A Wii game sits atop the NPD Group's top ten most purchased games of the last fifteen years.
Since the NPD began tracking game sales for the United States in 1995, Wii Play has sold more copies than any other title. Other games exclusive to the Wii that made the top ten best-selling list include Wii Fit, which sits on the chart in fifth place, and Mario Kart Wii, which came in sixth.
While up-to-date sales numbers are not available for the top ten list, the NPD group did reveal in October that Wii Play had sold 11.1 million copies in the United States. Since then, Wii Play has sold at least another million copies based solely on December NPD numbers.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which has sold over 2 million copies on the Wii, is the second best-selling game of the past decade and a half. Interestingly, the combined sales of over ten different iterations of Namco Museum, including Namco Museum 64, helped the popular arcade collection series appear in tenth place on the list.
The Best-Selling Games in the U.S. Since 1995:
- 1. Wii Play (Wii)
- 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox)
- 4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
- 5. Wii Fit (Wii)
- 6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
- 7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, Xbox 360, DS)
- 8. Madden NFL 07 (PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, PSP, DS, GCN, GBA, Wii)
- 9. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, DS, Wii)
- 10. Namco Museum (DC, GBA, PS2, GCN, Xbox, PSP, N64, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS, Xbox 360)
Note: This list does not include PC game sales.