Couple Things

So then... it seems that there is a new best selling video game of all time.  For the longest time it was Super Mario Brothers on the NES.  Now I will point out that this is based on number of games sold, not amount of money made.  GTA IV made something like $500 million its first week and sold something along the lines of 8.5 million games.  Now, the orginial Super Mario Brothers sold approximately 40 million games.  

But now the title of best selling video game of all time belongs to Wii Sports.  It has sold 40.24 million copies.  Now yes, most of them are because unless you are in Japan or South Korea the game comes with the console so you don't have to go out and buy it. But that was true for Super Mario Brothers atleast for a while.  

Now, lets take a look and the top 10 Best Selling Video Games worldwide:

1.Wii Sports (Wii)

2. Super Mario Brothers (NES)

3. Pokemon: Red, Green, Blue (GB)

4. Tetris (GB)

5. Duck Hunt (NES)

6. Pokemon: Gold/Silver (GB)

7. Nintendogs (GB)

8. Super Mario World (SNES)

9. Wii Play (Wii)

10. Super Mario Land (GB)

Now, I have to say, congrats to Nintendo as they control the list of best selling games, but then again they kind of re-invented the home gaming system world wide. And for fun here are the top sellers on some other consoles:

Atari 2600: Pac-Man (7 million sold)

Xbox: Halo 2 (8 million sold)

Xbox 360: Halo 3 (8.1 million sold)

Sega Genisis: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (6 million sold)

Playstation: Gran Turismo (10.85 million sold)

PS2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (12 million sold)

PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4 (4.33 million sold)

Moving on, why does everyone want to push back the digital transition day?  Congress mandated it in 2005. And right now according to the Washington Post 6.8 percent of the 114 million homes that use over the air broadcast aren't ready.  Now consider the number of people that live in this country and then consider who isn't reay.  And its not cause they don't know, its cause they are lazy.  Pushing the date back will merely help them put it off longer.  Switch it on Feb 17 and Feb 18 they will help the economy by running out and buying the converter box or a new tv.  

Random Games

So then....

I am still playing Mario 64 DS, and I have now gotten 50 stars (yay half way) and unlocked all the characters. So that is a plus. Its a bit annoying being stuck with the control pad instead of a joystick like the 64 had, but oh well. It still works out.

As far as consoles go, I haven't had much time to play, but I intend to do some of that this weekend. Still playing GTA IV, but it doesn't really hold that much excitment any more and I am considering selling it back, cause, well... I don't play it that much. Lego Indy is fun, but it is basically Lego Star Wars again, and while it is cute and such, I'm not sure that it has inspired me to want to get Lego Batman. I mean, if I had kids, yes it'd be a grand game for them.

I think that I would like to see about getting that Viking game, it was fun and I should be able to get it used so that is a plus. Also I am thinking that the Force Unleashed game should be worth a look. Bioshock is coming to the PS3 and I'd like to rent it and try it, I've heard some good things about it.

In long range plans I would like to get a Wii. There are good group games like Mario Party and Smash Brothers for it. I don't regret getting my PS3, if nothing else it has been worth it as a Bluray player, but I have found some games on it that I have been enjoying. I played Blazing Aces on my friends Wii and found I like the control set up on the PS3 more, so I would have versitility, which is nice. Plus, I would like to get Mario Galaxy and the new Zelda games. Cause come on, what other games have the history of Mario and Zelda.

As far as computer games go... Well I think I may be out of that arena for a while. My computer is now too slow to play most games that come out and I would need to upgrade it before I can go on with the computer gaming, but I think that it is a better current plan to keep with consoles.

Finally I think I may pick up the Zelda game for the DS. Since I will be traveling again it would be good to have a change from just Mario. But for now, I will sign off.