Yahoo: The 'Wii Crash' of 2009

[averyblund]

famousringo said:

averyblund said:

outlawauron said:

Well, I know it sold a few million because some of the EyeToy only games sold over a million.

It was supposedly bigger in Europe than in America.

Yeah it was a really nifty device. I loved mine. But sadly it didn't seem like a hit here in the US.

 

 

Wikipedia cites a Gamasutra article as saying the Eyetoy sold 10.5 million units by the end of 2008. That's pretty damn good for a peripheral. The only peripherals in the Eyetoy's league that I can think of are the original NES Zapper (which had lousy software support) and the balance board (which is crushing all previous peripherals under its iron boot).

 

Wow! I would have guessed 5million or less. I'm really curious what the breakdown by region was. I felt like I was the only person in North America with one!