Mario & Sonic Kick Back And Enjoy 5 Million >

	2008/03/05 14:23:58: Posted by vividbreeze
	Mario & Sonic have been rocking the gaming world lately. News just came in that the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games title has sold over five million copies worldwide in three months. Click read more for full press release. PRESS RELEASE TOKYO-SEGA® Corporation today announced that its history-making video game title, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games™, has sold five million copies worldwide in just over three months. Developed by SEGA for the Wii™ video game system and the Nintendo DS™ system, with creative input and executive milestone approvals by Nintendo’s developers, the title brought together for the first time the two most beloved icons in the entertainment industry. In the spirit of the Olympic Games, the legendary mascots also brought friends from their storied franchises along, including Luigi™, Knuckles™, Yoshi® and Tails™, to compete in a variety of Olympic events. “With adored icons and fun game play, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has shot to the top of the sales charts and is clearly resonating with the growing audience of casual gamers that want an engaging and accessible gaming experience,” said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America. Published by SEGA across Europe and North America, and by Nintendo in Japan, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games made its worldwide debut on November 6, 2007, when the Wii version hit store shelves in the United States. According to the NPD Group, which tracks sales data in the United States, the game was one of the top-ten best-sellers in the United States – across all platforms – in the critical holiday sales month of December. When Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games launched in Europe just days later, it was an immediate hit, rising rapidly to the top of sales charts. Mario & Sonic became the best-ever performing Wii game over the seven-day period that ended on December 11, 2007. In January, Mario & Sonic was the best-selling video game in England across all formats. “The market for entertaining games that everyone can enjoy is growing faster than any other segment in the industry, thanks in part to the explosive popularity of Wii and Nintendo DS,” continued Jeffery. “A key element of our growth strategy at SEGA is to develop and publish games that appeal to this expanding market.” Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is licensed through a worldwide partnership with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), the exclusive Interactive Entertainment Software licensee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Not a surprise that a game like this would sell so many copies so quickly.

There are a lot of Wii owners because the price is right.

The word on the street is that Microsoft will be lowering the price of the Xbox 360 in the United Kingdom, and perhaps all of Europe this month.

Apparently, this price cut will at least affect the Xbox 360 Arcade system, and maybe all models of the Xbox 360.

And the incredible thing is that according to my sources, the Xbox 360 Arcade system will drop to a price BELOW what the Wii sells for!

If that is true, then sales of the Xbox 360 will shoot through the roof in those markets. The whole reason "why" Microsoft decided not to include a hard drive in every system had to do with "this" point in time when they were trying to sell to a new market of consumers who did not previously own Xbox systems, and who live in areas that do not have high-speed Internet access. That is where the Xbox 360 has a HUGE market advantage over the PS3.

Time will let us know what happens.

If that's the case, Krogan, why is PS3 leading in worldwide sales. Not to mention the fact that even the Wii, which some consider a pretender next-gen system, comes with a hard drive standard.

I own this game, and I use it mostly for get togethers with friends. The bottom line is that Nintendo made a system, and games, that are just plain fun. Not very challenging, but highly entertaining. Not to mention that Sonic and Mario are international superstars.

If only SEGA could release a new Sonic game that was as fun as the originals to capitalize on this exposure *sigh*

Well the Wii ships with 512MB of FlashROM, which isnt a great deal these days, but still i agree that Nintendo's philosophy is whats driving their succes -- not just their price point.

What use is a graphics centric, online fps player orientated game system to the average casual-and-just-for-fun gamer? Even at a good price?