History in the Making... Wii Sports to become #1 Sold Videogame of All Time

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Phrancheyez said:

Khuutra said:

Phrancheyez said:
#1 sold game of all time? I'm not trying to undermine what this thread is trying to do - it's definitely a great achievement..but #1 sold? How many of those were actually sold individually? like 1/100,000th? Less? I have a hard time recognizing a game that's always been bundled as best selling ever, especially when no one buys the Wii for Wii Sports, it just happens to come with the console, and the console is the hottest thing on the market. Guess I'm a hater or something.

More than anything, applauding it for selling 300k a week in NA is retarded.

So Super Mario Bros. doesn't count either then, I assume.

Which makes Pokemon Red/Blue/Green the best-selling of all time.

 

I would agree with that statement whole heartedly, actually.  
Whether it was bundled for a short time or not - key phrase, short time.  It wasn't bundled since the systems start and still bundled now.  
Super Mario was good, but not nearly as good as the sales would make you believe.  Super Mario 2 and 3 were both better in my opinion, way better, and neither sold as much.

Also to point out... Super Mario Bros. was bundled with the NES in several iterations. (Super Mario... / Super Mario, Duck Hunt... / Super Mario, Duck Hunt, World Class track Meet with Power Pad)

And these bundles continued for over 3-4 years,  so in comparison to Wii Sports, SMB was actually available as a bundle... LONGER, which attributes to its higher sales. The fact is the NES was avaialble well into the 90s and developed different sets and different designs, so we'll see how the Wii compares to it once this generation is done.

No one is sure what tomorrow will bring.

As for Pokemon, they are completely legit in the discussion... If you count multi-version games... The Official VGCHARTZ list does not, as it seperates Yellow from the others, as well as the GBA versions. I don't believe any title from the Original GameBoy era has been a pack-in... (Perhaps one... the only pack in I can think of was Pokemon Yellow with GameBoy Color... but that may have just been a store special.)

Going by that, they are at about 55 mil, give or take with Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Leaf Green, Fire Red... all versions of the same game. (Sorry, didnt add up the actual numbers)

Wii Sports will need quite some time to surpass that number if you count them all!