Wii Fit may surpass San Andreas sales, Wii Play is top selling 'game' of the last 10 years

by Alexander Sliwinski on Oct 13th 2009 7:30PM

Wii Fit is on the verge of becoming the second-highest selling "game" in the US of the last 10 years. IGN reports on NPD data, revealing that Wii Fit has reached 7.9 million sales, passing by Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's 6.9 million and creeping up quickly on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' 8.25 million units. The only thing ready to kill Wii Fit's momentum is Wii Fit Plus, which will replace the previous version at retail.

Some out there are probably ready to argue that Wii Fit should not be counted among other games. Yeah, those folks are going to pitch a fit about the top seller: Wii Play. The controller-bundled "software" holds the crown, having reached 11.1 million sales. We can't wait to see how the Vitality Sensor does.

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Tags: grand-theft-auto-san-andreas, Nintendo, npd, Wii, wii-fit, wii-fit-plus, wii-play

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Grand Theft Auto San Andreas = Best GTA game

It would be an absolute shame for the video game industry if the Wii Fit surpassed Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.

*in sales

How is it a shame for the industry that it has a $90 game about to sell 8 million copies?

DBuck_Eye Wii Fit isn't a fucking game, GTA is a game (overrated but still a game).

You're full of crap, Cheezie, if you think San Andreas was the best GTA. SA was a snooze-fest. It could have been a decent game if they hadn't made all the extra crap mandatory (eating, working out, etc), but with all that crap added in they took what could have been a fantastic game and ruined it. GTAIV is the best GTA game so far, followed very closely by GTA3 (all in my opinion, of course).

you're complaining about GTA:SA for having a ton of extra crap that you have to do, but you're praising GTA IV?! what? are you high?

Chyld989 is on crack ¬_¬ If anything, the realism of GTA4 ruined the mood for me, it wasn't meant to be taken seriously, it was supposed to be a fun game, like it used to be, San Andreas was fun, nothing beats bungie jumping from a jumbo jet while spawning tanks in mid air to see which lands first, causing chaos with a fighter jet, and shooting people from on top a train while on riot mode with everyone after you.

@D buck eye

yes it is a shame because your wasting 90 bucks to excersize when you can just go to the park or your backyard and play some football

SA was my favorite GTA. Don't get me wrong, I certainly enjoyed GTA IV to the tune of 35ish hours, but I didn't like it as much. I actually threw it again last night just to screw around in it and grab some more cheevos. In doing so, I was reminded that in my opinion the characters and voices are AWFUL, the story was terrible and uninspired, and that it just doesn't have the 'go dick around and do whatever' kind of fun I felt in SA. SA had more character, comfier feel.

I liked the dumb, even sometimes seemingly banal things in SA

Long roadies through Whetstone and Flint County going from A to B

Tricking out cars and stupid hatchbacks in San Fierro and just rocketing across the bridge to Tierra Robada

Cruising the strip in Las Venturas and jacking nice cars, and taking a jet over Bone County

David Cross

Etc.

And there wasn't a necessity on things you "had" to do. My dude was always a string bean, while I remember thinking how weird it was when I first stopped over at my brothers and CJ was as muscled out as could be.

I'm out

Holy hell I should point out the original reason I wanted to post. SO WHAT IF IT PASSES GTA SA IN SALES!? IT MEANS NOTHING FOR GODSSAKES, SERIOUSLY WHO CARES!? This is not some final indictment that the industry is failing, that you uptight twat self-proclaimed "hard core" gamers are a dying breed. It's meaningless. It means software x passed software y.

And sony boy, I know you're only 10 years old, but different people like to exercise in different ways. I'm sure you'll learn that someday. I can run on a stupid treadmill with a TV and cable in it for an hour, but I can't compel myself to run outside without stopping to walk for more than 10 to 15 minutes. I'm active, I play kickball, volleyball, other sports, but some ways of working out work great for some, not so much for others.

To generalize that you can just 'go play football' as a solution for everyone is just dumb. Wii Fit works for some people, and some people just like it regardless, who effing cares.

*clears throat*

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was the best of the series.

Yes, I'm bashing GTA:SA for having a lot of extra crap that you had to do, but praising GTA IV because you didn't HAVE to do most of it. There was no working out. I didn't have to eat to stay healthy, but be careful of how much I ate for fear of getting fat.

Sure, GTA IV had a bunch of extra stuff, but you weren't forced to do 90% of it.

