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This article is about the console. For the game series, see Wii Series.


Wii (codenamed Revolution) is the Nintendo's fifth home console, competing in the seventh generation of video games with the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. The system was released November 19, 2006 in the United States, December 2 in Japan, and December 7 in Europe. The Revolution console was revealed at E3 2005, but the controllers were kept secret from competitors until the 2005 Tokyo Game Show.[3] Its predecessor is the GameCube and its successor is the Wii U released in 2012.

Production costs

Nintendo revenues per generation (courtesy of Edge-Online)

Nintendo revenues per generation (courtesy of Edge-Online)

Main article: Production costs

According to several sources, Nintendo, unlike Sony and Microsoft, makes a profit on every system sold.[4] Nikko Citigroup estimates the gross profit per console for Japan, United States and Europe is $13, $49 and $74, respectively. The reason for less profit in Japan is because Wii Sports is not bundled with the system.[5] It is reported that the system costs a total of $158 and a wholesale price of $195, which includes Wii Sports.[6]

Hardware sales

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Wii regional sales (as of September 30, 2008)

Wii regional sales (as of September 30, 2008)

Before its release, Nintendo anticipated selling 6 million Wii units before it 2007 fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.[7] They nearly matched it by Xbox 360 to become the fastest selling games console in Australian history. On September 12, 2007, it was reported by the Financial Times that the Wii had surpassed the Xbox 360, which was released one year previously, and had become the market leader in home console sales for the current generation, based on sales figures from from Enterbrain, NPD, and GfK. This is the first time a Nintendo console has led its generation in sales since the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Nintendo warned that the Wii would remain in short supply throughout 2007, while the company produces approximately 1.8 million Wii consoles each month. As of January 5, 2008, the Wii has sold 7.38 million units in the United States selling 5.84 million units as revealed in their annual report.

Since its launch, the monthly sales numbers of the console have been higher than its competitors across the globe. According to the NPD Group, the Wii not at all sold more units in the United States than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined in the first half of 2007. This lead is even larger in the Japanese market, where it currently leads in total sales, having outsold both consoles by factors of 2:1 to 6:1 nearly every week from launch until NPD November 2007. In Australia, the Wii exceeded the record set by theaccording to the NPD Group. As of January 20, 2008, the Wii has sold 5,019,337 units in Japan according to Enterbrain, which is already more units than the Nintendo GameCube had sold in Japan. In Europe, the Wii sold 0.7 million units in 2006 and 4.8 million in 2007 according to estimates by Electronic Arts. Prior to the release of the NPD Group's video game statistics for January 2008, the Wii has been ahead of the Xbox 360 and PS3 in US sales for most of the months since its release.

  • Total Wii games sold as of December 31, 2007: 113.19 million[68]
  • Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million[75]

Fiscal sales

Nintendo forecasted 26 million Wii systems for the 2010 fiscal year ending March 2010.[8] See also 2009 fiscal year.

Wii Shipment figures (based on official financial reports, in millions)
Date Americas Japan Other Quarterly Total Ref
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2006) 1.25 1.14 0.80 3.19 3.19 [15]

[16]

Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2007) 1.12 0.86 0.67 2.65 5.84 [17]

[18]

2007 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2007) 2.37 2.00 1.47 5.84 5.84 [19]
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2007) 1.44 0.95 1.04 3.43 9.27 [20]

[21]

Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2007) 1.65 0.72 1.53 3.90 13.17 [22]

[23]

Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2007) 3.36 1.32 2.26 6.97 20.14 [24]

[25]

Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2008) 1.76 0.92 1.64 4.31 24.45 [26]

[27][28]

2008 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2008) 8.21 3.91 6.47 18.61 24.45 [29]
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2008) 2.5 0.53 2.15 5.17 29.62 [30]

[31]

Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2008) 2.08 0.48 2.36 4.93 34.55 [32]

[33]

Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2008) 5.21 0.89 4.31 10.41 44.96 [34]
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2009) 3.14 0.16 2.14 5.46 50.39 [35]
2009 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2009) 12.93 2.06 10.96 25.95 50.39 [36]
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2009) 0.88 0.21 1.14 2.23 52.62 [37]
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2009) 3.52 56.14
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2009) 11.31 67.45
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2010) 3.48 70.93
2010 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2010) 20.54 70.93
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2010) 3.04 73.97
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2010) 1.93 75.90
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2010) 8.74 84.64
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2011) 1.37 86.01
2011 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2011) 15.08 86.01
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2011) 1.56 87.57
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2011) 1.79 89.36
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2011) 5.61 94.97
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2012) 0.88 95.85
2012 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2012) 9.84 95.85
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2012) 0.71 96.56
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2012) 0.62 97.18
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2012) 2.20 99.38
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2013) 0.46 99.84
2013 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2013) 3.99 99.84
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2013) 0.20 100.04
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2013) 0.02 0.26 100.30
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2013) 0.00 0.60 100.90
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2014) 0.00 0.16 101.06
2014 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2014) 12.75 1.22 101.06
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2014) 0.04 0.00 0.05 0.09 101.15
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2014) 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.08 101.23
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2014) 0.07 0.00 0.13 0.20 101.44 [9]
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2015) 0.03 0.00 0.05 0.08 101.52
2015 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2015) 0.18 0.00 0.27 0.46 101.52
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2015) 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 101.56 [10]
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2015) 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 101.59 [11]
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2015) 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 101.63 [12]
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2016) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 101.63 [13]
2016 fiscal year (ending Mar 31, 2016) 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.11 101.63
Totals (as of Sept 2015) 48.64 12.75 40.23 - 101.63 -

Sales milestones

  • Worldwide: 26m worldwide in June 2008.[38]
  • United States - see NPD Seventh generation
    • November 2012: Over 40 million [14]
  • Europe:
    • December 2007: 325,000 units [39]
    • May 2007: 1.3 million units [40]
    • November 2008: 10.4 million [41]
    • January 2009: 14.2 million (8.3m in 2008)[42]
  • United Kingdom:
    • December 2006 (launch): 105,000 units [43]
    • May 2007: 438,000 units [44]
    • June 2007: 618,278 [45]
    • August 2007: 1 million (38 weeks since launch) [46]
    • September 2007: 1.1 million [47]
    • January 2008: 2.0 million [48]
    • September 2008: 3.6 million [49]
    • January 2009: 4.9 million [50]
  • Canada:
    • December 2007: 684,000 units [51]
    • April 2008: 813,000 units [52]
    • August 2008: 1,060,000 [53]
  • France:
    • May 2007: 410K [54]
    • December 2007: 1 million in one year, the fastest selling system in France ever [55][56]
    • June 2008: 1.8 million [57]
    • May 2014: Over 6 million (130k sold in 2013, 15k sold in 2014 so far)  [15]
    • January 2016:6.4 million[16]
  • Germany:
    • April 2007: 222,000 (GfK) [58]
    • August 2007: 291,200 [59]
    • June 2008: 1 million units [60]
  • Australia:
    • December 2006: 32,901 [61]
    • November 2007: 200,000 in 50 weeks (fastest selling system in Australia) [62]
    • July 2008: 456,000 units sold in Australia and New Zealand [63]
    • July 2008: Fastest to 500,000 units (84 weeks) [64]
    • November 2008: 750,000 units (102 weeks) [65]
  • Italy
    • August 2007: 111.000 units sold GfK
    • June 2008: 432.000 units sold
    • September 2008: 636.000 units sold
  • Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden)
    • January 2009: 530,000 units [66]
  • South Africa
    • July 2008: 45,000 units[17]
    • December 2009: 126,000 units [18]

Best-selling video games

See also: Best selling games (seventh generation)

