Lego Star Wars II Sells 1.1 Million

LifesBlood writes "Lego Star Wars II has gone Platinum in under two weeks, reports TheForce.net. The title, showcasing the adventures from the original Star Wars Trilogy, has sold over 1.1 Million copies already." From the article: "Set in a tongue-in-cheek Star Wars galaxy, LEGO Star Wars II allows gamers to build and battle their way through the events of Star Wars: Episodes IV through VI. It has earned rave reviews from both consumer and trade press, largely because it is designed for the entire family."

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not that impressive

[Frag-A-Muffin]

That's 1.1 million copies spanning 8 platforms! That's only 137,500 copies for each platform. There are DS titles that have sold 3 million now individually. FFIII for DS in Japan sold almost 600,000 copies in less than a week. How is this impressive?

I'm gonna start a new thread

[Frag-A-Muffin]

cuz apparently some of you guys aren't understanding :)

I'm my previous posts, all I was saying was that 1.1 million units sold across 8 platforms isn't that impressive. Let me elaborate:

a) It'll cost you a LOT more to develop for 8 platforms.
b) you also widen your audience, so yes, it DOES matter that it's across the different platforms, because as a percentage of your audience you're trying to sell to, it's not that special.
c) i then proceeded to name examples of sales numbers (particularly DS titles in Japan) that were more impressive to me and of course, it started fanboi wars. Fine, here are more impressive numbers. Halo 2 sold 2.4 million copies in one day. Which of course beat out the previous record of 2.06 million by GTA. (same article).

Compared to those numbers (as a percentage of total POSSIBLE customers) 1.1 million units on 8 platforms is very average.

Ahhh .. forget it. I give up. You win.