45 million people have played Wii Bowling - at the very least!
Multiplayer favourite knocks stablemate Super Mario Bros. off the top spot
Nintendo has revealed that Wii Sports has sold 45.7 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling video game in history. The previous number one was the NES classic Super Mario Bros., which made its way into 40.23m households.
Both games have been featured in hardware bundles in some countries, which makes the sheer volume of sales a little easier to understand. Other bundle hits include Tetris (Game Boy, 33m) and Super Mario World (SNES, 20m).
Whichever way you cut it, 45 million copies sold is an incredible success and just goes to show how popular Nintendo's Wii has been with the general public. And to think people doubted it!
1. Dazza
11 May 2009, 09:51 BST
"Wii Sports has sold 45.7 million copies worldwide"
You mean 45.7 million people have bought a Wii?
2. SanderEvers
11 May 2009, 09:51 BST
Not so strange, since you get a Wii for free with the game. (The game itself is the price of the Wii + game
)
3. CowLaunch
11 May 2009, 09:52 BST
It will be interesting to see how Resort does.
Where does Super Mario Bros. 3 rank?
4. Edwin
11 May 2009, 09:55 BST
@ CowLaunch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_selling_videogames
5. Damo
11 May 2009, 10:29 BST
Wii Sports wasn't bundled with the Wii in Japan.
6. Big A2
11 May 2009, 10:39 BST
Well, that's okay I guess. Bundled game sales don't really mean that much.
At least Super Mario Bros 3 still holds top spot for un-bundled game at 18 million though, I hope.
7. Corbie
11 May 2009, 10:56 BST
At least Super Mario Bros 3 still holds top spot for un-bundled game at 18 million though, I hope.
Nope, it was beat out by Wii Play, Wii Fit, Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green, Nintendogs, and New Super Mario Bros.
8. Neomega
11 May 2009, 11:33 BST
......casual?
9. MickEiA
11 May 2009, 11:38 BST
mario kart franchise would have sold lots of copys in its lifetime
10. Ragnor
11 May 2009, 11:46 BST
All Nintendo games, heh
11. CowLaunch
11 May 2009, 12:12 BST
Do these figures include VC downloads?
12. Kidpit
11 May 2009, 15:29 BST
Man do I know some people on Gamespot and IGN who are going to be pissed that the "casual" Wii Sport outsold their "hardcore" Mario games
13. Mr. M
11 May 2009, 16:59 BST
The only reason Wii Sports outselled Super Mario Bros. is because it was bundled with the Wii, and i think that the Wii's demographics also come into play, witch would explain the sales figures of both the Wii, and Wii Sports.
14. warioswoods
11 May 2009, 22:23 BST
@Mr. M
I see, so Super Mario Bros. was not part of any enormously popular bundle.
15. TwilightV
11 May 2009, 23:44 BST
Old news is old
16. Draygone
12 May 2009, 19:38 BST
I also wonder if the SMB sales include VC sales. And I also wonder if it includes sales of cartridges that doubled with Duck Hunt and trippled with Duck Hunt and Nintendo's own version of Track & Field.
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