Wii Fit sales have surpassed those of long-running king Halo 3 on the Xbox 360.
Shifting an unprecedented 6 million units in the United States alone, the game has overtaken Halo 3′s reign of 5.9 million units sold. Equally impressive is the fact that Halo 3 has been available for purchase since September 2007, whilst Wii Fit was only released onto the gaming market, May 2008.
Nintendo’s highly successful Wii Fit continues to remain steadfast at the top of the all formats chart for its fifth consecutive week, proudly beating off the likes of Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero.
With stores still experiencing stock availability problems since the games launch last April, it’ll certainly be interesting to see just how long into the future Wii Fit can maintain its dominant stance.
In preparation for the hard-slog of the London Marathon a father and daughter team are encompassing the best in modern gaming technology for the gruelling feat, Wii Fit.
The runners, 20-year-old Katie McGregor and her father, Ian, are running the race in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. They believe intense sessions on Wii Fit, along with a their family treadmill, should enable them to train adequately for the heart-felt task ahead of them.
Nintendo’s incredibly successful Wii Fit is currently available for purchase at Amazon.com. You’ll obviously need to get in quickly if you wish to secure yourself a copy of this years most sought after title.
Wii Fit has clamoured to the top of the UK software sales charts amidst fierce competition.
Fending off the likes of Soul Calibre and Guitar Hero III, Wii Fit racks up what appears to be huge summer sales with Super Mario Kart Wii at three, Wii Play at five and Brain Training at number ten.
Hundreds of anxious consumers are fearing that they’ve been conned by purchasing copies of Wii Fit from a conspicuous online retailer called Zavvi Direct.
The company itself isn’t affiliated with the legitimate Zavvi chain in the United Kingdom as the customer previously thought, and it appears that the 2,000 unsuspecting customers who purchased a copy of Wii Fit are unlikely to ever receive it.
Fending off intense competition from the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV and Age of Conan, Wii Play continues to hold its own.
Whilst Grand theft Auto IV and The Age of Conan have dominated the charts in spectacular style since they made their respective débuts last month, they were both equally embarrassed at being dethroned this week by the ageing Wii Play, which incidentally was originally released back in December 2007.
Industry analyst Michael Pachter claims Nintendo shipped 4 times the amount of Wii fit to Europe because of the strong Euro.
The LA Times ran an intriguing article yesterday regarding the current Wii Fit fisaco in the United States. The article itself contained some choice words from Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities who’s in little doubt that Nintendo are maximizing their profits by sending four times as many Wii Fit units to Europe.
