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New Super Mario Bros. Wii 10 million served لعبة سوبرماريو بروس الجديدة تبيع 10 مليون نسخة

Back in November of last year, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime claimed that NSMB Wii will outsell Activision’s behemoth Modern Warfare 2. He claimed this result to achieve over time, not the year end 31st December 2009. Some mere 8 weeks after launch, NSMB Wii has a worldwide sales tally of 10 million units. Of this, US contributed 4.5 million units, followed by Japan with 3 million and Europe catching up with nearly 3 million in sales as well.

Assuming that each unit was sold for the regular price of $49.99, thats almost $500 million in sales revenue. A big number, but dwarfed in comparison to Activision’s recently announced Modern Warfare 2 sales of $1 billion. Keep in mind that the Modern Warfare 2 retails for $60, the Hardened Edition for $80 and the ludicrous Prestige Edition for $150. Also, the game was available on PC, PS3 and X360. With all that in perspective, the sales of NSMB Wii look mighty impressive, and it’s only a matter of time before it surpasses Modern Warfare 2’s sales.

[Source: NeoGAF via Nikkei Net]

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