Worldwide

No. Title Release Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1 Wii Sports 2006-11-19 Nintendo Sports 82,900,000 [19]
2 Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus 2007-12-01 Nintendo Fitness 43,800,000
3 Mario Kart Wii 2008-04-10 Nintendo Racing 37,380,000
4 Wii Sports Resort 2009-06-25 Nintendo Sports 33,140,000
5 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009-11-12 Nintendo Platformer 30,320,000
6 Wii Play 2006-12-02 Nintendo Party 28,020,000
7 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008-01-31 Nintendo Fighting 13,320,000
8 Super Mario Galaxy 2007-11-01 Nintendo Platformer 12,800,000
9 Just Dance 3 2011-10-07 Ubisoft Rhythm 9,920,000 [20]
10 Wii Party 2010-07-08 Nintendo Party 9,350,000 [19]
11 Mario Party 8 2007-05-29 Nintendo Party 8,850,000 [21]
12 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006-11-19 Nintendo Action ADV 7,500,000 [22]
13 Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010-05-23 Nintendo Platformer 7,410,000 [21]
14 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2007-11-06 Sega Sports 7,090,000 [23]
15 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2009-11-05 Sega Sports 6,530,000 [24]
16 Donkey Kong Country Returns 2010-11-21 Nintendo Platformer 6,530,000 [25]
17 Link's Crossbow Training 2007-11-19 Nintendo Shooter 5,790,000 [25]
18 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2007-11-06 LucasArts Action ADV 5,640,000 [26][27]
19 Just Dance 2 2010-10-12 Ubisoft Rhythm 5,090,000 [28]
20 Animal Crossing: City Folk 2008-11-16 Nintendo Life sim 4,320,000 [25]
21 Just Dance 2009-11-17 Ubisoft Rhythm 4,300,000 [29]
22 Super Paper Mario 2007-04-09 Nintendo Action RPG 4,230,000 [25]
23 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2011-11-18 Nintendo Action ADV 3,670,000
24 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 2007-04-26 Nintendo Puzzle 3,340,000
25 Mario Party 9 2012-03-02 Nintendo Party 3,110,000
26 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2007-10-28 Activision Rhythm 2,900,000 [30]
27 Wii Music 2008-10-16 Nintendo Music 2,860,000 [25]
28 Mario Strikers Charged 2007-05-25 Nintendo Sports 2,600,000
29 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2011-11-15 Sega Sports 2,400,000 [31]
30 WarioWare: Smooth Moves 2006-12-02 Nintendo Party 2,350,000 [25]
31 Mario Super Sluggers 2008-06-19 Nintendo Sports 2,320,000
32 Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition 2010-10-21 Nintendo Platformer 2,240,000 [32]
33 Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition 2007-05-31 Capcom Horror 2,000,000 [33]
34 Game Party 2007-11-27 Midway Party 2,000,000 [34]
35 Deca Sports 2009-04-16 Hudson Soft Sports 2,000,000 [35]
36 Michael Jackson: The Experience 2010-11-06 Ubisoft Music 2,000,000 [36]
37 Epic Mickey 2010-11-25 Disney Platformer 2,000,000 [37]
38 Mario Sports Mix 2010-11-25 Nintendo Sports 1,980,000 [25]
39 Pokémon Battle Revolution 2006-12-14 Nintendo Fighting 1,950,000 [25]
40 Kirby's Return to Dream Land 2011-10-24 Nintendo Platformer 1,930,000 [22]
41 Monster Hunter Tri 2009-08-01 Capcom Action RPG 1,900,000 [33]
42 Kirby's Epic Yarn 2010-10-14 Nintendo Platformer 1,850,000 [25]
43 EA Sports Active 2009-05-19 EA Fitness 1,800,000 [38]
44 New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis 2009-01-15 Nintendo Sports 1,790,000 [25]
45 Wii Play: Motion 2011-06-13 Nintendo Party 1,640,000
46 Carnival Games 2007-08-27 Global Star Party 1,500,000 [39]
47 Zumba Fitness 2010-11-18 Majesco Fitness 1,420,000 [28]
48 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 2007-08-27 Nintendo Action ADV 1,410,000 [25]
49 Guitar Hero World Tour 2008-10-26 Activision Music 1,330,000 [40]
50 Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 2007-11-13 Capcom FPS 1,300,000 [33]
51 PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure 2009-12-05 Nintendo Action ADV 1,250,000 [25]
52 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2006-11-19 Ubisoft Party 1,200,000 [41]
53 Sonic and the Secret Rings 2007-02-20 Sega Platformer 1,200,000 [42]
54 We Ski 2008-01-31 Bandai Namco Skiing 1,200,000 [43]
55 Big Beach Sports 2008-06-24 THQ Sports 1,200,000 [44]
56 Lego Batman: The Videogame 2008-09-23 Warner Bros. Action ADV 1,170,000 [28]
57 Punch-Out!! 2009-07-23 Nintendo Sports 1,140,000 [25]
58 Cooking Mama: Cook Off 2007-02-08 Taito Simulation 1,080,000 [28]
59 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 2008-06-03 LucasArts Action ADV 1,080,000
60 Wario Land: Shake It! 2008-07-24 Nintendo Platformer 1,060,000 [25]
61 Wipeout: The Game 2010-06-22 Activision Party 1,060,000 [28]
62 Active Life: Outdoor Challenge 2008-05-29 Bandai Namco Fitness 1,030,000 [45]
63 Rock Band 2008-06-22 MTV Games Rhythm 1,030,000 [46]
64 uDraw Studio 2010-11-14 THQ Art 1,020,000 [28]
65 Call of Duty: World at War 2008-11-10 Activision FPS 1,010,000 [28]
66 Red Steel 2006-11-19 Ubisoft FPS 1,000,000 [41]
Super Mario Bros. 3 2007-11-05 Nintendo Platformer 1,000,000 [47][48]
Game Party 2 2008-10-06 Midway Party 1,000,000 [34]

