Since its launch in America several years ago Nintendo have sold 65.3 million Wii Remotes. This means 46,000 are sold a day on average.

The Wii is marketed as a family console that encourages co-operative gameplay and this certainly seems to have paid off as Nintendo of America have just announced that since the console's launch in 2006 they have sold 65.3 million Wii Remotes in America alone.

As the press release proudly boasts, "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." The American video game chart monitoring company NPD have also provided a break down of what the figures mean.

• 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

Additionally 52.9 million Nunchuk controllers have been sold since the console's launch through to the end of September meaning there is a lot of gaming going on across America. Sales of the controller will no doubt continue to grow with the release of the Wii Remote Plus next month.