That’s a pretty bold statement right there Reggie. With Modern Warfare 2 one of the most pre-ordered games with 2.4 million pre-orders in the Americas alone, it seems Nintendo will have their work cut out for them. Recently speaking with GTTV, Reggie made a bold statement. He claimed that the New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell Modern Warfare 2 by the end of January.
Speaking to Geoff Keighley, Fils-Aime said,
You’ve gotta give me the entire holiday selling season, right, so let’s take it all the way through the January NPD data… yes, I’ll take that [bet]
I’m waiting to see what the NPD numbers for January are at this point. With Pachter predicting things like NSMB sales will “shock” you and predicting Modern Warfare 2 will break $500 million and sell 10 million copies by end of Q4, you have to wonder if anyone here is right. Kind of exciting isn’t it?
We’ll just have to wait until the end of January to see.
Do you feel that the New Super Mario Bros can outsell Modern Warfare 2?
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lol. i pooped myself.
nsmb outselling mw2? i lol’d.
in all seriousness, though, a lot of moms/grandmothers/etc are going to be getting nsmb for their kids this holiday, but i just can’t see that amassing enough sales to overtake mw2.
Outsell Modern Warfare 2? That might be a little overoptimistic there, Reggie!
i dont think that NSMB has a chance.
It’s a Mario game. It’s definitely possible.
No, i dont think so mw2 is gonna win.
Its possible considering New Super Mario Bros. is like the 3rd or 4th highest selling game this gen.
I believe it possible. New Super Mario Bros. looks a great deal, I dare say, ‘new’. Modern Warfare 2 is just another shooter, right down to it, NSMB is something new and different on the Wii, and, even if it doesn’t outsell MW2, it will be very close.
Reggie is a fucking retard, lol. He’s one of the reasons I sold the Wii and went to Xbox. He thinks that Wii is the greatest console out there and I just can’t stand stupid people like that. Nintendo Wii is one system, Mario is coming out on ONE platform. I’d say that Nintendo and Xbox have around the same fan base considering Nintendo has a lot of family fans and Xbox has a lot of HC gaming fans. Then, you add on the sales from PS3 and PC and it’s obvious that MW2 outsells Super Mario.
“Do you feel that the New Super Mario Bros can outsell Modern Warfare 2?”
Without a doubt, Yes! Why? Because Super Mario Bros has a HUGE fan base. Games like Modern Warfare 2 may have a big fan base, but take into consideration the ages of the people playing it. Now, take into consideration of the ages that play Super Mario Bros.
Clearly, New Super Mario Bros can outsell Modern Warfare 2. I would be surprised if it didn’t.
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seems possible. I am not confident that it will happen, but I think it could easily be within a million.
it well so be a ig hit on wii but cant outsell modren warfare its to big of a hit
Considering he said only on one console, by the end of the holiday season this seems like a fair bet on Reggie’s part. The holidays are a goldmine for Nintendo games remember.
Of course he would say that. Activision told everyone that Modern Warfare 2 was going to be the best-selling game of all time. They want to say that their game is the best.
It will be close but i think modern warfare 2 will edge it out
i doubt it
See the way you wrote that article , you amde it sound like Reggie thinks Modern Warfare 2 is a bad game.
You have to show both sides of the same story…otherwise.
People reading this , that did not see the episode will assume that he thinks Modern Warfare 2 sucks.
He said it himself, it will be close and that he cant wait to play the game too.
Not trying to be an ass, but maybe you should think about putting more of what they say next time o_o
There is NO way it will outsell MW2. Won’t happen.
mario selling more pre-orders then MW2 BWAHAHAHA i like to see that did if so then im going to do a bomb shell on MW2 with a nuke
Righhhhhhhhhhhht like that could happen. I am not buying it….lol pun intended
I’m sorry but, their is no way they will out sell Modern Warfare 2.
Its called hype hes doing his job. He also said 1 platform (X-Box360). This article was missing that one big fact.
Worst….statement….ever
In the words of Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, “that’s a bold statement.” I too am under the impression that there is no way a game that is only being released on one console is going to beat a multi platform game like MW2. But what do I know? We’ll see what it’s like when the dust settles after the holidays.
There is no way its going to outsell MW2 with it being released on 360 as well as PS3 and PC
I don’t think he should’ve gone after MW2, maybe L4D2. It would be A LOT easier.
I think Reggie bit off more than he can chew. He’s got cojones for making that bet.
For those who don’t know,he said that it NSMB will outsell MW2 one 1 platform.Not both 360 and PS3 combined.
I think that guys on some drugs. If he really believes that Mario will outsell Mw2. Especially being that its on more then one gaming platform.
Very exciting indeed. Reggie is always known for making those bold statement, sadly I know he will lose that bet.
Nope. I know that Mario will not sell out MW2. MW2 is the most hyped game of all year. I think that 1 out of 100 people would rather get mario over MW2.
One thing is multiplatform games usually sell more than console exclusive games and with Modern Warfare 2 its not an exception.
Idk but mw2 and nsmb wii the games I want the most this month gonna both be great games
lol, he’s actually placing a bet on nsmb? what a dumbass, mw2 pwns the hell out of nsmb
It’s not like Super Mario Wii is like Wii sports where you get it free with the system -_- so no that will never happen
Aren’t Wii game sales in the pooper right now? Not a smart bet in my book.
nevah!
I HIGHLY doubt that, a game selling on only 1 console will outsell a game sold on 2 consoles and the pc… hell no