Wii, DS surpass lifetime NES, Game Boy sales
They are now Nintendos highest-selling consoles, and this really puts it into perspective
In a recent Financial Results Briefing, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata proclaimed that the Wii has sold over 67.45 million units as of December 2009. This now means that the Wii has become Nintendo’s highest-selling home console of all time, surpassing the NES’s lifetime sales of 61.91 million units. Phwoar!
The CEO’s fetish for big numbers didn’t end there, though. It was also revealed that the combined systems of the Nintendo DS line have sold over 125.13 million units, finally beating sales of all the Game Boy systems at 118.69 million units. Not only are the DS consoles now Nintendo’s highest selling products, but they are now the best-selling handheld consoles in fifty billion years. Hopefully we see it dethrone the PS2 this year, which stands at around 140 million units, to become the best-selling console of all time.
Accompanying Iwata’s presentation were the sales numbers for a selection of top-selling Wii and DS titles, see them below.
Nintendo DS Software – Lifetime Sales of Select Titles
• Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 3.7 million
• Pokemon Platinum – 6.86 million
• New Super Mario Bros. – 21.39 million
• Tomodachi Collection – 2.74 million
• Mario Kart DS – 17.28 million
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – 2.45 million
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box – 2.23 million
• Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story – 2.62 million
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village – 3.04 million
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky – 1.33 million
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day – 18.59 million
Wii Software – Lifetime Sales of Select Titles
• Wii Sports – 60.60 million
• Wii Sports Resort – 13.58 million
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 10.55 million
• Wii Fit Plus – 10.16 million
• Mario Kart Wii – 21.22 million
• Wii Fit – 22.56 million
• Wii Play – 26.71 million
Source: Shacknews
