Nintendo Milestone: 65 Million Wii Remotes Throughout USA

By Hector Cortez Oct 26, 2010, 2:22 GMT

Over 65 million Wii Remotes are in homes throughout the United States.

Nintendo today announced that over 65 million Wii Remotes are in homes throughout the United States.

How much is 65.3 million Wii Remote controllers? That's enough for every man, woman and child living in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit and San Francisco, and enough still remains for every resident of Florida, Ohio, Virginia and North Dakota.

Here's the breakdown of the number of Wii Remote controllers sold in the United States through the end of September, according to the independent NPD Group which tracks software and hardware sales:

- 30.41 million included with the Wii hardware
- 12.92 million sold with  Wii Play
- 18.56 million white versions sold separately
- 2.44 million black versions sold separately
- 467,500 pink versions sold separately
- 465,200 blue versions sold separately

The NPD Group also reports that Nintendo has sold an additional 52.9 million Nunchuk controllers in the United States through the end of September.

Starting Nov. 7, the new Wii Remote Plus controller replaces the original Wii Remote controller. The Wii Remote Plus controller has built-in Wii MotionPlus functionality and becomes the new standard Wii controller. It will be available in all Wii hardware packages and bundles, as well as sold separately at a suggested retail price of $39.99.