Wii to exceed N64 lifetime sales next month
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 12:57am by Derek
When there aren’t any asses left to kick, why not kick your own?
VGChartz is reporting today the Nintendo Wii has topped 30 million units in worldwide sales. The video games sales-tracking site projects lifetime Wii sales will surpass those of the Nintendo 64 in August.
This projection is based on sell-through data for the week ending July 26, according to which Nintendo has sold 30.01 million Wii consoles worldwide. With the help of hit software like Super Mario 64 and the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Nintendo 64 sold 32.9 million units worldwide respectively after its release 12 years ago.
VGChartz is also projecting Wii to surpass lifetime Super Nintendo sales — 49.1 million worldwide — by either Jan. or Mar. 2009.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Owned?
haha
“When there aren’t any asses left to kick, why not kick your own?”
QOTY! (quote of the year)
July 30th, 2008 at 7:42 am
wow. Anyone know what it’ll take to beat the NES/Famicom number?
July 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I’m pretty surprised by N64’s number. Well done grandpa
July 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
@David: If I remember correctly, the NES/Famicom sold 61.9 million units, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Wii surpass that by the Holiday 2009 timeframe.
Although I’m more interested to see if the Wii can surpass the almighty PlayStation and PS2. It’s entirely possible.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:38 am
“When there aren’t any asses left to kick, why not kick your own?”
Hehe That was awesome! Who the Heck is still buying Wii’s?! My God still selling like cr@zy!!
July 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
umm u guys know that the infendo radio banner still says scotts on the show and doesnt agknowledge david or jack or any1 else thats been on the show.
August 1st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Many great games on the 64. Mischief Makers, Starfox64, Shadows of the Empire, just to name a few other than Zelda, Mario, and Goldeneye.
Now let’s see if Wii can beat PS2 then NES.