Even if they don't beat PS2 by themselves, I think we can agree Wii + DS will have a higher combined install base than any previous home + handheld console duo.
The current record for most million-selling games from one publisher on one system is 47 from EA on PS2. Nintendo could make a run at that record with both Wii and DS. There is already 21 on DS, which should reach 25+ by year end, and 5 on Wii, which should reach 10+ by year end.
The current record for most 10-million selling games on one console is 6 on Game Boy. DS has 1 already, will have 3 within months, and has 7 games total out already which could reach the mark.
Halo 2 is the best-selling FPS of all-time... Halo 3 could catch it.
NSMB could get a record with a pair of asterisks: best selling handheld game ever *not bundled with hardware and *with a single SKU.
I seriously wonder if Nintendogs has a chance at the all-time non-bundled software crown. Its sales don't seem to have slowed down one bit outside of Japan. If that held up for another 2+ years... It could make a run at Pokemon RGB. But that one is crazy talk! (Or is it?)
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
