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @sascha23:

I think what you're actually saying is not so much that you're a Sony fanboy but that you prefer Japanese made games. In that regard you naturally gravitate to Sony.

I think people who prefer North American made games (FPS's, Western RPG's, Sports games) gravitate towards the 360.

I agree that DMC4 will do well on PS3 but I don't think the PS3 has the installed base to outsell the 360 on anything yet. I'll say it'll have a better tie ratio than the 360 version will.

skullivan

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81:

That's what Gundam is for. Yet I'm surprised Gundam has lasted this long. I suspect the popularity could die out soon. They should really start pushing Strains

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01: No speech, master chief is the sexy silent type you know :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: Not in this thread perhaps, but I know I've reported you several times for it in other threads. Hey, you changed your ways? That's fine. Hopefully that reflects in your future posts.

@Masterpain22: Anger? I was agreeing with Witz about the constant, stupid 'zomg 360 gamez on sales list!' posts that always show up in Japan. Not sure what the hardcore idea is coming from.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @sascha23: Yeah, I do think GTA4 will sell best on the 360 without a doubt. Because GTA was the second best selling title behind Halo franchise on the old xbox, I think Peter moore said something about that. I did buy it myself for the old xbox :) ANd now they get DLC and have more players that seems to spend even more then before.

And I think DMC4 will sell more in euope and Japan on the PS3 then it will sell for the 360 in the US. But we never know :)

Yeah, I think by next holiday season the PS3 will pass the 360 worldwide in total sales, I predicted they would beat the 360 in sales per week/month by end of 2007 back in '06 and they did. But I don't think MS will give up that easely, a price cut, more games and no more RROD and they could really push for it, not that they will beat the Wii anyway, just as the PS3 wont beat the Wii, not for a very very long time atleast.

But I'm just speculating now :D

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Surprised how well Sony is holding up against zomg SSBB iz out!!! sales.

Also, feels like maybe the zomg SSBB shortajezz!! didn't quite hit the hype-train as much I thought it would. I guess that's for the next sales chart to touch on, since we all know that Japanese gamers buy based on hype as much as or more than anything else.

Suzaku

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Sparx88: Needs a Super Robot Wars game on PS3.... well I guess I just want one for easy importing duties.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Sony needs more games like this to dip into that PS2 market still out there. I wouldn't be surprised if over 50% of PS2 owners have yet to upgrade to this gen. Witht his years line-up I'm sure they'll see quite a few new adopters

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01: You should see him and the rest of the gang speaking Japanese its rather surreal too.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @ShinjiKinomoto: We got a rather devoted fanbase here.

It could have been more on the PS2, but I can approve of them putting it on the PS3 though.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Was Master Chief speaking Swedish also? I'd love to see a clip of that!

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> quarter mill for DMC4? thats pretty good maybe theres hope for MSG4 hitting the 1 mill mark in it's first week?

TheHun

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Lackshmana:

I'm sure both Super Mario Galaxy and Brawl utterly destroyed Halo 3 in japan.

stop2

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: I'll put you on the mailing list. Seriously don't drag me into this, I didn't even bash anything.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @AlKusanagi: I don't think it's a "party game", necessarily, but people who try to tell me that Smash Bros. is technical on par with Virtua Fighter or something annoy me. And i'm not a technical fighter fan, but Smash Bros. is just a fun game, not a true "technical fighter."

NPlace

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Not surprised... it's like x80x's halo...

LittlestLamshi

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: I agree. There's a certain mentality to the PS3 and 360's core customer-base. Now, that might sound like a stereotype (and it may be), but it has held true in the past.

I own both, but let's face it, I'm a Sony fanboy to an extent and I value titles like MGS, Final Fantasy, DMC, Resident Evil, etc, far over GTA and the Halos of the world.

I think you will see better sales of certain titles/genres on specific units. I also think DMC4 will sell better on the PS3, while GTA4 will lead on the 360 version.

Of course, who knows. At the current rate Sony is looking like they'll get the one-up on the 360 in another year's time.

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> The chart shows a lot of variety, is good to see that there are many good games doing well. They just need to bring DQ IV to the US :(

@Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: what's with all the anger to the other posters and that I'm a 'hard core' gamer attitude, chill a little bit

Masterpain22

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: Let me know when you quit showing up in news articles to bash Nintendo products like a bridge-dweller, and I'll let you know when I change my mind. If you need a PS3 fanboy rolemodel, take sascha23. I know for a fact he's diehard PS3 and yet he keeps bashing to a minimum. Kudos to him.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @MJDeviant: The PS2 slim is very sexy indeed ain't it? That machine was like the DS lite, complete make over that made the system tons better. You are going to like Shadow of the Colossus, I hope anyway :)

Nice price you got for it too.

