Wii Games 2009: Still on Top

The game sales numbers for the first half of 2009 are out, and Wii games still lead the way.

Estimated Games Sales (in million units)
                2008 Sales       First Half 2009
Wii           45 M                26 M     
Xbox         31 M                21 M
PS3          17 M                13 M
The top three Wii games in 2009 beat anything Xbox or PS3 have to offer by a wide margin. Wii Fit led the way in the first half with 3 million units sold, followed by Wii Play at 1.5 million and Mario Kart Wii at 1.4 million. Resident Evil was the top Xbox seller in the first half, at 1.0 million. Killzone was the top PS3 seller, at 0.75 million.
An interesting difference in the sales of the Big Three companies was that only one of the Wii’s top five sellers in the first half (#4 seller EA Sports Active) was released in 2009, while all five of PS3’s top five and four of Xbox’s top five were released in 2009. This contradicts the critics’ previous notions that the Wii wouldn’t be able to generate “evergreen” sellers that age well and sell over a long period of time.

Most Anticipated Wii Games in 2009

Well, the year is half over, and we thought it would be fun to take a look at the Top Ten Most Anticipated Wii Games in 2009 list from the beginning of the year, and see how those ten are panning out. Of course, everyone had a different Top Ten List in January, but we reviewed the lists from quite a few sites and came up with a consensus list. So, before we give you a sneak preview of upcoming Wii games, let’s review our list below, with the list of Amazon.com’s current ten best Wii sellers to the right of it:

Most Anticipated Amazon’s Current Top Sellers
1. Punch-Out!! 1. EA Sports Active
2. MadWorld 2. Wii Fit
3. Sin & Punishment 2 3. Tiger Woods PGW Tour 10
4. Sports Resort 4. Mario Kart
5. The Conduit 5. Sports Resort
6. Muramasa: The Demon Blade 6. Wii Play
7. Cave Story 7. Punch-Out!!
8. Little King’s Story Pack 8. EA Sports Active Multiplayer
9. Monster Hunter 3 9. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis
10.The House of the Dead: Overkill 10. Wii Music

Not much similarity, is there? The only two of the Most Anticipated to make the current Top Ten Sellers list are Sports Resort and the Punch-Out!! Wii game.

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