That would be the case here, yes. I'm also 99% certain it should be Super Mario 64. Not Mario Kart 64
It's also why Wii Fit and Fit Plus are so high.
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NPD: Top 10 Best Selling Exclusives between 1995 and 2018
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That would be the case here, yes. I'm also 99% certain it should be Super Mario 64. Not Mario Kart 64
It's also why Wii Fit and Fit Plus are so high.
Lol What was the point of this post? Besides Zhuge just said this was off of $ sales. What do you think would happen if one of your highest selling evergreen titles included a $100 board accessory? There's no doubt in my mind there are many more non-Nintendo exclusives that sold as much as some of those titles on that list, but didn't have the same $ amount due to price cuts, bundles, etc.
They kind of did. It was called Wii Sports Club. It was on Wii U though, so no one cared.
Odd one out as in Wii and Mario franchises.
English isn't my first language, probably didn't use proper grammar
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Oh christ, that was major brain fart haha. Forgot we were looking at exclusives. I should go to bed...
My point? Pretty obvious. Nintendo is a beast. Why so offended?
Nobody is offended. I just thought it was weird with your random jab at Sony.
Well GT 3 is over 7 million shipped in NA and if I remember right multiple Halo games are at least over 6 million in US alone (some NPD leak from the past) but as this is revenue list it's hard to say where those would land. Big reason why Nintendo dominates these revenue lists is how well their games sell at full price for years.
Nintendo sold more than 373 million units of first-party games on Wii.
That's a lot!
More or less they matched the entire software sales on consoles like SNES, 3DS and GBA.
Historically Nintendo almost always sell at least 30% of the entire software sales on their own consoles.
How was it a jab? That I'm surprised a ps exclusive didn't make it in? I'm not surprised a Ms exclusive didn't make it in. Is that a jab in your opinion too?
It was the biggest opening for a Nintendo game for a looong time : 2.7m units sold in its first month.
Nintendo sold more than 373 million units of first-party games on Wii.
That's a lot!
More or less they matched the entire software sales on consoles like SNES, 3DS and GBA.
Historically Nintendo almost always sell at least 30% of the entire software sales on their own consoles.
I think the switch has a chance at topping that list when all is said and done (total SW I mean).
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Thanks for the assist ZhugeEX.
Just for that, the next 5 (6, really) on the list would be X360 Halo 4, X360 Halo: Reach, X360 Halo 3, Wii Super Mario Galaxy, N64 GoldenEye 007 and then N64 Mario Kart 64.
My brain broke at some point making the initial chart. It happens. It's data release week. Looking at lots of spreadsheets.
Thanks for the assist ZhugeEX.
Just for that, the next 5 (6, really) on the list would be X360 Halo 4, X360 Halo: Reach, X360 Halo 3, Wii Super Mario Galaxy, N64 GoldenEye 007 and then N64 Mario Kart 64.
My brain broke at some point making the initial chart. It happens. It's data release week. Looking at lots of spreadsheets.
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MatPiscatella Would you say that Mario Kart 8 is probably the next game to enter the list ? (I know that you are combining both the WiiU and the Switch version).
6 years since MK8.
Also I doubt MK8 would stop selling because of this.
So you're ok with Wii Fit, Wii Play, Mario Kart, Goldeneye, Smash Bros etc dominating charts, but not Halo? Why exactly?
NDS is impressive since it is at a disadvantage in a revenue chart. 2 games on the top 10 is an incredible performance.
It is not fair when the TRUE best selling game of all time..Wii Sports...is not even on the list. I know it was a packed-in game but that game for many is the reason why they bought a Wii. Nintendo games are truly the definition of mass appeal blockbuster...regardless of scores. Just not fair.
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What the heck?! I'm obviously not paying close attention to sales! Halo was that big?
That big :
Best selling exclusive games on their 1st NPD month
1/ Halo 3 : 3.3 millions, September 2007
1/ Halo Reach : 3.3 millions, September 2010
3/ Halo 2 : 3.27 millions, November 2004
4/ Halo 4 : 3.2 millions, November 2012
4/ Pokemon Sun/Moon : ~3.2 millions (estimate), November 2016
6/ Super Smash Bros Brawl : 2.7 millions, March 2008
7/ Spiderman : 2.6+ millions, September 2018
8/ Pokemon Black & White : 2.5 millions, March 2008
9/ GTA San Andreas : 2.06 millions, October 2004
10/ God of War : 1.9 millions, April 2018
Hah. I just looked at the edit history and we're seconds apart :P
Well to be fair, DS games still haven't had a price drop since launch :P
Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Halo 4 managed to be next, but Halo 5 no where to be found...telling of how much that franchise has dropped.
Actually surprised that Halo 4 is ahead of 3 (and to lesser extent Reach). It launched during late gen and still had ''only'' similar launch to Halo 3 in US so always thought it had way worse legs (and quicker price promotions) than Halo 3. Well you always learn something new lol.
It is in terms of revenue, it might not be in terms of sales. I think part of that success might also be down to greater marketing, more marketable and cutting edge graphics, plus goodwill garnered from Halo 3.
Yep. And it makes complete sense that Microsoft tried to fix the master collection for years after its release. Hopefully Ms can "fix" halo. I tried halo 5 on game pass and it wasn't for me. No master chief. What the heck were they thinking?
Yes? Halo was massive in its prime. Pretty sure at least a couple of them broke opening day/week records.
But then CoD happened.
I skipped the 360 which is probably why I'm clueless. Loved halo 1 and 2, but they never felt hugely popular
Looking at games on the no 10, I feel like the list won't change for quite some time.
MatPiscatella Is there big difference in revenue between Wii Sports Resort and Halo 4?
MatPiscatella Is there big difference in revenue between Wii Sports Resort and Halo 4?
Lol. Halo sold close to 6m copies and Halo 2 close to 9m. They were massive back then too, it's just that you're Braaier and when it comes to these sorts of discussions it's no surprise you're off base or uninformed :p