@Kyle81: Thats like predicting that the sun will come up tomorrow.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @ShinjiKinomoto: Disgaea games never really have sold big at all.... actually this games release was bigger than the original's release.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Sorry Super Smash Brothers AND Devil May Cry?

Caduceus

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Good grief, why would you go up against Smash Brothers with a localization like Assassin's Creed? Wait a week or two?

Caduceus

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @sascha23: I wonder what platform will sell the most in the end. My bet now seeing these numbers are DMC4 will sell more on the ps3 thanks to the european market as well. But I have no doubt that GTA4 will sell the most on the 360. I find that stuff facinating, as long as no one gets upset.

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Wow. I'm surprised Disgaea 3 made it on the list. Not doing great, but doing well for the kind of game it is. Can't wait for this to come over here...there's been no mention, but I'm sure it'll come before the end of the year. If not...I can always import and keep my DS at my side the whole time. lol

ShinjiKinomoto

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I gave in and JUST bought a PS2 slim and Guitar Hero 1+2 and Shadows of the Colossus. Spent $150 (craigslist involved). I've had a pretty sporadic gaming history: NES, Genesis, N64, DreamCast, Cube, then mostly PC. So many games I have not played......

MJDeviant

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: What I do, just predicted the future.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Its no wonder that Halo 3 sold like crazy. I don't see the appeal myself, but then again, people are saying that about Brawl as well. *Shrugs* Just a difference in opinion I guess.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @blackadvent: You are obviously a good man. You must have a love for Tim Schafer and therefore, you love Uncharted. The half-tuck ways of Nathan Drake.

So, I must ask...how could MGS4 and Little Big Planet not be in you must-buy list of PS3 titles?

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Nintenboy01: Masterchief was also the sponsor for Sci fi night here in Sweden sponsoring Stargate SG1 and Atlantis and other Sci Fi, for that I thank the chief :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Other than the obvious insane sales of SSB, Sony did very well this week. Nice job.

Rzarekta

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Wow. Over 200,000 DMC4 sold on PS3 and 40,000 on 360.

Sounds about right for Japan.

I wouldn't be surprised if the US numbers are much closer on both systems this time around.

The times...they are a changin'!

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Lackshmana: Perhaps Nintendo should have partnered with Fanta to create "Mario Galaxy Fantasy Fluid" or something. Halo's marketing really went through the roof. Master Chief was EVERYWHERE.

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Disgaea 3, mmm.... the only reason (besides Uncharted) I have to buy a PS3.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @kylenalepa: @Nintenboy01: No More Heroes, you big sissies.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Candlejack: You aint seen nothing yet.

@Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Seriously eh? I for one am sick of hearing stupid quirps like that.

Man its insane though the sales numbers. It seems though that nintendo has been pretty good about making sure to keep the game stocked though. Granted it did sell out super fast on the first day. But by friday night the next it seemed like some stores managed to get a restock. Today I saw more copies for sale too. Folks from all walks of life bought the game, just goes to show how loved the series is here too which is a nice thing to see.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> I think I better get my Brawl pre-order down.

RobTheBuilder

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Not to start any needless flaming but...

I remember when Halo 3 came out, alot of Nintendo fans were saying, "just wait till Mario Galaxy comes out. With that massive install base it'll crush Halo."

Then that didn't happen and the same comments were made but with Brawl instead.

Well, again, not even close.
And it had nothing to do with the "shortages" either, since it didn't immediately sell out the whole shipment.

Now, with that out of the way, I think the fact that so many DS games and PS2 games are on the list (some of them not even close to new) is just more proof of how a system that offers a great selection of games for both the gamer and non-gamer markets is really the way to go.

That is something all 3 big companies could use to remember in regards to their new home consoles.

Lackshmana

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: At least the 360 is doing much better than the old Xbox ever did in Japan. The Wii drought for the USA and Europe is getting kinda bad though. Last game I bought too was Mario Galaxy back in early December.

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ashkihyena: I hope so, the way PS2 keeps going on and on like the duracell bunny I'm almost willing to change my previous speculation that it will die in 2008 to earliest the end of 2009, go go ps2 :D

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: Some people just don't use their brains I guess? I mean, god forbid hardcore gamers in Japan actually buy a game that they bought a hardcore system for.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Witzbold: Heh, you're swearing quite a lot lately :P

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> If it is that high for Japan, I can't wait to see the numbers for the US on the first day of release.

