Wii Play: Over 10 Million Sold

March 20th, 2009 by carmen · No Comments

According to Nintendo, Wii owners aren’t just buying Wii Play for the extra controller. The game, which includes several mini-games from pool to air hockey has now sold over 10 million units. From the press release:

“Wii Play mini-games are fun and they get people playing together,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Even if you believe people are buying Wii Play solely for the controller, that indicates that there are now more than 10 million people who have an extra Wii Remote controller in their homes. When added to the 12.7 million Wii Remote controllers that have sold separately, this reinforces the growing ’social gaming’ trend we have been seeing where friends and family use their Wii games as a social hub – both in person and online.”

The Wii is a social gaming platform and its most popular games - Wii Fit, Wii Play, and Mario Kart - are multiplayer ones. I’ve always said that playing Wii is more fun with someone else. Without a doubt, Nintendo is dominating this area of the gaming demo.