A memo to everyone who has said "this makes me sad."
While you may think that Wii Sports sales have made you sad, this is an illusion. You were already sad; Wii Sports sales have merely revealed to everyone else how sad you are, via your reaction to said sales.
Anyways, I'm waiting for Wii Sports to pass the combined record...
Super Mario Bros. 47.57M
40.24M for NES
5.07M for GBC
2.26M for GBA
Furthermore, if you take an extremely loose definition of what constitutes a distinct game, then Pokemon RGB + Pokemon Yellow ("Special Edition") + FireRed/LeafGreen ("remake") is somewhere well above 55m... That number is still a few months away for Wii Sports.
"[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.
