All figures listed are lifetime sales. If you’re wondering why a particular game isn’t listed, it’s because these are the only ones Nintendo disclosed as part of the report.
Nintendo DS
Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver – 3.74 million
Tomodachi Collection – 2.74 million
Pokemon Platinum Version – 3.1 million
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – 3.45 million
Nintendo Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 10.55 million
Wii Fit Plus – 10.16 million
Wii Sports Resort – 13.58 million
Ben Routledge
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 7:56 PMSo did NSMBWii end up edging out Modern Warfare II, wasn’t some Nintendo rep on record saying he’d win.
Nath
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 2:54 PMYeah good point.
What’s the status with that?
Is the guy eating his own words or…?
David Wildgoose
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 3:06 PMMy understanding is that Reggie claimed NSMB would outsell MW2 on “at least one platform” by the end of January. Presumably, by “platform” he meant a console rather than PC. And he was also talking about the US, given his role as Nintendo of America president. (Although a global comparison would certainly favour NSMB.)
So, let’s look at the figures for November and December in the US.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 4.21m
Modern Warfare 2 (360) – 5.83m
Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) – 2.99m
So, NSMB has already surpassed the sales of MW2 on PS3 and made large strides in December to close the gap on the 360 version. Reggie’s prediction was spot on.
My bet? NSMB won’t catch the 360 MW2 by the end of Jan, but it will close the gap again (to less than 1m, I’d imagine) and go on to comfortably outsell both platforms combined this year.