The $50 video game, Wii Play from Nintendo has sold over 10 million copies in the United States alone, as of February 2009 - according to the Port Washington, New York based global market research company, The NPD Group's latest study on video games.

Nintendo's press release, "Nintendo's Wii Play Surpasses 10 Million Units Sold in the United States," on Friday said, "Wii Play(tm), a collection of nine mini-games, has now sold more than 10 million units in the United States alone since its debut in February 2007. Wii Play, now the top-selling software on all consoles and portable systems in the United States, comes packaged with a Wii Remote(tm) controller."

Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing, Cammie Dunaway said, "Wii Play mini-games are fun and they get people playing together. Even if you believe people are buying Wii Play solely for the controller that indicates that there are now more than 10 million people who have an extra Wii Remote controller in their homes. When added to the 12.7 million Wii Remote controllers that have sold separately, this reinforces the growing 'social gaming' trend we have been seeing where friends and family use their Wii games as a social hub - both in person and online."

Wii Play was also top selling game last year. The game failed to get positive response from critics, but still the game was able to achieve the milestone. Alicia Ashby from OMGNintendo explains why the game was able to make its impact.

Ashby said, "The simple games appear to be great fun if you have kids and grandmas playing frequently and the controller and game package gets two controllers into a lot of houses that might have otherwise have stopped at one (and made their Wii experience a lot less fun)."