While Microsoft and Sony squabble over second place Nintendo has announced European sales figures for the Wii and DS. As of Jan 2008 Nintendo has sold over 20 million DS units and over 6 million Wii's. The biggest selling Wii title has been Wii Play, unsurprising considering it was basically a ploy to sell another controller. Super Mario Galaxy (1.3 million) and Twilight Princess (1.3 million) are the next in line. The awful Mario Party 8 has sold a million too, which proves that Nintendo's gaming icons have still got huge appeal. Well, certainly to the 1 in 6 Wii owners we can roughly deduce to be the traditional gaming audience.
DS sales figures are a little less predictable with Brain Training - the title I assumed to have been the biggest seller due to its omnipresence in the charts - actually being outsold by Nintendogs. Anyway, the figures in full are:
Product Total European Cumulative Sales to date (Sell through estimate as of beg Jan 2008)
Wii console: Over 6 million units Wii Play: 2.3 million units The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 1.3 million units Mario Party 8: 1 million units Super Mario Galaxy: 1.3 million units
Nintendo DS: 20 million units Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?: 5 million units More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?: 2.8 million units Nintendogs: 8 million units
