The Wii Series is a line of simulation games developed by Nintendo. The first title was released as a launch title for the Wii in 2006. These games feature Miis in a simplistic casual setting where the player simulate real-life activities. As of March 2024, the Wii franchise has sold over 217.85 million units worldwide.
Games[]
| Year | Platform | Title | Sales (millions) |
Ref | Revenue (Nominal) |
Revenue (Inflation) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wii Sports series | 129.53 | ||||||
| 2006 | Wii | Wii Sports | 82.900 | [1] | $5,194,100,000 | $7,850,000,000 | [n 1] |
| 2009 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort | 33.140 | [1] | $2,841,300,000 | $4,035,000,000 | [n 3] |
| 2013 | Wii U | Wii Sports Club | 0.38* | [5] | |||
| 2022 | Switch | Nintendo Switch Sports | 13.11 | [6] | |||
| Wii Play series | 29.66 | ||||||
| 2006 | Wii | Wii Play | 28.02 | [1] | $2,216,000,000 | $3,349,000,000 | [n 4] |
| 2011 | Wii | Wii Play Motion | 1.64 | [7] | |||
| Wii Fit series | 44.66 | ||||||
| 2007 | Wii | Wii Fit | 22.67 | [1] | $4,427,000,000 | $6,505,000,000 | [n 6] |
| 2009 | Wii | Wii Fit Plus | 21.13 | [1] | |||
| 2013 | Wii U | Wii Fit U | 0.86* | [10] | |||
| Wii Party series | 11.14 | ||||||
| 2010 | Wii | Wii Party | 9.35 | [1] | |||
| 2013 | Wii U | Wii Party U | 1.79 | [7] | |||
| Other Wii games | 2.86 | ||||||
| 2008 | Wii/WiiWare | Wii Chess | Unknown | ||||
| Wii | Wii Music | 2.86 | [7] | ||||
| Total | 217.85 | ||||||
Notes[]
- * Identifies VGChartz numbers
- Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii in all regions except Japan and South Korea.
- Though the game was initially sold separately, Wii Sports Resort was later bundled with the Wii console.
- Initially, Wii Sports Club was only available on the Nintendo eShop with each sport needing to be bought separately. A retail release with all five sports has also been released.
- Wii Sports is the best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Sports Resort is the third best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Play is the fifth best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Fit is the sixth best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Fit Plus is the seventh best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Party is the ninth best selling Wii game of all time.
- Wii Chess was only released physically in Europe, and on the WiiWare in Japan.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Wii Sports revenue: 81.99 million units[2] at ¥4800 ($63.35) each = $5.1941 billion
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wii Sports Resort sales revenue: 30.14 million[3] units = $2683.3 million
- ↑ Wii Sports Resort total revenue:
- ↑ Wii Play sales revenue:
- Prices:
- December 2006 to March 2010: 27.38 million units = US$2166.44 million
- Japan: 2.88 million units at US$63 each = US$181.44 million
- December 2006 to March 2007: 1.21 million
- April 2007 to March 2008: 1.22 million
- April 2008 to March 2009: 330,000
- April 2009 to March 2010: 120,000
- Overseas: 24.5 million units at US$81 (mean average AU/UK/US price) each = US$1985 million
- Japan: 2.88 million units at US$63 each = US$181.44 million
- April 2010 to March 2012: 640,000 (28.02 million[3] - 27.38 million) units at US$77 (mean average AU/JP/UK/US price) each = US$49.3 million
- ↑ Wii Fit (original) sales revenue:
- Prices:
- December 2007 to March 2010: 22.61 million units = $2813 million
- Japan: 5.36 million units at $116 each = $622 million
- December 2007 to March 2008: 1.85 million
- April 2008 to March 2009: 1.58 million
- April 2009 to March 2010: 1.93 million
- Overseas: 17.25 million units at $127 (mean average EU/UK/US price) each = $2191 million
- Japan: 5.36 million units at $116 each = $622 million
- April 2010 to March 2012: 60,000 (22.67 million - 22.61 million) units at $124 (mean average EU/JP/UK/US price) each = $7.44 million
- ↑ Wii Fit (original and Plus) sales revenue:
- Wii Fit (original) revenue: $2820.44 million[n 5]
- Wii Fit Plus revenue: $1606.41 million[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wii.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nintendo Top Selling Software Sales Units: Wii. Nintendo (2014-03-31). Retrieved on 2014-05-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Supplementary Information:Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012 (PDF). Nintendo (2012-04-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-20.
- ↑ Mean average price between ¥4800 and ¥5800
- ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/83080/wii-sports-club/sales
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/231107_4e.pdf
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present, Updated as of December 2021
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wii Fit to cost £70
- ↑ Wii Fit Plus sales revenue: 20.86 million units = $1606.41 million
- Japan: 2.53 million units at ¥5900 (¥2000 and ¥9800) ($77) each = $195 million
- Overseas: 18.33 million units at $77 (mean average price) each = $1411.41 million
- UK price: £54.99 (£19.99 and £89.99) ($93)
- US price: $59.99 ($19.99 and $99.99
- ↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/70771/wii-fit-u/sales
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