The Importance of Wii Sports

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famousringo said:

scottie said:
freebird, wtf.

These numbers aren't perfect, but the difference is so large that you cannot claim it's due to faulty data

Nothing even comes close to Wii Sports this generation, or indeed ever in terms of total playtime

 

There is one which I'm pretty sure beats everything, and it's not Wii Sports. Ten million subscribers, some of whom literally spend half the year logged in... as in 12 hours a day average play time for over a year. World of Warcraft carries at least as much cultural weight as Wii Sports, and is the reason I was careful to specify console games.

 

 One thing about that comparison though is that Wii Sports has most certainly been played by many more people than the number of disks that are out there. On the other hand the number of people who have played WoW is not nearly so much higher than its subscription base.