Japan

No. Title Release Publisher Sales Ref
1 Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus 2007-12-01 Nintendo 6,110,000 [49]
2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009-12-03 Nintendo 4,670,000
3 Mario Kart Wii 2008-04-10 Nintendo 3,830,000
4 Wii Sports 2006-12-02 Nintendo 3,790,000
5 Wii Sports Resort 2009-06-25 Nintendo 3,330,000
6 Wii Play 2006-12-02 Nintendo 2,900,000
7 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008-01-31 Nintendo 2,460,000
8 Wii Party 2010-07-08 Nintendo 2,430,000
9 Mario Party 8 2007-07-26 Nintendo 1,560,000
10 Animal Crossing: City Folk 2008-11-20 Nintendo 1,390,000
11 Monster Hunter 3 2009-08-01 Capcom 1,077,273 [50]
12 Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010-05-27 Nintendo 1,080,000 [49]
13 Super Mario Galaxy 2007-11-01 Nintendo 1,030,000
14 Donkey Kong Country Returns 2010-12-09 Nintendo 1,000,000
15 Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition 2010-10-21 Nintendo 920,000
16 Kirby's Return to Dream Land 2011-10-27 Nintendo 850,000
17 Mario Party 9 2012-04-26 Nintendo 736,584 [50]
18 Rhythm Heaven Fever 2011-07-21 Nintendo 723,530
19 WarioWare: Smooth Moves 2006-12-02 Nintendo 720,000 [49]
20 Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online 2012-08-02 Square Enix 687,430 [50]
21 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition 2012-11-29 Bandai Namco 671,429
22 Just Dance Wii 2011-10-13 Nintendo 667,235
23 Momotaro Dentetsu 2010 2009-11-26 Hudson 659,300
24 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2008-12-11 Bandai Namco 657,666
25 Mario Sports Mix 2010-11-25 Nintendo 648,928
26 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006-12-02 Nintendo 640,000 [49]
27 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2007-11-22 Nintendo 594,157 [50]
28 Super Paper Mario 2007-04-19 Nintendo 500,000 [49]
29 Kirby's Epic Yarn 2010-10-14 Nintendo 500,000
30 Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joō to Kagami no Tō 2007-07-12 Square Enix 492,338 [50]
31 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Dodoon to 2 Daime! 2009-11-19 Bandai Namco 430,096
32 Wii Music 2008-10-16 Nintendo 424,192
33 Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 2007-11-15 Capcom 401,530 [50]
34 Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary: Dragon Quest I·II·III 2011-09-15 Square Enix 401,426
35 Go Vacation 2011-10-20 Bandai Namco 389,780
36 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 2007-04-26 Nintendo 380,000 [49]
37 Pokémom Battle Revolution 2006-12-14 Pokémon Co. 352,123 [50]
38 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2011-11-23 Nintendo 360,000 [49]
39 Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory 2010-07-15 Square Enix 339,199 [50]
40 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition 2011-11-23 Bandai Namco 338,281
41 PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure 2009-12-05 Pokémon Co. 333,164
42 PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond 2011-11-12 Pokémon Co. 321,557
43 Samurai Warriors 3 2009-12-03 Koei 313,323
44 Deca Sports 2008-03-19 Hudson 296,057
45 One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 2 2009-02-26 Bandai Namco 285,968
46 Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Minna de Party 3-Yome! 2010-12-02 Bandai Namco 270,672
47 Just Dance Wii 2 2012-07-26 Nintendo 267,003
48 Karaoke Joysound Wii 2008-12-18 Hudson 254,144
49 New Play Control! Pikmin 2 2009-03-12 Nintendo 253,363
50 Link's Crossbow Training 2008-05-01 Nintendo 250,000 [49]

