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elgefe02 on 07 January 2009

 

Wii Sports is best-selling game ever

Jock blockbuster topples Mario.

By Ben Silverman

Well, that didn't take long.

According to game-tracking website VGChartz, sales of Nintendo's pop-culture phenom Wii Sports have surpassed those of legendary platformer Super Mario Bros., making the breakout Wii title the best-selling video game of all time. And it only took two years and two months to do it.

The data is based on cumulative worldwide sales figures ending the week of December 27, 2008, which indicate that lifetime sales of Wii Sports have exceeded Mario's staggering 40.24 million units.

Shocked? Don't be. Unlike most video games that can be bought at retail, Wii Sports comes bundled with the Wii hardware in every territory other than Japan and Korea. In other words, if you bought a Wii, you bought Wii Sports whether you liked it or not (chances are, you liked it). With over 45 million Wiis sold worldwide to date, it's only logical that Wii Sports would start smashing records sooner or later.



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theprof00 on 07 January 2009

Hi mom!



emilie autumn on 07 January 2009

wow that news has gone very far



 

ymeaga1n on 07 January 2009
theprof00 said:
Hi mom!

haha +1.




sparkit34 on 07 January 2009

You're making headlines Brett



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ymeaga1n on 07 January 2009
Brett said:
Wow, this story is really getting around...

brett = ioi? 

 




theprof00 on 07 January 2009

hmmm apparently the psp is in dire straits as well



supermario128 on 07 January 2009

Sweet!




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SnesTea on 07 January 2009
Brett said:
Wow, this story is really getting around...

 

That's what she said.



Strategyking92 on 07 January 2009
Snesboy said:
Brett said:
Wow, this story is really getting around...

 

That's what she said.

With all this potty language you're going to give the new members bad first impressions.

 



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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