fbpx
Wikipedia

List of best-selling video game franchises

January 18, 2023

This is a list of video game franchises that have sold or shipped at least twenty million copies. Unless otherwise stated, numbers indicate worldwide units sold, ordered alphabetically whenever two or more list the same amount. The exception are the ones specifying shipments, which have lower precedence than others listing sales.

Franchise sales include expansion packs even though they are not considered full video games. Free-to-play game downloads (including free mobile games) and microtransactions should not figure into sales or shipment figures. For video game franchises that have generated the highest overall media revenue (from games and other media and merchandise), see the list of highest-grossing media franchises.

For best-selling individual video games, see the list of best-selling video games. The sales figures given below also do not include arcade video game sales, which can be found at the list of highest-grossing arcade games. For mobile games that have generated the most revenue, see the list of highest-grossing mobile games.

At least 200 million copies

  – This color indicates a sub-series of a larger video game franchise. This does not necessarily apply for franchises that are not video game-based.

Franchise name Original release date Sales
Mario July 9, 1981 771.95 million
Mario first appeared in 1981 in the original Donkey Kong,[28] before starring in Mario Bros., followed by the Super Mario series of platform games. The character was created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and has since become the official mascot of Nintendo, owner of the trademark. The games are developed by various Nintendo studios. The Mario franchise has expanded into other game genres, including racing, sports, party, puzzle, and role-playing games. It has also found success in numerous other media, including three animated television series, comic books, a manga, a film and other merchandise. It is currently the best-selling video game franchise of all time. It is also the oldest in the 100 million+ group.
Tetris January 29, 1988[b] 495 million
Tetris is a falling-blocks puzzle video game created by Soviet game designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. Tetris variants were later commercialized and released on a vast spectrum of platforms, from video game consoles and computers to mobile devices and calculators, with the version bundled with the Game Boy selling over 35 million units, while various mobile games had seen over 425 million paid downloads by 2014.[34] It is the most successful video game franchise to originate from Russia and the former Soviet Union, the best-selling puzzle video game series and the best-selling video game franchise not owned by Nintendo.
Pokémon February 27, 1996 440 million[35]
Pokémon was created by Satoshi Tajiri, founder and president of Game Freak, in 1996 as a role-playing video game for the Game Boy handheld game console, soon turning into one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise as a whole includes an anime series, various manga, a trading card game, toys, merchandise, books, over twenty films (one of the highest-grossing animated film series), and other media. It is produced by The Pokémon Company, which is a joint venture by the three companies holding the rights to Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, while Nintendo owns the trademark.
Call of Duty October 29, 2003 425 million[36]
Call of Duty is a series of first-person shooter video games. The series is published by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward, Gray Matter Studios, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, Neversoft, High Moon Studios, and Beenox. With new games in the series released annually to blockbuster-level sales, the series is verified by the Guinness World Records as the best-selling first-person shooter game series. It is also the most successful video game franchise created in the United States. In addition to main series sales, there have been over 500 million downloads of the mobile spin-off Call of Duty: Mobile.
Grand Theft Auto November 28, 1997 385 million[37][38]
Grand Theft Auto is an open-world action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly; the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, and consists of eleven stand-alone games and four expansion packs. Grand Theft Auto is the most successful video game franchise originating from the United Kingdom and is the best-selling action-adventure and open-world series. The series best-selling game, Grand Theft Auto V, is the second best-selling video game of all time with over 170 million copies shipped.
Super Mario September 13, 1985 385.25 million[n 1]
The Super Mario[48] series of platform games began in 1985 and features the iconic character Mario. The series forms the core of the larger Mario franchise.
FIFA December 15, 1993 325 million[49]
FIFA is a series of association football-based sports video games, released yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand. It is the first to have an official license from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football.
Minecraft November 18, 2011 238 million[50][51]
Minecraft is a sandbox and survival video game originally created by Swedish game designer Markus "Notch" Persson and developed by Mojang. Originally a computer indie game made using Java, it has since been ported to game consoles and mobile devices. It was bought by Microsoft Studios in November 2014. It is the most successful video game franchise to originate in Sweden and the single best-selling game of all time.
Wii November 19, 2006 207.41 million[n 7]
The Wii series of simulation video games was created for the Wii console, starting in 2006. The first game in the series, Wii Sports, was bundled with the original Wii console and is one of the best-selling games of all time.
Lego December 1995 200 million [57]
The Lego franchise of video games includes many different games, including original games as well as several adaptations based on licensed properties including DC Comics, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Marvel Comics, and Star Wars.
The Sims February 4, 2000 200 million[58]
The Sims is a series of life simulation games primarily for personal computers but later released for game consoles. It was created by American game designer Will Wright, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The series consists of four main games and a number of compilations and expansion packs.
Assassin's Creed November 13, 2007 200 million[59]
Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure stealth video game franchise created by Patrice Désilets. The franchise is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, and includes twelve mainline releases and several spin-offs. It has expanded into a media franchise spanning comic books, encyclopedias, novels, and a live-action film.

