Wii Sports beats Mario

[Demon_Skeith]

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.

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[JustJohn83]

Wow! Go Wii Sports! O_O;;

 

[froggyboy604]

congrats to Wii Sports, but I wonder if Wii sports was not bundle with the wii will it sell as well.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

QUOTE (froggyboy604 @ January 13, 2009 04:14 pm) congrats to Wii Sports, but I wonder if Wii sports was not bundle with the wii will it sell as well.
thats the true question.

 

[hcfwesker]

as much as i love wii sports, but a pack-in gme bundle really shouldn't be a contender.

what i want to know is, how many titles has Wii Play sold to this day? it's been in game informers top 5 for almost 2 straight years in game sells.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Wow. This is gay. Mario is so much better.

 

[froggyboy604]

QUOTE (Narutohero @ January 15, 2009 04:58 pm) Wow. This is gay. Mario is so much better.
I agree, but I think Wii sports is a good game for people who never played video games since it has a simple design and controls.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

QUOTE (froggyboy604 @ January 17, 2009 02:04 am) QUOTE (Narutohero @ January 15, 2009 04:58 pm) Wow. This is gay. Mario is so much better.
I agree, but I think Wii sports is a good game for people who never played video games since it has a simple design and controls.
Well, I don't mean it's bad. (Yes I do like SOME Wii games.) I just mean that Mario is so much better. Plus Mario is like the classic of all classics (besides Sonic).

 

[Rob]

Not really surprising, it seems to come with most packages.

 

[Rob]

Not really surprising, It seems to be part of most Wii deals.

 

[JustJohn83]

Wii Sports is actually quite good in my view. I'm not surprised some think it's better then Mario.

 

[froggyboy604]

I wonder if Wii Sports always get bundled with a Wii or will it get replace if there is a sequal to wii sports.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

QUOTE (Resurgence @ January 19, 2009 03:24 pm) Wii Sports is actually quite good in my view. I'm not surprised some think it's better then Mario.
no system packaged game is better then mario!

 

[Spiritwarrior]

Wii Sports has reached out to so many casual and hardcore gamers since it was launched.