United States

Rank Title Release Publisher Sales Ref
1 Wii Sports 2006 Nintendo 41,700,000 [51]
2 Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus 2008 Nintendo 15,500,000 [52]
3 Wii Play 2007 Nintendo 13,060,000
4 Mario Kart Wii 2008 Nintendo 11,300,000
5 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Nintendo 9,400,000 [53]
6 Wii Sports Resort 2009 Nintendo 7,000,000
7 Just Dance 2 2010 Ubisoft 5,610,000
8 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Nintendo 5,430,000
9 Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Nintendo 5,040,000
10 Just Dance 3 2011 Ubisoft 5,000,000
11 Link's Crossbow Training 2007 Nintendo 3,470,000 [54]
12 Mario Party 8 2007 Nintendo 3,470,000
13 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 Nintendo 2,820,000
14 Guitar Hero III 2007 Activision 2,760,000
15 Just Dance 2009 Ubisoft 2,710,000
16 Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Nintendo 2,700,000 [53]
17 LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga 2007 LucasArts 2,480,000 [54]
18 Donkey Kong Country Returns 2010 Nintendo 2,350,000 [54]
19 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2007 Sega 2,250,000
20 Carnival Games 2007 2K Play 2,120,000
21 Michael Jackson: The Experience 2010 Ubisoft 1,880,000
22 Game Party 2007 Midway 1,780,000
23 EA Sports Active 2009 Electronic Arts 1,560,000
24 Epic Mickey 2010 Disney 1,520,000
25 Zumba Fitness: Join the Party 2010 Majesco 1,420,000
26 Guitar Hero: World Tour 2008 Activision 1,390,000 [46]
27 Deca Sports 2008 Hudson Soft 1,350,000 [54]
28 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2009 Sega 1,340,000
29 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2011 Nintendo 1,300,000 [55]
30 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2006 Ubisoft 1,280,000 [54]
31 Super Paper Mario 2007 Nintendo 1,270,000
32 Lego Batman: The Videogame 2008 Warner Bros. 1,170,000
33 Wii Music 2008 Nintendo 1,160,000
34 Mario Super Sluggers 2008 Nintendo 1,130,000
35 Cooking Mama: Cook Off 2007 Majesco 1,080,000
36 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 2008 LucasArts 1,080,000
37 Animal Crossing: City Folk 2008 Nintendo 1,060,000
38 Wipeout: The Game 2010 Activision 1,060,000
39 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2008 LucasArts 1,060,000
40 Resident Evil 4 2007 Capcom 1,050,000
41 Rock Band 2008 MTV Games 1,030,000 [46]
42 Guitar Hero World Tour 2008 Activision 1,020,000 [54]
43 uDraw 2010 THQ 1,020,000
44 Call of Duty: World at War 2008 Activision 1,010,000

