Nintendo: More Than 65.3 Million Wii Remote Controllers in U.S.

Every day since the Wii console launched in November 2006, 46,000 Wii Remotes have been sold, according to Nintendo.

In the United States alone, more than 65.3 million Wii Remote controllers have been sold to consumers. Nintendo says this demonstrates that Wii owners like to play and they like to play together. They’re not the stereotypical gamers playing alone in their parents’ basement.

How much is 65.3 million Wii Remote controllers? According to Nintendo, it’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, with leftovers remaining 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 and where they came from, according to the independent NPD Group:

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