Super Mario Dethroned
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.
Source: Yahoo
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Comment by gravemf on January 8, 2009 at 8:13am - mario lives on still be gettin my gba downloaded and put ma rom in
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Comment by MattyD on January 7, 2009 at 10:47pm - yo fuck dat nigga who is hatin on mario son!!! he is a bitch ass nigga!!!
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Comment by Marco on January 7, 2009 at 6:59pm - Mario you still the man.
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Comment by Courtney Mitchell on January 7, 2009 at 6:50pm - Mario still king of the strip for over a decade. Numbers don't lie: Sony n Microsoft can't fuck with Nintendo when it comes to the game market. sSH!
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Comment by Sasucule on January 7, 2009 at 6:17pm - You know why it's number 1 it's because the Nintendo Wii is $200 less then the Xbox 360 so Moms buy it, but the games are still whack. lol
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Comment by GULLY L.E.S. on January 7, 2009 at 6:14pm - YEAH CUZ ITS DA EASIEST GAME 2 PLAY ON DA WII. ITS DA FREE GAMES. WII SPORTS. U CANT COMPARE THAT TO MARIO AND SHIT.. STUPID MA'FUCKAZ...
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Comment by MrFlick08 on January 7, 2009 at 5:55pm - Why is this nigga derik dissin PS3 out of nowhere. The Wii and wii sports is cool but it is no PS3. Wii got old fast
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Comment by MrFlick08 on January 7, 2009 at 5:53pm
- This nigga wack. He aint got no 50 album. Just a bunch of wack songs from the DC boys. Whoever the hell they are? Somebody tell them that DC meaning Denver Colorado is also wack. Its only one D.C.
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Comment by Killa Eddie on January 7, 2009 at 5:40pm - this nigga above me is a major corn ball i swear i hate this nigga and i dont even know him i just hate you son, you fake my nigga...stop being a fag...smh
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