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Lawlight on 07 January 2015
spurgeonryan said:
Wii sports?

Bundled.



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Lawlight on 07 January 2015

Good on R* for building the biggest game franchise ever.



outlawauron on 07 January 2015
novasonic said:

Just for shits 'n' giggles let's say stuff like WiiSports, Tetris, and Minecraft don't count. (which they do) It still took two generations and 4 consoles to get to what Mario did in one generation on one console. What happens if we include 1/4 of a sale from every copy of Super Mario All Stars for SNES and Wii, the GBA port, and virtual console sales on Wii, 3DS, and WiiU? Would be interesting if we could get some solid digital numbers for the two.


Super Mario Bros. was bundled with every NES, so it should be disqualified just like Wii Sports was.



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Clyde32 on 07 January 2015
Lawlight said:
Good on R* for building the biggest game franchise ever.


The top 5 Mario games sell more than the entire GTA franchise.



Clyde32 on 07 January 2015
outlawauron said:
novasonic said:

Just for shits 'n' giggles let's say stuff like WiiSports, Tetris, and Minecraft don't count. (which they do) It still took two generations and 4 consoles to get to what Mario did in one generation on one console. What happens if we include 1/4 of a sale from every copy of Super Mario All Stars for SNES and Wii, the GBA port, and virtual console sales on Wii, 3DS, and WiiU? Would be interesting if we could get some solid digital numbers for the two.


Super Mario Bros. was bundled with every NES, so it should be disqualified just like Wii Sports was.

No it wasn't. Plus, people didn't bought an NES for mario, not the other way around. 



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Kerotan on 07 January 2015
RuRo said:

Good to see thread title changed to one that's accurate (if a bit dull).

Everyone can see how impressive it is to be the best selling retail/console game other than Wii Sports, no need to try to make excuses and twist words to call it something that it isn't.


Less people picked Wii sports up from retail / digital than gta5 unbundled.  It's the best selling ever in my book 



BMaker11 on 07 January 2015
Lafiel said:

I wonder if "The Playroom" will end up with bigger "sales" than Wii Sports, as it comes with every PS4.

Dude, people bought PS4 for The Playroom. They wouldn't have bought it without it. At least, that's the vibe I'm getting from the logic in this thread, pertaining to certain perspectives.



LordLichtenstein on 07 January 2015

Take note Ubisoft, this is what happens when you don't annually your franchises.



Clyde32 on 07 January 2015
BMaker11 said:
Lafiel said:

I wonder if "The Playroom" will end up with bigger "sales" than Wii Sports, as it comes with every PS4.

Dude, people bought PS4 for The Playroom. They wouldn't have bought it without it. At least, that's the vibe I'm getting from the logic in this thread, pertaining to certain perspectives.


Are you seriously comparing that logic to the logic of Wii Sports?



OdinHades on 07 January 2015

What about Microsoft Solitaire?

 

Should be over one billion by now!



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