24 years is a long time to be number one at anything. World records fall on an almost annual basis and it seems that no one is the king of the pile for very long. The fact that Super Mario Bros. was considered the top selling game of all time for the past 24 years is thus highly impressive and a testament to the greatness of the 8-bit sidescroller's continued awesomeness. However, that title may be about to be ripped away from the game.
Nintendo revealed global lifetime sales for games that shipped over a million copies in the last fiscal year and Wii Sports has moved a whopping 45.7 million copies in its lifetime. From the numbers most people go by that puts it about .7 million copies in front of Super Mario Bros. Both games sold with their respective systems so in this case it is a pretty fair battlefield.
Don't start making your "The End is Extremely Fucking Nigh" signs yet though, as Nintendo has refused to confirm the fact that Wii Sports is now the best selling game ever. When contacted they would not confirm nor deny the idea. It isn't really clear why, but my guess is that sales records for Super Mario Bros.aren't exactly kept that well at the moment, plus you have to count all the VC downloads of the game. So if you're staunchley against the idea of Wii Sports being the best selling game of all time it might be a good idea to turn on your Wii and get downloading.
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11:00 AM on 05.10.2009
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Still...that's a dirty trick. XD They should start selling Game X with bread/milk so it'd be the top-selling game EVAR.
I don't hate Wii Sports, I just wish it had more depth, some of the sports were simply swinging your Wii Remote over and over.
must be more than wii sports
you guys are drama queens casual gaming isnt new. it all used to be casual games
the only thing that's new is gaming blogs and comment threads full of wailing
which im part of
fail
People who bought the NES WANTED Super Mario Bros., I'm not sure every Wii owner wanted Wii Sports though!
It's fun and it's a way to kill time. Not the deepest game out there, but as a collection of tech-demo minigames, it kicks ass.
The successors of the game are the problem.
Well, that and the lack of good games on Wii.
Also, I still can't believe people are treating this like it's the "end" of gaming. Yes, because ever since Wii Sports has come out, every single game on ever platform has been a casual game, right?
Or maybe Solitaire?
If a consumer doesn't have the choice NOT to buy the game, then it's not really a choice TO buy the game. They are literally given it.
It's like saying tires are the best selling aspect of a car because you get four of them with each new (and the majority of used) cars purchased. Problem is, you kind of have to buy them. It's a packaged deal.
Alright, that was a little weak in the examples department, but clearly you get my point of view.
Still sold like it was packed in with the Wii though...
If the PS2 came with Barbie's Horse Adventures packed in, IT would be the best selling game of all time.
Clearly, this data should AT LEAST come with an asterisk.
I think its just another example of how sales really can't be a reasonable barometer of quality, in anybody's commercially supported entertainment medium.
How much did 50cent BulletProof sell again?
If you really mean "the best selling game evar", and you include pack-ins, then Tanukitsune is right with Minesweeper or Solitaire, because Windows 98/XP/Vista has sold hundreds of millions of legit copies.
So packin means anything that has ever been bundled with any console/controller/hardware? That's a bit strict.
But if so, then yeah, SMB3 would be the winner, since Wii Sports, SMB, Tetris, SMWorld, Wii Play, Nintendogs, NSMB, and Wii Fit are all out. And Nintendogs and Pokemon would be out cause like eternalplayer said, there are 3 or 5 versions of each game. Mario Kart Wii is out since it was bundled with wheel hardware. Number 2 would be Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2).
GT3 was bundled as well. I also agree that when it comes right down to it, clearly solitaire and minesweeper take the cake. They've been on every PC since 1990.
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