Will there be a 10million+ selling non Nintendo game in any region this gen

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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo has the cheaper system, so no.

Wait... What does this have to do with anything? Not only is this wrong, it also has nothing to do with the topic. Or is it just your way of saying "The Wii is outselling the HD consoles by heaps"?

 

On topic again, this is a list of all games that have made 10M in a single region.

Americas:

SMB - 29.52M

Duck Hunt - 27.34M

Tetris  -  23.55M

Wii Sports - 15.58M

Super Mario World - 12.97M

Pokemon R/B -  11.44M

The Sims - 11.39M

Super Mario Land - 10.99M

 

Others:

Wii Sports - 12.7M

Nintendogs - 10.59M

 

Japan:

Pokemon Red/Blue -  10.24M

 

So there has never been a non-bundled game that has made 10M in a single territory. In reality, all games have seen almost all their sales from bundles, save for Pokemon Red/Blue and Nintendogs. Still, no doubt - SMB would have made 10M in Americas anyway.

 

So the real reason that there is only Nintendo games here, is that they are the only one who has bundled games with hardware for a long period. Otherwise, there would probably only have been 4 games here.

 

So what we are seeing with Wii Play is historical. It will be the first game that has never been bundled to pass 10M in a single territory - and it is likely to be the 2nd to ever pass it in 2 areas.

 

So for this generation, I see the following games passing 10M in a single area.

Wii Sports (Americas + Others)

Wii Play (Americas + Others)

Wii Fit (Others)

Nintendogs (Others)

 

And in the "maybe" pile.

Mario Kart Wii (Others)

Wii Fit (Americas)

Nintendogs (Americas), needs 2.31M more.

Brain Training (Others), needs 2.7M more.