Mario Sunshine VS. Mario Galaxy sales comparison.

Hurray for Galaxy

These are some absolutely incredible figures. I can't believe how poorly Super Mario Sunshine did when it launched in North America. Super Mario Galaxy launched halfway through November, but we all saw that it did amazingly well in sales. In just over two weeks, the game managed to move 1.12 million units. Curious to see what Sunshine did?

August 2002: 350,768

How insane is that number!? Sunshine sold just about what Galaxy sold in Japan for its first week! We were complaining about Galaxy sales in Japan...we should have complained about Sunshine back in 2002! Let's look at some more monthly sales data. Once again, this is NA only.

Now factor in the sales of the Cube/Sunshine bundle, and that will put you at about 1.5 million units of Sunshine sold in 5 months. Once again, Galaxy has managed to move 1.12 units in less than a full month. I guess this goes to show that great software really will sell on Wii...in NA at least.

It does LOOK better, but you have to remember that Sunshine launched a while after the Cube, whereas Galaxy launched a year after. Also, the Wii has probably outsold the GC's lifetime sales figures (or it's getting close to it) in the US so there's a lot more Wii's about than there were GC's at the time of Sunshine's launch. Galaxy is selling pretty well, but I'm certain there is more people who own a Wii and don't have Galaxy than people who had a GC and didn't buy Sunshine.I live in the UK and Galaxy is nowhere to be found in the sales charts in our Game stores. Mario & Sonic at the olympics has been number 1 for weeks. It's kinda sad because it is such an awful, cheaply made game.manicfoot

[QUOTE="manicfoot"]It does LOOK better, but you have to remembI staner that Sunshine launched a while after the Cube, whereas Galaxy launched a year after. Also, the Wii has probably outsold the GC's lifetime sales figures (or it's getting close to it) in the US so there's a lot more Wii's about than there were GC's at the time of Sunshine's launch. Galaxy is selling pretty well, but I'm certain there is more people who own a Wii and don't have Galaxy than people who had a GC and didn't buy Sunshine.I live in the UK and Galaxy is nowhere to be found in the sales charts in our Game stores. Mario & Sonic at the olympics has been number 1 for weeks. It's kinda sad because it is such an awful, cheaply made game.MAILER_DAEMON

I stand corrected :P