Wii Shifts 35 Million Units; Fastest Console in United States History

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Wii is the Fastest Console in U.S. History to Shift 35 Million Units

Posted Sat, 12 Mar 2011 by Trevor Chan

Several Nintendo titles reach new milestones

If you need proof that the Wii is still going strong, you only need to look at the month of February as Nintendo shifts another 5 million consoles in the United States in less than a year, with several games breaking new milestones to boot.

Having sold 30 million Wii consoles back in August, Nintendo has now broken the 35 million barrier in the U.S. according to market research company The NPD Group, making it the fastest console to do so in U.S. history. Over 454,000 Wii consoles were sold last month only.

It wasn't just hardware that was flying off the shelves as several high profile titles shifted big numbers too. Just Dance 2 was the best-selling title of February as more than 554,000 copies of the game were sold to gamers who couldn't wait to get jiggy with it. Donkey Kong Country Returns has now sold a staggering 2 million copies in just four months since its release back in November. Worldwide sales reached the 4 million mark only a month after its North American release, so it's nice to see the game is still doing well. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is proof that gamers' love or Mario is as strong as ever as 8 million copies have now been sold since it launched back in November 2009.

Since its release into the wild March last year, 2 million copies of Pokémon SoulSilver Version have been snapped up, and it's not just blocks that New Super Mario Bros. is breaking either as it breaks the 9 million barrier almost five years after its release in May 2006.
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Even though Wii doesn't have that good of a library, it is amazing to see that it is still shifting well in the United States. It's also surprising that it's shifting very quickly.
 
Unfortunately, it's because the Wii is viewed as a "family console" in the fact that there are such kiddy games in the library that doesn't appeal to the hardcore gamers. Parents look at the Wii as one of the friendly ones.

I bet you that if Nintendo decided to try to appeal to both audiences and release a game like a first-person shooter or more RPG/Fighting games, NEITHER group would be impressed. The hardcore gamers would basically laugh their asses off, and the overconcerned parents would be like "nuuuu".
 
AegisReflector said:
Unfortunately, it's because the Wii is viewed as a "family console" in the fact that their are such kiddy games in the library that doesn't appeal to the hardcore gamers. Parents look at the Wii as one of the friendly ones.
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My thoughts exactly. Other than this very fact, I can't see any other reasons as to why the Wii is selling so fast. I mean, it's not even that good of a console. The 360, or even Ps3, consoles are better. Then again, that's my opinion.
 
DKH said:
AegisReflector said:
Unfortunately, it's because the Wii is viewed as a "family console" in the fact that their are such kiddy games in the library that doesn't appeal to the hardcore gamers. Parents look at the Wii as one of the friendly ones.
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My thoughts exactly. Other than this very fact, I can't see any other reasons as to why the Wii is selling so fast. I mean, it's not even that good of a console. The 360, or even Ps3, consoles are better. Then again, that's my opinion.
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That is all i have to say.
 
DKC Returns, Mario Galaxy 2, Epic Yarn, and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom are the only good Wii games I have played so far.
 
DKH said:
AegisReflector said:
Unfortunately, it's because the Wii is viewed as a "family console" in the fact that their are such kiddy games in the library that doesn't appeal to the hardcore gamers. Parents look at the Wii as one of the friendly ones.
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My thoughts exactly. Other than this very fact, I can't see any other reasons as to why the Wii is selling so fast. I mean, it's not even that good of a console. The 360, or even Ps3, consoles are better. Then again, that's my opinion.
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I would agree with you but homebrew basically makes the wii "competent" enough to stand with those consoles at the least.
 
Treasure Trawlers said:
Hey, I have an idea, instead of trash-talking a video game console, why not make your own and see how that stands?
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I'm not falling for that again.
 
N.P.C.C. said:
DKH said:
AegisReflector said:
Unfortunately, it's because the Wii is viewed as a "family console" in the fact that their are such kiddy games in the library that doesn't appeal to the hardcore gamers. Parents look at the Wii as one of the friendly ones.
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My thoughts exactly. Other than this very fact, I can't see any other reasons as to why the Wii is selling so fast. I mean, it's not even that good of a console. The 360, or even Ps3, consoles are better. Then again, that's my opinion.
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I would agree with you but homebrew basically makes the wii "competent" enough to stand with those consoles at the least.
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It's too minor because of the various Shovelcrap.
 
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