Nintendo dishes Wii Sports Resort numbers; 500K in first week

By on Aug 10, 2009 at 5:30 AM
Gaming August 10, 2009

After what was a pretty terrible June for the video game industry, Nintendo looked to July’s highly anticipated Wii Sports Resort release to revitalize casual gamers — and their wallets — and reverse the steep slide the company saw at the start of summer. Fast forward: It did. Nintendo announced this past week that the sequel to its ever-popular Wii Sports title sold over 500,000 titles during its first week of availability beginning July 26th. For those keeping score, that’s about one copy sold every 1.5 seconds. At $50 a pop, it’s also about $25 million in gross revenue. Wii Sports Resort packages 12 mini games onto one disc and includes a MotionPlus accessory, which “brings unmatched accuracy to games that have been specially designed for it.” In other words, it improves upon the revolutionary concept popularized by the standard Wii controller and makes it much more accurate. So, did anyone pick up a copy of Sports Resort this past week or are you all still too busy drooling over preview videos of Project Natal?

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  • PK

    Going out to get it today…..

  • Brian

    My 3 1/2 year old son and I love playing it. He really enjoys the sword fighting and the airplane dogfights.

  • Jason Bourne

    NATAL please.

    Even as a youngster Nintendo has always been too kiddy and corny for me.

  • http://www.bulldoglist.com David Thande 2®

    @ Jason.

    Agreed.

  • ckeegan

    got it the day it came out, and my wife is addicted to it. it really is fun. of course those hardcore gamers out there would much rather sit on their couches, since they’ve obviously forgot that video games are supposed to be fun.

    why so serious?

  • veks

    Got my copy a week ago. There’s a good chance now that my tv screen will finally crack. The kids go wild in frisbee and sword fighting. Its a fun game!

  • Mike

    @ ckeegan.

    Agreed.

  • Ramon

    My wife got a copy. Must admit, it’s fun for everyone in my house. My son who’s 19 worked up a sweat on it, never did that on his 360.

  • phaberl

    @Ramon

    I got the game a week ago, and I’ve never worked up a sweat on a video game (if you don’t count Wii fit as a video game). Its a lot of fun

  • LT In Texas

    Seems like a fun family game. Not a lot of thinking or reading strategy guides to have fun.

    Video Games do not have to be graphic intensive to be fun or exciting.

    Nintendo seems to turn a profit at get its target market right. Take note Sony and Microsoft.

    I purchased the Wii and also own an Xbox and PS2. I want a PS3, but until the price drops,it seems as if I will get an Xbox360 and bypass Sony this round for our home.

  • O G Nerd aka don’t hate

    Not impressed, Gears of War 2 sold almost 2 million in two days.

  • ckeegan

    @ O G Nerd: I love when people have no clue what they’re talking about, especially when the data is so readily available.

    1. The article above is quoting American sales, not worldwide (which was 1,197,536 that week).
    2. Gears of War sold 606,759 in America, and 910,931 during it’s first WEEK (where do you get two days?). It didn’t hit 2 million worldwide until it’s 4th week.

  • http://moldyjello.com jelly

    I’m getting this game really soon as I can’t wait to play it.

    I love wii games because they are fun to play with my 5 year old daughter.

  • ckeegan

    Sorry, hit submit by accident…

    3. Gears of War 2 sold 1,945,524 worldwide in it’s first WEEK, again, not 2 days. Plus, it’s a little different comparing a game that launched around the holidays to a game that launched at the end of July.

    I also don’t know if I’d qualify Wii owners as those that will stand in line for doors to open for a new game launch. I give it 4 weeks max, and Wii Sports Resort will outsell GoW2.

  • Ike Bee

    Played it with my nephew during the weekend and almost whacked his head…twice. Good game but when New Super Mario Bros.Wii comes out for Christmas, it will be 1985 all over again!

  • Jonathan

    Please try not to compare this game with Gears of War. In fact, its best not to even mention hard core gamers since its a whole different genre.

  • Matt

    @ Jonathan

    I agree with you they are both two different games I love them both tho :)

  • PK

    @ Johnathan

    So agree indeed…..

  • http://www.r4-ds-card.co.nz/ r4 revolution for ds

    I just love playing it with my son…. keep posting. Will be visiting back soon.

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