The site, whose data comes from Enterbrain, says that the total number of Wii consoles sold between launch and December 13 is 9,048,012. For comparison, the closest competitor is the Playstation 3 with 4,020,563 units sold.
The report also contains sales figures for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which has sold 1,401,558 copies through the 13th. As its first week sales were over 900,000, this means that the game sold over half a million copies in its second week on the shelf.
9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I think NSMBWii sales for both Japan and North America total to 3.4 million. Any word on how it's doing in Europe and Australasia?
Gee, the Wii and the latest Mario game are selling well. In related news, reliable sources in the scientific community have confirmed that the Earth is indeed round.
The thing is, the Wii was doing terribly in Japan, with sales dropping each week while the PS3 kept going up and up. In an earlier story Iwata said that this was a bad situation and that Nintendo needed very strong holiday sales in order to regain sales in Japan.
So the fact that the Wii and NSMB Wii are doing extremely well in Japan is indeed good news for them and thus worth mentioning it.
QuoteThe thing is, the Wii was doing terribly in Japan, with sales dropping each week while the PS3 kept going up and up. In an earlier story Iwata said that this was a bad situation and that Nintendo needed very strong holiday sales in order to regain sales in Japan.
So the fact that the Wii and NSMB Wii are doing extremely well in Japan is indeed good news for them and thus worth mentioning it.
Funny how things turn around for them after releasing a good game. I hope Nintendo noticed that.
9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I still don't understand this schadenfreude that some Nintendo fans have for the rest of the industry.
9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I still don't understand this schadenfreude that some Nintendo fans have for the rest of the industry.
9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I still don't understand this schadenfreude that some Nintendo fans have for the rest of the industry.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a fantastic game and well deserving of its sales. How's Moden Warfare 2 doing? Reggie made a bet that NSMB Wii could beat it.
Not to take away from the impressive numbers posted by New Super Mario Brothers, but does anyone else feel a bit saddened that in one week the game matched the lifetime sales of Super Mario Galaxy?
I'll sum it up in three points: DLC, 70€, browngray.9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I still don't understand this schadenfreude that some Nintendo fans have for the rest of the industry.
Gee, the Wii and the latest Mario game are selling well. In related news, reliable sources in the scientific community have confirmed that the Earth is indeed round.Many people believed that NSMBW wouldn't sell well because it's a 2D game on a home console and the conventional wisdom is that home consoles need 3D. Additionally NSMBW sold significantly better than Galaxy.
9 Million already, very good Nintendo. The better Nintendo does, the more enraged the industry becomes... I like it!
I still don't understand this schadenfreude that some Nintendo fans have for the rest of the industry.
I'll sum it up in three points: DLC, 70€, browngray.
"They are selling a product I am not interested in buying, so I root for their failure.""They are trying to steer gaming into a direction I do not agree with (that of genre monoculture, higher prices and tons of hidden costs) and the longer they live the more will follow their direction."
As long as Nintendo doesn't follow suit, then why do you care?
Many people believed that NSMBW wouldn't sell well because it's a 2D game on a home console and the conventional wisdom is that home consoles need 3D.
So I don't think it needed to be on the Wii, but it is better that it is for the sake of the Wii's sales and its future.NSMBW has given me an excuse to play console games nowadays when I'm busy with other stuff.
Not to take away from the impressive numbers posted by New Super Mario Brothers, but does anyone else feel a bit saddened that in one week the game matched the lifetime sales of Super Mario Galaxy?