Silly Sells: Wiimote Most Popular Accessory In North America
That’s gaming accessory, obviously. The Wiimote, while awesome, cannot yet compete against the mercantile tide that is QVC’s Quacker Factory (Quack a smile!), but for our purposes, yes, Nintendo sold more Wiimotes during the month of November than any other gaming accessory, according to data trackers NPD. 270,000 Wiimotes outpaced second-placer, the Xbox 360’s wireless controller (251,000 sold), then came around again like some kind of tiny white ninja to nab third place as well with, harmony of harmonies, 153,000 nunchucks tagged and bagged.
Isn’t that a nice little reflection of the perks of third place that our fresh meat, Pirate Prince, called out earlier? I’ll admit that I was first to spray my jasmine pearl tea across my Biedermeier vanity when I heard the official title of the Wii, and terribly quick to deride the Wiimote as the stupidest idea ever. But that was, like, decades ago – well before the Nintendo chip in my head kicked in and began correcting my attitude. If Nintendo’s proven anything, it’s that they know how to work their own funny little mojo, and that mojo packs a punch.
Now I just need two more Wiimotes, a nunchuck and an MRI to explain why my ears bleed whenever I run the microwave. Silly chips.
Wii remote is best-selling accessory in North America [GamesIndustry.biz]
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Posted to Video Games on 14 December 2006
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OMG QUACKER FACTORY!!! Thanks for giving me an advance reminder of what I’ll have to sit through every night while visiting my parents over xmas.
She should totally be the end boss in Doom 4. I would say Super Paper Mario, but that one’s rated E.