And isn't the US date on a Sunday?

tnx3

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Wow, MKDS it's on the list....amazing....like 2 years after

LuiStrokes

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @nootau: Its happened quite a few times when big launch titles come out.

I seriously dont get why some fucking people are so amazed when a 360 title makes it to the top 10.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: I don't believe he played the game either. It can get technical, and then to imply it ain't a fighting game...

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Can't wait for SSBB to come out here in the States. The Wii drought is getting ridiculous; the last game for it I bought for it was Super Mario Galaxy way back when.

kylenalepa

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Wow massive sales for Smash Brothers it has actually nearly catched up to Mario Galaxy in just one week !

Mario Galaxy is nearly out of the Top 30 too ...

Good to see 3 PS3 games on the Top 10 too ,DMC4 is the best debut yet for a PS3 game and Disgaea3 numbers are actually quite good better than Bladestorm and that managed some 120K units to date so NIS must be quite happy ...

Lets hope NIS translates Disgaea 3 and release it here ...

DMC4 on the 360 has made a good showing too ,only behind the better sellers as Lost Odyssey and Ace Combat ...

WIth the two versions combined DMC4 has managed 250K units ,the same as Mario Galaxy in its debut.Not bad,although it wont have the same legs ...

Iberianpower

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ashkihyena: Oh, and I'm not sure what this technical fighting games stuff is about, but if its games like Mortal Kombat where you have to pull off a certain button combination in a small amount of time, yeah, not a fan of that, cause I really suck at those.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @brent_w: its DMC4, you knew it was gonna do good cross platform.

zanzibarlegend

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Go go go Haruhi!

Nintenboy01

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Whoa, you mean every single Japanese 360 owner bought the game?

tehFluffz

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> its nice to see some ps3 titles in the top ten, but its possible that they wont hold long enough like many ps3 titles in the past...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Kyle81: Go back to your bridge.

@AlKusanagi: Lemme try again. SSB is just as technical as any other fighting game, and to suggest otherwise is pretty silly. However, if you were just to start playing the game, and were thrown into it with people who've played for a bit, and had a spamload of items around, I could see how the fighting aspect of the game could get lost amid the chaos.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Irenicus-the one and only: Yes, they need to continue making PS2 games, for this reason that people still play it to this day.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) I never heard of this, the Wii version is great!

@symphony_of_the_night: It is a freaking zombie, it can't die.

But SSBB selling 820k, holy shit! Now give me a damn european release date already, I want it bad! (did it sell out?)

Also, grats to PS3 making it to top 10 with not just 1, but 3 titles, very nice :)

Irenicus-the one and only

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: See, touchy touchy

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @AlKusanagi: Technical fighting games? Right. Let me know when you've actually played SSB.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @AlKusanagi: Watch it, your going to start something with them words.... certain ppl don't like it when you try to say Smash isn't technical :D

@Shinamano: Kinda obvious when theres 3 times the install base of systems in the US.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Haha, Animal Crossing is still on the list, if the DS version of that is still on the list, wonder how the Wii version is going to do.

Speaking of the Wii, can't really say I'm surprised about Brawl, bet thats going to be the results over here when its released come March.

Ashkihyena

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> NIS..... bring Disgaea 3 to the US plz

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> A quarter-million total for DMC4 ain't bad at all. But I honestly don't see the appeal of Smash Brothers. I spent the day playing my friend's copy and it seemed to be nothing but a button-mashing party game. Then again, I prefer technical fighting games, if you'd even qualify SSB as a fighting game at all.

AlKusanagi

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> dear god - that's an insane amount in four days for SSBB.

And look at that - way down on the bottom, one of the best games ever made in the history of mankiind - Animal Crossing: Wild World. Hit me up anyone that plays and wants to visit / host ect.

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> It will be interesting to see the US sales for DMC4...role reversal?

Shinamano

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Heh heh, looks like every single Xbox 360 owner in Japan went out to buy DMC4 on release. ;)

I'm glad to see SSBB selling well, I wasn't sure if the casual heavy Wii market would mean it didn't sell very well.

photoboy

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @liquid_kore: I doubt it, looks kinda unspectacular, doesn't it?

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> Not just the 3 PS3 top 10 titles, but Sony overall is doing much better then in the past. Last I remember the games were 50% Nintendo DS, 45% Wii, then 5% Sony, haha.

P-Sheddy

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> the ps2 never cease to amaze me..... i love that little black machine

symphony_of_the_night

]]> <![CDATA[Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sells 820K In Its Debut Week]]> @Sparx88: And 2 PS2 games....

Mr.SithNinja

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