From what I check, the game sold better than Tekken Tag and Tekken 4 fo PS2. Didn't found the number for Tekken 5. Maybe it's outdated, but Tekken 5:DR for PSP is still sold >_>'

From what I check, the game sold better than Tekken Tag and Tekken 4 fo PS2. Didn't found the number for Tekken 5. Maybe it's outdated, but Tekken 5:DR for PSP is still sold >_>'

I guess maybe it's all totaled from the budget reprints (which BNGI count as separate releases), though we never got those figures for SC2 either, so the GCN release is still likely higher (1.8m GCN, 5.4m multi iirc, all pre-budget releases). Also, at 2.2m, Tekken PSP is still the worst selling mainline entry too.

Concerning the PSP version announced today, why did you release the PSP version?
Harada: Well it seems not know, but the last iteration, Tekken: DR released on PSP has been sold 2.2 millions worldwide. more than 90% among them are from Europe and America. Now, it even sold in Rusia, gaining great reaction from foreign countries despite of it being on PSP

――今日発表されたPSP版に関してですが、そもそもなぜPSPでも出そうと思ったのでしょう？
(Concerning the PSP version announced today, why did you release the PSP version?)
原田　意外と知られていないのですが、前回PSPで出した『鉄拳 ダーク・リザレクション』は全世界で220万本以上売れているんですよ。そのうちの9割以上が欧米で、最近はロシアなんかでも売れていたり、PSPに限らずシリーズとおしてとにかく海外からの反響がすごい。
(Harada: Well it seems not know, but the last iteration, Tekken: DR released on PSP has been sold 2.2 millions worldwide. more than 90% among them are from Europe and America. Now, it even sold in Rusia, gaining great reaction from foreign countries despite of it being on PSP

――今日発表されたPSP版に関してですが、そもそもなぜPSPでも出そうと思ったのでしょう？
(Concerning the PSP version announced today, why did you release the PSP version?)
原田　意外と知られていないのですが、前回PSPで出した『鉄拳 ダーク・リザレクション』は全世界で220万本以上売れているんですよ。そのうちの9割以上が欧米で、最近はロシアなんかでも売れていたり、PSPに限らずシリーズとおしてとにかく海外からの反響がすごい。
(Harada: Well it seems not know, but the last iteration, Tekken: DR released on PSP has been sold 2.2 millions worldwide. more than 90% among them are from Europe and America. Now, it even sold in Rusia, gaining great reaction from foreign countries despite of it being on PSP

Still, GameCube and Wii's best seller lists aren't all that different. Sure, Wii throws in Sports/Fit/Play and the Guitar Hero/Rock Band boom is nicely represented but otherwise it's pretty much the same faces (Super Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Kart/Party, Zelda, Resident Evil, Sonic, Lego, etc) only now they tend to sell twice as much.

Kinda sad Namco's only certified Wii hits are Taiko and We Ski though. Still, that's two more certified hits than they've had on any other console this gen…

Bottom line though, when you hold up a 6 hour, cellshaded, old school beat 'em up as the test for any sort of wider market, you're setting yourself up for automatic failure. Niche games get niche sales, I'm still unsure why anyone would figure those rules wouldn't apply to Wii? Had MadWorld moved 66k on 360 or PS3, no one would've batten an eye… just like they didn't when it's spritual predecessors did worse on PS2.

Still, assuming that since the game sold well on GC means a Wii version would do well automatically is a little short sighted. The two install bases are quite different. Just look at the best sellers list for each console. The genres are quite different.