The indefinite counting of sales has arrived as we approach the Wii’s second birthday. Everyone’s favorite white waggle machine has sold a whopping 35 million units since releasing November 19th, 2006. Nintendo’s handheld unit has also outdone itself by clocking in at a plump 85 million units. Here’s the top five best selling titles for each platform…(Numbers taken from VGchartz.)
Wii
Wii Sports – 31 Million
Wii Play – 16 Million
Wii Fit – 9 Million
Mario Kart Wii – 9 Million
Super Smash Bros Brawl – 7 MillionDS
Nintendogs – 20 Million
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl – 16 Million
New Super Mario Brothers – 16 Million
Brain Training – 14 Million
More Brain Training – 12 Million
Outstanding! Wii Sports is a mere 10 million units away from surpassing the original Super Mario Brothers. Recession, or no recession…granny isn’t setting the Wii remote down just yet.
So Mario Kart is the highest selling “traditional” game this generation? Who knew?
Is it fair to give Wii Sports a spot on this list? It came with the console, after all.
The amount of sales for Super Smash Bros represents the hardcore population that owns a Wii, I would say. And, 31 million represents everyone that owns a Wii, as far as Nintendo can see. So it’s 7 hardcores to 24 not hardcores. No wonder Nintendo has been slowed down on hardcore games.
The DS is unstoppable !
So Brawl failed…not a bad game, but Melee was sooooooooooo much more hardcore.
@Stan,
But wait.
The amount of sales for Wii Fit represents the not hardcore population that owns a Wii, I would say. And, 35 million represents everyone that owns a Wii. So it is 9 not hardcores to 26 hardcores. No wonder Nintendo has 12 confirmed Wii games for 2009, only 3 of which are not hardcore [http://wii.ign.com/articles/915/915504p1.html Bottom Paragraph]
“The montage also shows 2009 games from Nintendo: Wii Sports Resort. Punch-Out!! Another Code: R. Supaan Smasher. Dynamic Shin. Tact of Magic. Kensakusu. Cosmic Walker. Sin and Punishment 2. Forever Blue: Beautiful Ocean. NHK Quiz. And Line Attack Heroes. We repeat: these are all Wii games from Nintendo”
Flawed logic is flawed.
@RoyalRook,
In less than 10 months Brawl has already outpaced what it took Melee 6+ years to sell. EPIC FAIL!!!!!
I can’t say I’m totally happy with these numbers (and it’s hard for me to consider Wii Play an actual game, but I’m obviously wrong in that mindset). Most notably, I wish Galaxy was on that list. But meh, Brawl is on there which is cool enough, I suppose.
This list also makes me question why Nintendo hasn’t made a Wii version/DS sequel to Nintendogs. I probably wouldn’t buy it, but I’ve met tons of little kids that would. I guess it likely has something to do with the fact that they’re still buying the original versions. ;D
@RoyalRock. Like DonWii said, you’re missing a few marbles. It’s already OUTSOLD Melee. Brawl is on awesome game, and so much better than Brawl. And I loved Melee. I don’t know how people can complain about it. You have to be crazy.
It is sad though not to see Galaxy on the list though, especially when Wii Play has uber help with the controller package and same with Wii Sports by coming with the system (in the US only I know, but that’s a good amount of the sales).
Galaxy is only 2000 copys short of brawl and still selling.
Well, if you cut out Wii Sports as being included with the Wii, you’d end up with Super Mario Galaxy at #5.
And if you cut out Wii Play as really being purchased for the included Wii Remote, then you’d end up with Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games at #5.
Note: the top four games in this list for Wii all included a device of some sort (Balance Board, Wii Remote, Wii Wheel, or the Wii itself)!!
I wonder how close Wii is to surpassing PS2?
i think ps2 sits at around 120-130 million.
Well, the DS is outpacing the PS2 historically world-wide, and the Wii is outpacing the DS.
All signs point to the Wii beating out the PS2 in the long-run.
Just for the sake of discussion, and to put XCWarrior at ease, here is the expanded list of the ten best-selling Wii games worldwide.
1. Wii Sports: 32.06 million
2. Wii Play: 16.23
3. Wii Fit: 9.96
4. Mario Kart Wii: 9.41
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 7.29
6. Super Mario Galaxy: 7.26
7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: 5.78
8. Mario Party 8: 5.61
9. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: 4.87
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock: 3.42
All of these games are still selling well. These are no where close to the final sales numbers. Nintendo must be pleased. It saddens me that Metroid Prime 3 is not even close to this being such an awesome game.
I just can’t believe that Nintendogs outsold Pokémon Diamond/Pearl…
I just can’t!
Wii Sports is not included with the console in Japan. Sales over there are at around 3 million, which is why the Wii has sold 35 million units but NOT 35 million Wii sport games.
Over 3 million in sales is huge for Wii Sports and just goes to show what a great, versatile game it really is.