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Wii hits 30 million mark in the US

Posted Aug 11, 2010 at 1:48AM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: Wii Tags: news, Nintendo, NPD, sales

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Nintendo has announced that the Wii has now crossed the 30 million mark in the United States alone, reaching the milestone 15 months faster than the next best-selling console.

According to Nintendo’s internal sales figures, this significant milestone was reached in just 45 months, further establishing the Wii as the "fastest-selling console in the history of the industry."

In addition, Nintendo and NPD also provided the top 10 best-selling Nintendo published and third-party published titles through June 2010 in the United States.

Here's the top 10 best-selling Nintendo-published Wii games:

Wii Play
Mario Kart Wii
Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Wii Sports Resort
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Wii Fit Plus (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
Mario Party 8
Link's Crossbow Training

Here's the top 10 best-selling Wii games from third-party publishers:

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Carnival Games
Game Party
EA Sports Active
Just Dance
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Deca Sports
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Last month, Nintendo revealed that the worldwide Wii sales has already topped 73 million landmark

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To think of all the people out there in 2006 - 2007 with little common sense that have been calling the Wii just a fad.....gimmick.....casual....just wow....now there is no denial anymore, it's officially the "fastest-selling console in the history of the industry."
Now how can you debate this ? Numbers are numbers, plain and simple.

# RE: ehm... — Musev 2010-08-11 14:51

It sold so well because its a gimmiky consoles that caught the interest (because it became a "cool" thing to own) of people that wouldn't look twice at a console normally

just because it sold well doesn't make it the best or do anything other than show there are a lot of idiots out there.

...also a lot of people bought one expecting something good for it to only end up collecting dust.

so yeah it is all those things you said.

# Yeah — jibberjabber 2010-08-11 20:37

Yeah, I own a Wii and rarely play it. Got it back in mid June of 2007 and all it really does is act as a blinding nightlight and collects dust. I bought it to play games that may not come to it, figuring that it would have the same third party support that the PS2 did but still waiting to see that happen. Not to say it doesn't get its own set of good games just its sad to see a good chunk of the good games only come from Nintendo. Oh well, I still own the other two HD Twins to keep me busy until something grabs my attention towards Nintendo.

# ... — TheRockness 2010-08-11 21:05

It also has the fastest growing catalog of shovelware.

I'm still looking forward to Metroid Other M though.

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