According to VGCharts Nintendo’s reasonably controversial Metroid: Other M has finally sold over a million units. The game originally launched seventeen months ago to fairly mixed reviews from the gaming press. Clearly the number of retail outlets offering the Other M at sale price during the Christmas season helped boost sales of the game.
Nintendo of America has announced via a press release that the Nintendo 3DS has sold more units in its first nine months that the Wii did. Nintendo of America also revealed that the system has finally crossed the four million sold mark which I reported on a few weeks back for Japan. Nintendo are obviously ecstatic that they’ve achieved the figure, and rightly so.
“One of the strongest software lineups in our history helped Nintendo have a great holiday season and to close 2011 with a full head of steam,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Not only have the new Mario and Zelda titles already broken records, but with strong reviews and satisfied customers sharing their positive experiences, all three are also shaping up to be the latest long-tail titles from Nintendo. Couple that with a massive first- and third party lineup in the first part of the year and the prospects for 2012 are extremely promising.”
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has exclusively revealed that the recently released Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has sold over 535,000 copies since its U.S launch on November 20th making it the fastest-selling Legend of Zelda game ever.
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has told USAToday that the frankly amazing Super Mario 3D Land is the fastest selling portable Mario game in company history, and has sold more than 500,000 units since its launch on November 13th.
US gaming publication Nintendo Power has compiled a list of all the US Wii titles that have broken the one million sales barrier for Wii. There’s a few unexpected titles on the list along with all the ones you would expect. One interesting piece of information is Links Crossbow Training outsold The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess!
Wii Play 13.04
Mario Kart Wii 10.64
Super Mario Bros. Wii 8.36
Wii Fit w/ Balance Board 8.15
Wii Sports Resort 6.05
Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board 5.35
Super Smash Bros.: Brawl 5.28
Just Dance 2 5.09
Super Mario Galaxy 4.38
Link’s Crossbow Training 3.47
Mario Party 8 3.47
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2.82
Guitar Hero III 2.76
Just Dance 2.71
LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga 2.48
Super Mario Galaxy 2 2.4
Donkey Kong Country Returns 2.35
Mario & Sonic at Olympic Games 2.12
Carnival Games 1.88
Michael Jackson: Experience 1.88
Game Party 1.78
Wii Fit Plus (Standalone) 1.71
EA Sports Active 1.56
Disney Epic Mickey 1.52
Zumba Fitness: Join the Party 1.42
Deca Sports 1.35
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 1.34
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1.28
Super Paper Mario 1.27
LEGO Batman 1.17
Wii Music 1.16
Mario Super Sluggers 1.13
Cooking Mama: Cook Off 1.08
LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures 1.08
Animal Crossing: City Folk 1.06
Wipeout: The Game 1.06
Star Wars: Force Unleashed 1.06
Resident Evil 4 1.05
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.02
uDraw 1.02
Rock Band Special Edition 1.01
Call of Duty: World at War 1.01
EA CEO John Riccitiello believes that the Nintendo Wii would “explode” at retail if the price point was reduced to $99.
“I would say they did exceptionally well in ’07 and ’08, started tapering in ’09 and ’10, and… I think if they were to price down to $99, they would explode.
“I think they’ve now got competition, in the form of gesture-based gaming from Sony and Microsoft. If they were to find ways to promote third party content better, as opposed to first party content, and would hit pricing, I think the platform would see new life.”
- John Riccitiello, EA
Recent NPD sales data for November show that the Nintendo Wii is still selling incredibly well at retail.
Whilst the Wii was outsold by the Xbox 360, the console still managed have one of its best Novembers yet selling 1.27 million consoles, up by 0.8 percent from last year. Microsoft managed to sell 1.37 million Xbox 360′s, whilst Sony only managed to sell 530,000 PlayStation 3 consoles.
The recently released Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition has failed to set the gaming charts on fire in the United Kingdom, as the title disappointingly makes its chart début at number 22.
Wayne Cline, director of product development for THQ’s Kids, Family and Casual division has stated that the company’s recently released uDraw tablet is selling “very well” at numerous retail outlets throughout the United States.
“Our early reports are looking very promising, and I know we’re doing very well at Walmart, Best Buy and Toys R Us — outlets like that,”
“And we’re getting really good first-look feedback from a lot of things like parenting magazines and such. It’s looking very positive.”
“Our next batch of software we’ll be releasing in 2011. We haven’t announced anything yet,” he added, “but rest assured we don’t intend this to be a one-holiday, one-trick pony.”
- Wayne Cline, THQ
Japanese gaming bible Famitsu is reporting that Nintendo have sold an incredible 4 million copies of New Super Mario Bros Wii in Japan alone.
New Super Mario Bros Wii is now the first Nintendo Wii title to reach the 4 million milestone in less than 12 months in Japan, a feat Nintendo will no doubt be proud of.
