Wii Play is the Best Selling Game of 2008

Chris Pereira writes:

"If you've already taken a look at our earlier story on the release of the December NPDs, you'll find that the NPD Group's top ten list of the best selling games in 2008 is extremely similar. Both lists are dominated by Nintendo titles, topped by Wii Play, and contain just one PlayStation 3 game and one DS game. We've said it before, but it bears repeating: If Nintendo is feeling the impact of this recession, the sales numbers certainly don't reflect it. Wii Play alone -- a title frequently bemoaned by the press and hardcore gamers -- outsold the combined sales of Grand Theft Auto 4 on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and Mario Kart Wii was just 180,000 copies shy of managing the same feat."