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Wii Sports Sells 50+ Million, Becomes Best Selling Game Ever
Gadgetreview — Hold the freaking phone!  Wii Sports has now outsold the original Super Mario Bros Nintendo video game.  Total sales for SMB was just over 40 million from 1985 to 1987.  Wii Sports has sold an astonishing 50+ million units, making it the best selling video game ever.  Course, it helps when a game is bundled with the system. [VGChartz]

Super Mario Brothers dethroned as best seller
Technology - Channel Feed — ... According to game-tracking website VGChartz, sales of Nintendo’s pop-culture phenom Wii Sports have surpassed those of legendary Super Mario Bros., making the breakout Wii title the best-selling video game of all time. And it only took two years and two months to do it. ...

it’s a-me, your best-(sorta)-selling game ever! wii sports!
technabob — ... If you want to check out the other 8 runners-up in the top 10 best selling games of all time, check out the original VGChartz article. For those too lazy to read the whole thing, here’s the summary: to have a game in the top 10 your company’s name must be “Nintendo”, and you must have bundled your video game with a console at some point. Nintendo + Bundling = $$$$. It’s that simple. ...