TWRoO said:
Griffin said:
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Talking console only games (No idea what high numbers games like WoWarcraft would have built up) I don't think there will be more than 5 games with more time spent on them than 1.3 billlion hours.
Super Mario Brothers is 25 years old, so it's likely it has been played more, but not by huge amounts unless you start counting the GBA and VC versions.
PokemonR/B/G is likely the most played console (or handheld console) game of all time, a lot of people put a lot of hours into it, and people still play the old red/blue versions today, I played Red at a friend of mines house a few months back because she had been playing it before I went over. (it was actually my first experience of the game)
So, games that still probably have more time spent on them than Wii Sports:
Pokemon R/B/G will be top dog, likely followed by;
Pokemon G/S
Tetris will be third if counting GB version only
followed by SMB
perhaps Super Mario World will be 5th.
Nearest non Nintendo will likely be either GTA:San Andreas or GT3.... I would put my money on GT3 because I doubt the average time spent on GTA is particularly high.... probably less than Wii Sports average. GT3 may have a higher average, but too low sales to come near.
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You think on average people have less then 33hours each on GTA:SA, the average is most likely over 100 hours. Halo, Gears and CoD will no doubt be ahead of wii sports aswell. I have no doubt GT3 has alot more hous put into it too, considering that the game could of been bought for $5 at ebgames for years now and was rented countless times.
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If you think that, then you really don't understand how little games are played compared to us on the internet.
the PS3 and 360 may be more "hardcore" than the Wii, but they are still made up of more casual players (couple of hours a week) than people like us.
GTA:SA will not have an average playtime much higher than Wii Sport at best, and is likely to be a lot less. Most of it's owners will have pratted about for 5-10 hours shooting police and seeing how long they can keep from being arrested.... then those who do play it for over 100 hours will drag the average up to maybe 25 hours each.
I am most certainly a more hardcore player, AND I happen to like the GTA series, and I have about 50-60 hours on GTA3, and about 30 hours on GTA Vice City, (I have only played about 30 minutes of SA though)
The Halo average will likely be big, it is still a game with lots of casual players, but the online aspect will mean the average could be close to 80-90 hours, very very very few games will get this high an average when the sales are over 1 million, but Halo 3 hasn't sold enough to beat Wii Sports in total hours, it would need an average in excess of 125 hours per person to do this.
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I think you are really underestimating GTA. What are the averages for Twilight Princess, Galaxy, and Super Paper Mario (these games because I am interested in how other high selling single player games average)? Saying the majority played 5-10 hours seems ridiculous. I mean the games didn't sell 10 million+ and keep selling for years because everyone played it for a day or two and got bored of it. GTA III, and possibly Vice City might have lower averages since sequels came so soon, but I am pretty sure San Andreas would be higher. There are a ton of people who pretty much play GTA and that's it besides stuff like Madden, Halo, GT, etc.
GT3 being a similar situation. Not to mention all the rentals, used sales, and pirated copies that aren't factored into the sales on the site.
Anyways, granted you said consoles, but I am sure WoW, Starcraft, Counterstrike, and the Sims have more time than Wii Sports. I don't know if GTA and GT would actually have more total hours, just saying that I am sure the average is higher.
