Mario dethroned !

[leapinlew]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-sports-is-best-selling-game-ever/1276855

Wii Sports is best-selling game ever
Jock blockbuster topples Mario.
By Ben Silverman

Well, that didn't take long.

According to game-tracking website VGChartz, sales of Nintendo's pop-culture phenom Wii Sports have surpassed those of legendary platformer Super Mario Bros., making the breakout Wii title the best-selling video game of all time. And it only took two years and two months to do it.

The data is based on cumulative worldwide sales figures ending the week of December 27, 2008, which indicate that lifetime sales of Wii Sports have exceeded Mario's staggering 40.24 million units.

Shocked? Don't be. Unlike most video games that can be bought at retail, Wii Sports comes bundled with the Wii hardware in every territory other than Japan and Korea. In other words, if you bought a Wii, you bought Wii Sports whether you liked it or not (chances are, you liked it). With over 45 million Wiis sold worldwide to date, it's only logical that Wii Sports would start smashing records sooner or later.

And before you brand Wii Sports a false champion due to being bundled with hardware, consider that Super Mario Bros. was also sold as a bundle with the original Nintendo Entertainment System during its mid-80's heyday. Plus, Wii Sports has been a major hit even in non-bundled form, topping Wii sales charts in Japan at over 3.2 million copies sold in 2008 alone.

A new version of the game, Wii Sports: Resort, is due out later this year.

[daywane]

 
WEE do not think so!




< ------- sick em boy !

[Xiaou2]

If they are not considering population growth,  as well as the
younger gen who were born into tech... then really its not an accurate
victory by any means.

[dmworking247]

I say put Mari Bros back on the shelves with a 'free' Nintendo, and make it a fair competition

[Malenko]

26 months isnt a long time?!?!

anyways, I dont think pack in games should count, yeah they had various NES bundles that came with SMB but not all of them did no choice with the Wii. Population growth is also a HUGE factor. Not to mention people like me who bought a Wii because a GF wanted it only to have it sitting on a shelf with *slightly* more dust then the PS3 (its a Blu Ray player!)

Wonder if they include SMB arcade machines, Wii downloads, GBA remakes, SNES re-releases (SMW+SMB1,2,3,+LL),etc

[Hornpipe2]

What about Solitaire, which I "paid for" when I got my Windows pre-installed on a new PC?

[leapinlew]

Interesting read about Mario:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_year

[dkubarek]

I demand a recount!!!

[Mauzy]

Interesting read about Mario:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_year

Holy crap. That's a lot. Is there any larger game franchise?

[Blanka]

Since when is bundled malware considered to be actual sales
Better is to use million$ turnover per game. Or playing hours.
Guess WoW wins those two categories.

[Blanka]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_year

That is sick! Did not know Nintendos PG-ed Leisure Suit Larry competing gay couple did so well! How innovative! Which titles are actually worth playing?

[ghettodish]

That's how Prince sold so many CD's...he gave them out free with every concert ticket.