Old video, but whatever, GET THIS SYSTEM!

25.01.10

Can we agree that Modern Warfare 2 was an average shooter, just one that happened to be backed by a gigantic marketing budget? It wasn’t bad, certainly, but the story was bat-shit crazy— Red Dawn was more plausible —and No Russian was so clearly developed to spark controversy. This is why this Mario story warms my heart so. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is now the fastest-selling game on a single console to reach 10 million units sold worldwide. The previous record holder was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas .

The key to all this is the single console caveat. The game, as its name implies, was only available on the Nintendo Wii, while Modern Warfare 2 was available for multiple consoles, and technically available for the PC, the lack of dedicated servers notwithstanding.

It took Mario only seven weeks to reach the 10 million mark. That breaks down to 4.5 million sold in North America, 2.9 million in Japan, and 2.9 million everywhere else.

Source: CrunchGear (blog)

by Mr. Slick

Following worldwide food-to-date sales by Nintendo today, three of the book publisher, that is Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii released, have exceeded 10 million units sold for the period from April 1 2009 to 31 December 2009.

Since its launch in October last year, plus Wii Fit has sold 10.1 million units, while Wii Sports Resort has handled 13.5 million shifted since its launch in July last year.

Probably the most impressive is New Super Mario Bros.Wii, having started only in November last year, 10.5 million units were sold.

Other games from Nintendo on the several million units sold mark in the past year to achieve the following:

Pokemon Gold Heart and Perl - 3.74 million copies in Japan, Pokemon Platinum sold - 3.1 million units worldwide The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - 2.45 million units worldwide Tomodachi Collection - 2

Source: Nintendo's big three games top 10 million units sold in 2009 ...

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