At least 100 million copies

Franchise name Original release date Sales
Final Fantasy December 18, 1987 173 million[60]
Final Fantasy[c] is a Japanese science fantasy media franchise created by Japanese video game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix. The franchise encompasses fifteen signature role-playing video games alongside a number of spin-off games, motion pictures, and many other consumer products and interactive media.
Mario Kart August 27, 1992 169.82 million[n 2]
Mario Kart[62] is a series of kart racing games developed and published by Nintendo. The series is a spin-off of the Mario franchise and has spawned nine main games, one enhanced game, four arcade games and a mobile game. It is currently the most successful racing game franchise of all time.
Sonic the Hedgehog June 23, 1991 156.41 million[d]
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game franchise created and owned by Sega. Starring its namesake character Sonic the Hedgehog, created by Japanese programmer Yuji Naka and character designer Naoto Ohshima, it has expanded into a media franchise spanning several animated television series, manga, comic books, and a live-action film series.
Need for Speed August 31, 1994 150 million[70]
Need for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts, and has been developed by multiple companies over the years such as EA Black Box and Criterion Games. There are over 25 games in the series. and a live-action film.
Resident Evil March 22, 1996 131 million[71]
Resident Evil[e], known in Japan as Biohazard, is a Japanese horror media franchise, created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara, developed by Capcom. It consists of a survival horror video game series, along with comic books, novelizations, it has spanning into a live action films series, animated films, an animated television series, a live action television series, Japanese plays and a variety of collectibles, including action figures.
Madden NFL June 1, 1988 130 million[72]
Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The series is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a color commentator and Super Bowl-winning head coach.
NBA 2K November 10, 1999 130 million[37][73]
NBA 2K is a series of basketball sports games. Originally published by Sega under the label Sega Sports, it is now published by 2K Sports. All of the games in the series have been developed by Visual Concepts.
The Legend of Zelda February 21, 1986 128.94 million[n 8]
The Legend of Zelda[f] is an action-adventure game franchise created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-releases have been outsourced to Capcom, Vanpool, and Grezzo. The gameplay incorporates action-adventure and elements of action role-playing games.
Star Wars May 1983 119.371 million[n 10]
The Star Wars series of video games is part of the sci-fi fantasy media franchise of the same name. Series within it include Lego Star Wars, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Wii Sports November 19, 2006 114.52 million[n 7]
The Wii Sports series of sports games created for the Nintendo Wii console in 2006. Its success led to the Wii video game series, of which it is a sub-series. The first game in the series, Wii Sports, was bundled with the original Wii console and is one of the best-selling games of all time.
Pro Evolution Soccer July 21, 1995 111 million[87]
Pro Evolution Soccer (known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven in Japan) is a series of association football video games developed and published by Konami.

