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03-23-2009, 06:45 PM
The February NPD numbers hit earlier this week, and they once again showed Wii Fit leading in software sales. But it was a particularly significant month for Wii Fit for another reason: The NPD Group has confirmed to Kotaku that sales of Wii Fit hit 6 million in the U.S., surpassing the 5.9 million lifetime sales of Halo 3.
Okay, so the significance is really mostly symbolic -- here is Nintendo's peculiar exercise game surprisingly overcoming Microsoft's traditional Xbox shooter powerhouse. But the nature of Wii Fit's "victory" is also really quite impressive; consider that Wii Fit hit retail eight months later than Halo 3, and at $90, costs thirty bucks more.
Now, let's just hope the 6 million people in the U.S. who own this thing are actually putting it to good use. That'd be a whole lot of Balance Boards collecting dust, otherwise...
Source - 1UP
Okay, so the significance is really mostly symbolic -- here is Nintendo's peculiar exercise game surprisingly overcoming Microsoft's traditional Xbox shooter powerhouse. But the nature of Wii Fit's "victory" is also really quite impressive; consider that Wii Fit hit retail eight months later than Halo 3, and at $90, costs thirty bucks more.
Now, let's just hope the 6 million people in the U.S. who own this thing are actually putting it to good use. That'd be a whole lot of Balance Boards collecting dust, otherwise...
Source - 1UP