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Kotaku | by Stephen Totilo | Mon, Oct 19

Kotaku is the #1 Blogger for Wii Sports

Halo Crushes, Briefly: There something to be said for the relatively light amount of campaign content in Halo 3 ODST not affecting the game's first month of sales. The game tripled its nearest competitor, Wii Sports Resort. Did consumers care that it is a seven-hour game with lots of multip...

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Thumbnail This Week, Stephen Totilo from Kotaku says (in The 10 Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of Nov 1) [Wii]) The Nintendo Channel is properly calculating and reporting player data again and so I can provide this month's look at Wii gaming usage without last month's asterisks. The stats on the chart are up to date as of the first of November.

Two games rose in the top 10 this month. Call of Duty, fueled l...

2 Months Ago, Michael McWhertor from Kotaku says (in Madden Tops Charts Again, But Sales Plummet On PS2, Wii [Npd Group]) 01. Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360) - 928,000
02. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 754,000
03. Madden NFL 10 (PS3) - 665,000
04. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360) - 303,000
05. Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) - 290,000
06. Madden NFL 10 (PS2) - 160,000
08. Wii Fit (Wii) - 128,000
09. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 120,000

Thumbnail 3 Months Ago, Stephen Totilo from Kotaku says (in The Ten Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of August 1) [Wii]) Where's all this from? (AKA an explanation of the above chart for stat junkies only): In a move somewhat surprising for the generally secretive company, Nintendo makes all of this data public. Any Wii owner can download the Nintendo Channel to their Wii and begin browsing for games. Any gam...

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