At least 50 million copies

Franchise name Original release date Sales
Tomb Raider November 15, 1996 95 million[88]
Tomb Raider is series of Action-adventure video games, formerly developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive, it is now developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Embracer Group . The series focuses on the adventures of fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft. The franchise has also spanned films, comic books, novels and animated series.
Gran Turismo December 23, 1997 90 million[89]
Gran Turismo[g] (Italian for "grand tourer" or "grand touring"), abbreviated GT, is a series of racing video games created by Kazunori Yamauchi for the PlayStation line of game systems. Developed by Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo games are intended to emulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles. Since the franchise's debut in December 1997, over 80 million units have been sold worldwide across the history of PlayStation systems, making it the highest-selling video game franchise exclusive to PlayStation.
Monster Hunter September 21, 2004 88 million[90]
Monster Hunter is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Capcom. In it players take the role of a hunter in a fantasy environment and complete quests by seeking out monsters to hunt or capture. The franchise has also spanned a live-action film, and an animated film.
Dragon Quest May 27, 1986 85 million[91]

[92]

Dragon Quest[h], known as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, is a series of Japanese role-playing video games created by Yuji Horii, with character design by manga artist Akira Toriyama and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).
Tom Clancy's August 21, 1998 82 million[93][94]
Includes sales from Tom Clancy–branded games developed by Ubisoft, including Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, and The Division.
Halo November 15, 2001 81 million[95][96][97]
Halo is a science fiction, predominantly first-person shooter video game series created by Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios. It has been adapted into over thirty novels, several comic series, graphic novels, numerous action figures, and an anime series. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and an alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. After Bungie gained independence from Microsoft in 2007, 343 Industries took control of the franchise. It is the highest-selling video game franchise exclusive to Xbox. The franchise has spanned a live action television series.
Borderlands October 20, 2009 77 million[37][73]
Borderlands is a series of action role-playing first-person shooter video games created by Gearbox Software. The franchise has spawned a live action film.
Worms November 17, 1995 75 million[98]
Worms is a series of artillery tactical video games developed by British company Team17. In these games, small platoons of anthropomorphic worms battle each other across a deformable landscape with the objective being to become the sole surviving team. The games are noted for their cartoony animation and extensive use of surrealism and slapstick humour.
Mortal Kombat October 8, 1992 73 million[99]
Mortal Kombat is a series of fighting games created in 1992 by Ed Boon and John Tobias, primarily having a reputation for high levels of violent content. The original game spawned over ten sequels with several action-adventure spin-offs. It is currently the best-selling fighting game franchise. The franchise has also spanned a live-action film series, comic book adaptations, and various animated films.
Animal Crossing April 14, 2001 73.34 million[i]
Animal Crossing[j], is a social simulation game series developed and published by Nintendo. In it the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and lives a virtual life where in-game time matches real time.
Super Smash Bros. January 21, 1999

70.51 million[k]

