VGChartz - Analyzing the impact of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's launch on Wii's hardware sales. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the most eagerly anticipated Wii game before its release, with hype for the title being built with official daily updates from Nintendo for over a year. When the game launched it accumulated a massive worldwide first week total of 2.7 million, making it the biggest opening week ever for a Nintendo title on a home console. In addition to selling a massive amount by itself, Wii hardware sales also increased by 53% during the week of release. In the Americas the Wii sold 93,000 more consoles than the previous week, both Japan and Europe also experienced hardware boosts with the release of Super Smash Bros. but not near as large. So can the large increase in Wii hardware sales seen the week Super Smash Bros. released be attributed to people buying the Wii to play the game, or is there another explanation for the increase in sales?
