Mario is half a billion!!

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S.Peelman said:

Player1x3 said:

S.Peelman said:

Player1x3 said:

selnor said:

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My stat was relevant to the thread and its topic showing just how amazing an achievement Mario has accomplised. 

 

No it wasn't...PlayStation has nothing to do with OP. And if you really wanted to show just how amazing an achievement Mario has accomplised, you should have compared it to Xbox LTD sales...it would make Mario achievement appear even bigger in comparison !

You know what's even more awesome?

If I haven't forgotten any, I think Mario even beats out on the entire PS and the entire XBox lines combined! Let's see here;

156 (plusminus for PS2) + 102 (the real PS1 numbers) + 71 (PS3) + 75 (PSP) + 3 (PSV) + 73 (360) + 24 (XB) = 504m. Awww almost, Mario's at 502 .

According to Wikipedia, Mario franchise has sold 450.22 million copies, so it doesn't really come close to outselling them combined... even with 200 games in 25 years across 12 systems on userbase of almost 650M hardware units

Wikipedia's numbers are old. The Super Mario part's numbers are from over a year ago for example, didn't look further but I gather the numbers they have there for Mario Kart and the other franchises are old too.

VGChartz's 502 million is a lot closer to the truth.

Well, i doubt Super Mario could sell additional 52 million copies under a year...and after the PS2 vs DS fiasco, i don't take VGC sales articles seriously.