Wii Play is America's top-selling game of the decade

Posted Oct 14, 2009 at 1:02PM by Karl B. Listed in: Wii Tags: Nintendo, North America, NPD
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Nintendo may not have the most technologically powerful home console in this generation, but they are definitely top dog when it comes to sales. In North America, the company has not one, not two, but three games in the decade's top five best selling games list.


Headlining the list is Wii Play, which according to NPD sales data has so far moved 11.1 million copies in North America since its launch in April 2008. That number doesn't even include copies sold as part of a Wii bundle.


Coming in at a distant second is Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with 8.25 million sales, setting up a seesawing pattern between Rockstar and Nintendo. Wii Fit is at third with 7.9 million sales, at fourth is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's 6.9 million sales, and Mario Kart Wii brings up the rear with 6.7 million units sold.




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Comments [refresh]

by squeeky_clean - 2009-10-14 13:13
» What a joke...

This was a pack in that everybody received regardless if you wanted it or not. What a huge load of marketing crap. If Sony would have packed the same game with every PS2 it would have beat this.

by DarkXCloud - 2009-10-14 13:48
» Funny

It comes with the Wii.



The game sucks IMO.

by unggoy - 2009-10-14 16:14
» ..

youre talking about the wii sports.. this wii play comes with the wiimote.. yeah, those games sucks..

by Stinky_1 - 2009-10-17 08:01
» .....

your a bit confused. Wii sports came with every single wii sold. Wii play may have been included in some bundles somewhere, but the article specifically says that it is NOT including bundle packages.



This game was bundled with a wiimote though. So for $50 you could buy a wiimote by itself, or for $55 - $60 you could get it with wiiplay. So, most people appearantly bought wii play. so, even though it is the highest SALES game, it is probably the lowest GROSSING game. Since they technically only made $10 off the sale of each one.



Either way, who cares?

by Mister Common Sense - 2009-10-18 09:18
» .

if only nintendo made buying wii play the ONLY way to get extra wii motes.



everyone knows wii play is a better game than GTA IV.

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