Super Smash Bros.[108] is a series of platform fighting games published by Nintendo and created by Masahiro Sakurai. It features characters and elements from various Nintendo franchises and later installments also include third-party franchises as well.
Red Dead May 4, 2004 70 million[37][38]
Red Dead is a series of Western-themed action-adventure games published by Rockstar Games. Originally developed by Capcom, Rockstar eventually acquired the rights and expanded on it.
Just Dance November 17, 2009 70 million[109]
Just Dance is a series of dance and music video games published by Ubisoft. It also includes games outside of the name Just Dance, such as Michael Jackson: The Experience. It is the best-selling dance / music game franchise.
Mario Party December 18, 1998 68.7 million[n 3]
Mario Party[l] is a series of multiplayer party games featuring characters from the Mario franchise in which four players compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. Most of the Mario Party games have been developed by Hudson Soft and is published by Nintendo.
Dragon Ball September 27, 1986 66.5 million[m]
Dragon Ball[n] was created by Akira Toriyama in 1984 and is composed primarily of multiple manga series, numerous anime series, a collection of animated feature films, video games, and a collectible trading card game, as well as other collectibles like action figures.
Donkey Kong July 9, 1981 65 million[116]
Donkey Kong[o] is a video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto when he was assigned at Nintendo during the early 1980s to build a game that would appeal more to Americans on the arcade hardware of Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results. The success of the arcade game Donkey Kong led to the creation of both the Donkey Kong and Mario franchises. Although appearing as a playable character in several Mario spin-off titles, Donkey Kong would not star in his own series of games until Donkey Kong Country in 1994. The franchise has spanned an animated film.
The Oregon Trail December 3, 1971 65 million[117]
The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games that began with the first edition originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848.
WWE 2K February 29, 2000 63 million[118][119]
WWE 2K (formerly WWF SmackDown! and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw) is a series of professional wrestling video games released by 2K Sports (formerly by THQ). The games were formerly developed by Japanese game developer Yuke's.
The Elder Scrolls March 25, 1994 58.5 million[120]
The Elder Scrolls (abbreviated TES) is an action role-playing and open world video game series by Bethesda Softworks.
Metal Gear July 13, 1987 58.3 million[87]
Metal Gear[p] is a series of stealth games created by Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for the MSX. The franchise also includes a novel, radio drama, comic books, and a toy line.
Battlefield September 10, 2002 57 million[121][122]
Battlefield is a series of First-person shooter video games developed by EA DICE and Visceral Games, published by Electronic Arts. The games feature a focus on large maps and vehicle warfare.
Civilization September 1991 57 million[123]
Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games. Sid Meier developed the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of the rest. The basic gameplay functions are similar throughout the series, namely, guiding a civilization on a macro-scale from prehistory to the present day.
Tekken December 9, 1994 54.5 million[124]
Tekken[q] is a series of fighting games produced by Katsuhiro Harada, developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly by Namco). Originally exclusive to arcades, games have since been released for consoles, personal computers and mobile devices.
Spider-Man 1982 53.2 million[n 11]
There have been numerous video games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man have been released. To date, Spider-Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms, which also includes mobile games on mobile phones.
God of War March 22, 2005 52 million[129]
God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe. All of the main games have been developed by Santa Monica Studio, with the other entries being done by Ready at Dawn and Javaground/SOE-LA. The multimedia franchise is loosely based on Greek and Norse mythology. The central story revolves around the Spartan warrior Kratos' quest for vengeance (Greek games) and later redemption (Norse games). The franchise has spanned a television series.
Bejeweled May 30, 2001 50 million[130]
Bejeweled is a series of puzzle video games first developed as a browser game by PopCap Games in 2001.
Far Cry March 23, 2004 50 million[131]
Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game franchise originally developed by Crytek, later by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
Diablo January 3, 1997 50 million[132][133]
Diablo is an action role-playing hack and slash dungeon crawler video game series developed by Blizzard North and published and later developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
The Witcher October 26, 2007 50 million[134]
The Witcher is a series of action role-playing games based on the series of novels of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows the story of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" – traveling monster hunter for hire, gifted with unnatural powers. The franchise has spanned a live action television series.
Lego Star Wars April 5, 2005 50 million[77]
A series of action-adventure video games based on the Lego brand of toys and the Star Wars franchise.
Crash Bandicoot September 9, 1996 50 million[137]
Crash Bandicoot is a series of platform games originally created and developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PlayStation.
Destiny September 9, 2014 50 million[139]
Destiny is an online-only multiplayer first-person shooter video game series developed by Bungie and previously published by Activision.