Yes, I'm bashing GTA: SA for having a lot of extra crap while praising GTA IV because GTA IV didn't FORCE you to do 90% of the stuff. I didn't have to work out to stay strong, I didn't have to eat to stay healthy, and I didn't have to be careful of how much I ate for fear of getting fat. I didn't have to work on my weapon skills for each type of weapon by sitting and shooting a tire for 20 minutes with each gun.

GTA IV was fun because we weren't FORCED to do it.

Stupid comment system....

Not only was SA the best one, it had the greatest soundtrack in any video game EVER.

I got downvoted to hell last time I said it, but I'll take the soundtrack of SR2 over GTAIV any time, every time.

GTA SA is the best GTA game, but Vice City had the best soundtrack.

This news fills me with sadness and anger.

Mostly because I didn't think of it first!

The fact that it fills anyone with sadness and anger fills me with mirth and merriment.

@Roto

That's nice...I'm glad you enjoy seeing the death of the industry. It won't matter what devs want if their bosses see this and say "This makes money, therefore you shall make games like that."

"This makes money, therefore you shall make games like that."

It's true. This is the first genre to ever make a crapton of money. Copycats will destroy the industry, much like superhero movies and romantic comedies destroyed the movie industry.

You are so wise.

The movie industry might as well be dead...did you not see any of the 'summer blockbusters'? People went to go see the turd that was Transformers 2...

Romantic comedies are about the only original things out any more, and they aren't even that original themselves ¬_¬ Everything else is based badly on a game, book, remake, real life event, comic or something that has been done before, and once someone creates something new, everyone copies it to death.

Jennifer's Body sucked, no, I don't care that Megan Fox was in it, that was no excuse for it to be so utter turd.

transformers 2 would've been a decent movie if it weren't for the super long fighting scenes....

"transformers 2 would've been a decent movie if it weren't for the super long fighting scenes...."

Transformers 2 would've been better if it weren't for the super long talking scenes. Seriously, Transformers should be one giant fight scene. Who cares about whatever the stupid humans, I went to see Transformers for robots. Why can't they make a movie that's just CGI robots?

Damn straight, Bongoes.. In the G1 series, the first (series of 4) was best, having next to no humans, then Tranformers: the Movie was spoilt by the 2 humans, they just shouldn't of been there..

So Wii Play doesn't "count" because it was packed in eh?

Guess you can't count any numbers from Rock Band or Guitar Hero then either.

That makes me even more sadder because now my beloved Mario/Duck Hunt doesn't count anymore because it was bundled with the Zapper.

:(

Don't be stupid, there's a difference between a terrible piece of software being given away with a game controller and a piece of software being sold with a required peripheral.

Wow, Phizzy, those are some pretty harsh words for Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

It's safe to assume a game combining GTA and Wii Fit would sell 20 million units.

Wii Commit Grand Theft Auto. Activities include running from the cops and dodging bullets.

and with the mp sensor on a remote - you could engage in some light on rail shooter action

good sirs, i think the plan has been brought to the light.

GTA: Runnin' Scared maybe?

Wait, I'm probably being an idiot, but...

Didn't I already hear about this? I'm pretty sure I remember reading about the Wii Fit surpassing Halo 3's sales, making it the best selling game ever...

They are talking about sales in the U.S and Halo 3 sold 7.42 millions copies in the U.S but 10.24 mill worldwide

Wii Fit=/= a game. That's like saying the old BASIC editor for the Atari is a game. They're both add-on software that uses the console for a purpose other than gaming.

Of course, that BASIC editor never called you a 'fat fat fatty'.

Yes, Wii Fit has attitude.

Hmm, that's funny. Because in Wii Fit/Plus, you play GAMES as well as having straight up excercises. So how is something with games in it not a game?

This just proves that there are more fat people than would-be-gangsters.

Aren't most gangsters fat anyway?

only the ones at the top. we play the lowly ones.

I dont know if its been done before but I think that would make a great premise. You start out on top and then some sort of revolt or coup takes place and you have to build yourself back up to the top making new friends, enemies, and meeting soulless sex bitches along the way. Has this been done? Cause if not, I'd like to see it happen....

That's cool. I use(d) "game" in quotation marks when writing about non-games like GTA, too.

If we're not going to hold games to real standards, the way we did in the 80s and 90s, I've got no problem letting Wii Fit and Wii Play in.

It's sad to know that people actually spend $90 on this thing.

It's like a gym membership that never expires. It's also like a gym membership in that it's probably used for about two weeks after the holiday season.

But going to a gym is much better than using this piece of shit.

Well, that's not entirely true. If you beat people over the head with that Balance Board, I'm sure you'd release a lot of stress. That would probably extend your life as well.

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