news.vgchartz.com - 1/4/2009
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Posted by: Louie 03rd Jan 2009, Nintendo , 8,215 views According to VGChartz.com data, Wii Sports has now passed sales of Super Mario Bros. (NES), making it the best selling console game of all time Including VGChartz software data for the week ending 27 th December 2008, Wii Sports has ...
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RUMOR - Wii Sports surpasses sales of Super Mario Bros.
GoNintendo —
We don’t have the official sales information, but the guys at VGChartz are making a pretty bold statement based on their own data. According to them, Wii Sports has now sold more copies than Super Mario Bros. on the NES. That would make Wii Sports the best-selling console game of all time. Keep in mind, this number is only counting the original release of Super Mario Bros., which we know has been re-released a number of times through various platforms. Link This entry was posted on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 at 1:09 pm and is filed under ...
Wii Sports is best-selling game of all time, according to VGChartz
Joystiq —
... We're automatically skeptical of any reports coming out of an organization who uses the letter "Z" to pluralize, but we find it difficult not to believe in a recent finding from VGChartz (sigh), who claim that Wii Sports has surpassed Super Mario ...
Wii Sports is the Best Selling Game Ever
Evil Avatar - News Items —
... This story kind of bothers me, simply because I don't feel that pack in games should be considered as 1 game sold, but according to the super awesomely spelled VGChartz, Wii Sports has bypassed Super Mario Brothers as the best selling game of all time. ...
Wii Sports best-selling game of all time?
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... Super Mario Bros. has been the best-selling game of all time for years now, but that throne may have been usurped by another Nintendo title: Wii Sports. According to VGChartz, Wii Sports has surpassed that coveted 40.24 million ...
'Wii Sports' Is The Best-Selling Video Game In History
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... it was released with the launch of the Wii in 2006.
Even though the majority of these sales are due to the fact that Wii Sports comes bundled with Nintendo's system, in Japan, where Wii Sports isn't include with a Wii, a full 45 percent of people who own a Wii also bought Wii Sports. Amazing, no?
I'm sure all of you have played Wii Sports; what's your opinion? Does it deserve to be the top-selling game of all time?
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