At least 20 million copies

Franchise name Original release date Sales
Street Fighter August 30, 1987 48 million[90]
Street Fighter[r] is a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom. The series has grown into a media franchise covering comic books, anime series and movies. Its best-selling release, Street Fighter II is credited with establishing many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.
Mario Sports May 1, 1984 46.75 million[n 4]
There have been numerous sports games in the Mario franchise. The first sports game featuring Mario was Golf in 1984.
Pac-Man June 1980 44.581 million[n 12]
Pac-Man[s] is a Japanese video game franchise currently owned and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. The eponymous first entry was released in arcades in 1980 by Namco during the golden age of arcade video games. Most games in the franchise are maze chase games however it has delved into other genres such as platform, racing and sports.
Uncharted November 20, 2007 44.02 million[146][147][148]
Uncharted is a series of action-adventure and third-person shooter video games developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Most games follow the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake. The franchise has spanned a live-action film series
Wii Fit November 19, 2006 43.7 million[n 7]
The Wii Fit series of exergaming video games was created by Shigeru Miyamoto for the Nintendo Wii console in 2007. It is a sub-series of the Wii series.
Star Wars: Battlefront September 21, 2004 43 million[n 9]
Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooters based on the Star Wars films. Pandemic Studios developed the first two installments, while later entries were developed by Rebellion Developments and EA DICE. LucasArts was the sole publisher until 2013 when Electronic Arts took over.
Kirby April 27, 1992 42 million[153][154][13]
Kirby[t] is a series of platform games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The series centers around the adventures of a young, pink alien hero named Kirby.
BioShock August 21, 2007 41 million[37][123]
BioShock is a retrofuturistic video game series published by 2K Games and developed by several studios, including Irrational Games which created the series. It is considered a spiritual successor to the System Shock series, on which many of Irrational's team had worked previously. The franchise has spanned a live action film.
Guitar Hero November 8, 2005 40 million[155]
Guitar Hero is a series of music and rhythm video games published by RedOctane and Activision, and developed by Harmonix Music Systems from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to Neversoft.
Harry Potter November 15, 2001 40 million[156]
Based on the Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K. Rowling, games in the series have been published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Gears of War November 7, 2006 40 million[157]
Gears of War is a video game franchise created by Epic Games, developed and managed by The Coalition, and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios. The franchise consists of six third-person shooter video games, which has also been supplemented by comics and novels. It focuses on the conflict between humanity, the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde, and their mutated counterparts, the Lambent.
Medal of Honor November 11, 1999 39 million[n 13]
Medal of Honor is a series of first-person shooter games with most of the games set during World War II. The series is published by Electronic Arts.
Fallout September 30, 1997 38 million[162]
Fallout is a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games. It was created by Interplay Entertainment and later developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment, and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Mega Man December 17, 1987 38 million[90]
Mega Man, known as Rockman[u] in Japan, is a series of video games created by Capcom, starring a series of characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man". The franchise has spanned a live action film.
Total War June 13, 2000 37.8 million[163]
Total War is a series of strategy video games developed by Creative Assembly and owned and published by Sega for personal computers. Its games combine turn-based strategy and resource management, with real-time tactical control of battles.
Kingdom Hearts March 28, 2002 36 million[164]
Kingdom Hearts[v] is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (previously by Square) and is owned by The Walt Disney Company. It is the result of a collaboration between Disney Interactive Studios and Square Enix, and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square Enix character designer.
Counter-Strike November 8, 2000 35.7 million[w]
Counter-Strike is a series of tactical first-person shooter games that began as a mod for the game Half-Life. The series has since been developed by Valve, and published by Sierra Entertainment and Valve.
NBA Live October 1994 35 million[170]
NBA Live is a series of basketball video games developed and published by EA Sports annually since 1995.
Megami Tensei September 11, 1987 34.5 million[x]
Megami Tensei is a franchise of role-playing video games created by Atlus and owned by Sega. It includes the Persona sub-series.
Football Manager November 5, 2004 34 million[172]
Football Manager is a series of association football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager; however, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive lost the naming rights and re-branded the game Football Manager with their new publishers Sega.
Brain Age May 19, 2005 33.89 million[103]
Brain Age, also known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training, is a series of video games developed and published by Nintendo, based on the work of Ryuta Kawashima.
Dark Souls September 22, 2011 33.4 million[124]
Dark Souls is a series of action role-playing games developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Marvel's Spider-Man September 7, 2018 33 million[128]