United Kingdom

Rank Title Release Publisher Sales Ref
1 Wii Sports 2006 Nintendo 8,473,416 [56][57]
2 Mario Kart Wii 2008 Nintendo 3,449,024 [58]
3 Wii Play 2006 Nintendo 2,706,346 [59]
4 Wii Fit 2008 Nintendo 2,551,727 [60]
5 Wii Sports Resort 2009 Nintendo 2,436,506 [57]
6 Wii Fit Plus 2009 Nintendo 2,081,110 [61]
7 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2007 Sega 1,726,516 [60]
8 Just Dance 2009 Ubisoft 1,585,384 [62]
9 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Nintendo 1,349,640 [57]
10 Just Dance 2 2010 Ubisoft 1,259,776 [63]
11 Zumba Fitness 2010 505 Games 1,000,000 [64]
12 Carnival Funfair Games 2007 2K 967,828 [65]
13 Just Dance 3 2011 Ubisoft 881,215 [61]
14 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree 2007 Nintendo 782,452 [65]
15 Wii Party 2010 Nintendo 728,593 [57]
16 Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Nintendo 721,712
17 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2009 Sega 654,418 [65]
18 Big Beach Sports 2008 THQ 624,427 [66]
19 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Nintendo 594,073 [57]
20 Just Dance 4 2012 Ubisoft 580,362 [61]
21 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2011 Sega 556,195
22 Mario Party 8 2007 Nintendo 499,185 [57]
23 Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Nintendo 484,524
24 Sonic and the Secret Rings 2007 Sega 481,911 [67]
25 Michael Jackson: The Experience 2010 Ubisoft 481,248 [62]
26 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 Nintendo 468,485 [57]
27 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2007 Disney 423,665 [58]
28 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2007 RedOctane 374,821 [68]
29 Donkey Kong Country Returns 2010 Nintendo 339,037 [57]
30 Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party 2008 Ubisoft 335,982 [65]
31 Wii Music 2008 Nintendo 331,360
32 EA Sports Active 2009 EA 331,160 [67]
33 Lego Batman: The Videogame 2008 Warner Bros. 324,691 [58]
34 Wario Ware: Smooth Moves 2007 Nintendo 319,605 [69]
35 Monopoly 2008 EA 316,678 [63]
36 Link's Crossbow Training 2007 Nintendo 315,609 [65]
37 Game Party 2008 Midway 311,925 [68]
38 My Fitness Coach Get in Shape 2009 Ubisoft 306,989 [65]
39 Mario Strikers Charged Football 2007 Nintendo 300,000 [70]

Other sales

The best-selling Wii games in the US, as detailed in Nintendo Power Issue 272 (October 2011).

The best-selling Wii games in the US, as detailed in Nintendo Power Issue 272 (October 2011).

Wii: 54 million sellers as of April 2009.

Wii: 54 million sellers as of April 2009.

  • Worldwide
    • Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 - 600,000 (June 2009)[71]
    • Boom Blox (450,000 shipped) (July 2008)[72]
    • Okami (300,000 shipped) (September 2008)[73]
  • United States
    • Call of Duty: World at War - 750,000 (August 2009)[74]
    • Star Wars Force Unleashed - 626,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Tiger Woods 09 - 565,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Lego Indiana Jones - 563,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Shaun White - 537,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum - 500,000 (March 2009)[75]
    • Lego Batman - 420,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Sonic Unleashed - 315,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • De Blob (230,000 in the US) (January 2009)[76]
    • No More Heroes - 208,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Wario Land: Shake It! (150,000 in the US) (January 2009)[76]
    • Zack & Wiki - 117,000 (January 2009)[46]
    • Madworld - 123,000 (August 2009)[77]
    • NERF: N-Strike (Top 20 Wii seller for 2008)[78]
  • Japan
Early Wii Dev kit, reportedly costing only $2,000

Early Wii Dev kit, reportedly costing only $2,000.[79][80]

Success and failures

See also: Xbox 360 successes and failures and Playstation 3 successes and failures


Positives
  • Successfully embraced the casual audience
  • surpassed Gamecube total lifetime sales within 1.5 years
  • unique control
  • innovative games
  • affordable price point
  • record profits
  • renewed success in all major markets (Japan, USA, Europe)
  • WiiWare
Negatives
  • Major worldwide stock problems for 2 years (until early 2009 in US[81])
    • Potential loss of more than $1.3 billion dollars as a result[82]
  • lack of a proper storage solution (hard drive)
  • lack of major 3rd party games, particularly traditional games (Call of Duty 4, EA sports[83])
  • lack of effort from 3rd party support (Ubisoft...) resulting in relatively few critically acclaimed titles.
  • graphics lags significantly behind other platforms
  • subpar online strategy (friend codes, new Wii features via patching
  • Many "traditional" or "hardcore" gamers dislike the motion controls

See also

Charts

References

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