Comments on: Mario Kart Wii is 2008′s biggest selling game on global level

By: leefogel

leefogel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:22:40 +0000

“The Wii racer sold 8.94 million units last year, beating off Wii Fit with 8.31 million sales and an eye-watering effort from GTA IV.”

Really? You couldn’t rephrase “beating off” to something less indicative of a double entendre?

Squa11 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:29:25 +0000

The W@W sales are most impressive considering it came out later than Mario Kart Wii.

gorman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:22:23 +0000

Not that UK is not representative for the majority of Europe, it might well be.
Impressive numbers for Nintendo, however you look at them.

patlike — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:51:13 +0000

My bad. Edited.

gorman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:47:27 +0000

Ehm… «Mario Kart Wii was 2008’s biggest selling game across the US, Europe and Japan.»

Europe ≠ Uk

Spain+France+Germany+Italy+Scandinavia could theoretically manage to shift the charts a bit. Especially for Kart and Fit.

Tonka — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:19:54 +0000

Fear the powah!

patlike — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:06:58 +0000

Those World at War sales are amazing. Just shows how much power reviews have – or don’t – with certain franchises.

Blerk — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:03:42 +0000

Well, at least it’s a proper game. Even if it is a thoroughly unadventurous and fairly meh game.