Marvel's Spider-Man is a series of video games developed by Imsomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
Saints Row August 29, 2006 32 million[173]
Saints Row is an action-adventure video game series created by Volition. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure and driving and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The games in the series are written as comedies that feature popular culture homages and parodies, as well as self-referential humor.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell November 18, 2002 31 million[93]
Splinter Cell is a series of stealth video games part of the Tom Clancy-universe. The franchise is owned by Tom Clancy's company, Rubicon, and is licensed to Ubisoft who develops and publishes the games. It spawned a series of novels in 2004 written under the pseudonym David Michaels.
Gundam 1983 30.9044 million[n 14]
Gundam[y] is a long-running anime series featuring giant robots or mecha, created by animation studio Sunrise in 1979. Video games based on the franchise have been released since 1983; games in the series are currently published by Namco Bandai Games.
The Last of Us June 14, 2013 30 million[177]
The Last of Us is a series of action-adventure games developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The games revolve around teenager Ellie and her struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic United States, after society collapsed because of a viral virus infection that transforms humans into monster-like creatures. The franchise has spanned a live action television series.
James Bond 1982 30 million[178]
James Bond is a media franchise starring the titular James Bond, a fictional British agent, created in 1952 by British writer Ian Fleming. There are over 20 video games based on the franchise and it has been published by several companies including Nintendo and Electronic Arts. The license is currently held by Activision. The best-known game in the franchise is GoldenEye 007, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo.
Tony Hawk's September 30, 1999 30 million[179]
Tony Hawk's is a skateboarding video game series endorsed by the eponymous American professional skateboarder. The series was created by game developer Neversoft and was published by Activision from 1999 to 2015, Maple Media in 2016, and Activision again in 2020.
Command & Conquer September 26, 1995 30 million[180]
Command & Conquer is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise, first developed by Westwood Studios. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself based on Westwood Studios' influential strategy game Dune II and introducing trademarks followed in the rest of the series.
The Walking Dead April 24, 2012 28 million[181]
The Walking Dead is an episodic adventure game series developed and published by Telltale Games, based on The Walking Dead comic book series.
Nintendogs April 21, 2005 27.95 million[182][183]
Nintendogs is a real-time pet simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS handheld game consoles, originally released in three versions, plus two additional versions, all differing only in the starting available dogs to play with.
Tales December 15, 1995 27.75 million[124]
The Tales[z] series is a media franchise of role-playing video games created by Wolf Team and formerly published by Namco. The series is currently developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Half-Life November 19, 1998 27.6 million[aa]
Half-Life is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve. The games combine shooting combat, puzzles, and storytelling.
Kinect October 9, 2010 27 million[189][190]
The Kinect series of games includes many different games which utilize motion controls by way of the motion sensing Kinect camera.
Splatoon May 29, 2015 26.25 million[ab]
Splatoon is a franchise of third person shooters created by Nintendo. The series centers around fictional cephalopods known as Inklings and Octolings – based on squids and octopuses respectively – which can transform between humanoid and cephalopod forms at will.
Ratchet & Clank November 4, 2002 26 million[194]
Ratchet & Clank is a series of platform and third-person shooter games. The franchise was created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation consoles.
Rayman September 1, 1995 26 million[93]
Rayman is a franchise of platform video games, published by Ubisoft. Created in 1995 by French graphic artist Michel Ancel, the main character of the series, Rayman, became an official mascot of its publisher, Ubisoft. The Rayman series does not include the Raving Rabbids series. The franchise has spanned an animated television series.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six August 21, 1998 26 million[93]
Rainbow Six is a media franchise created by American author Tom Clancy about a fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow". The franchise began with Clancy's novel Rainbow Six, which was adapted into a series of tactical third-person shooter video games. Initially developed by Red Storm Entertainment, they were later acquired by Ubisoft, who currently develops and publishes the games.
Devil May Cry August 23, 2001 26 million[90]
Devil May Cry is an action-adventure hack and slash video games series developed and published by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya.
Mario & Sonic November 6, 2007 25 million[citation needed][140]
Mario & Sonic is a series of crossover sports games featuring characters from the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises.
Marvel 1982 25 million[195]
There have been numerous video games based on Marvel Comics characters. Sub-series include games based on Spider-Man and the X-Men.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon November 13, 2001 25 million[93]
Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development studio founded by American author Tom Clancy, and published by Ubisoft.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 1998 25 million[196]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of golf video games developed and published by Electronic Arts and later their EA Sports sub-label, featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods, among others on the PGA Tour.
Age of Empires October 26, 1997 25 million[197]
Age of Empires is a series of historical real-time strategy video games originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Mystery Dungeon September 19, 1993 24.24 million[n 20]
Mystery Dungeon is a franchise mixing roguelike and role-playing, created and owned by Spike Chunsoft. Since 1993, the franchise had numerous crossovers and, in 1995, the original Shiren the Wanderer sub-series.
Luigi 1990 24.16 million[n 21]
Luigi is a video game series of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin-off of the Mario franchise published and produced by Nintendo. The series revolves around Luigi, Mario's brother.
Petz 1995 24 million[93]
Petz (Dogz and Catz) is a series of games in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets.
Power Pros 1994 23.5 million[87]
Power Pros[ac] is a baseball video game series created by Konami. It is a traditionally Japan-only series, and is known for its super deformed characters and arcade-style gameplay. It has several spin-off series, including Professional Baseball Spirits which are more realistic simulation games.
Batman 1986 22 million
Batman is a series of video games based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
Yu-Gi-Oh! July 1998[232] 21.8 million[232]
Yu-Gi-Oh![ad] is a series of video games based on the Japanese anime and manga franchise created by Kazuki Takahashi. Games in the series have been developed and published by Konami.
Microsoft Flight Simulator November 1982 21 million[233]
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of amateur flight simulation video games published by Microsoft.
Dynasty Warriors February 28, 1997 21 million[234]
Dynasty Warriors[ae] is a series of tactical action video games created by Koei which began as a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, based loosely around the Chinese epic of the same name.
Imagine February 21, 2007 21 million[93]
Imagine is a series of simulation video games published by Ubisoft, aimed primarily at girls aged 6 to 14 released from 2007 onwards.
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja October 23, 2003 20.8 million[235]
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is a video game franchise based on Naruto series, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series consists mainly of fighting games.
Super Robot Wars October 3, 1989 20.06 million[124]
Super Robot Wars, known in Japan as Super Robot Taisen, is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Starting out as a spinoff of the Compati Hero series, the main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to team up or battle one another.
Prince of Persia October 3, 1989 20 million[93]
Prince of Persia is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner, originally developed and published by Broderbund, then The Learning Company, and currently by Ubisoft. The franchise is built around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous prince. and a live-action film.
Castlevania September 26, 1986 20 million[236]
Castlevania is an action-adventure gothic horror video game series about vampire hunters created and developed by Konami. The franchise has also expanded into other media, including comic books, an animated TV series and several spin-off video games.
Frogger June 5, 1981 20 million[237]
Frogger is video game franchise created and developed by Konami and originally published by Sega and Gremlin Industries for arcade in 1981; it is currently owned, developed, and published by Konami. Frogger has seen numerous sequels and re-releases for a number of platforms including personal computers, video game consoles, and mobile devices. The given sales figure does not include arcade game sales.
J.B. Harold August 1986 20 million[238][239]
J.B. Harold is a series of mystery adventure games. It began with J.B. Harold Murder Club, released by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC-98 computer in 1986, and the series has since been released on various platforms.
Lemmings February 14, 1991 20 million[240]
Lemmings is a puzzle video game, originally developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) for the Commodore Amiga, and owned by Psygnosis (now Sony Computer Entertainment Liverpool) who published it in 1991.
Simple 1998 20 million[241]
The Simple series is a number of budget-priced video games, published by Japanese company D3 Publisher and developed by a variety of companies, covering many systems.
SingStar May 21, 2004 20 million[242]
SingStar is a competitive karaoke video game series for the PlayStation family, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by London Studio. Fifteen English-language installments of the series have been released for the PlayStation 2, with recent versions also released for the PlayStation 3.
SpongeBob SquarePants March 15, 2001 20 million[243]
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and media franchise. The games were formerly published by THQ and Activision; it is currently published by THQ's successor THQ Nordic.
Spyro September 10, 1998 20 million[244]
Spyro is a series of platform video games which feature the protagonist Spyro, a dragon. Originally owned by Universal Pictures and developed by Insomniac Games, the franchise has changed hands and developers numerous times before being acquired by Activision in 2008. The series spawned the toys-to-life spin-off, Skylanders.
Mass Effect November 20, 2007 20 million[245][246][247]
Mass Effect is a science fiction third-person shooter, action role-playing video games series developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.
SimCity February 2, 1989 20 million[248][249]
SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game series originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series was published by Maxis, now a division of Electronic Arts.
Raving Rabbids November 14, 2006 20 million[109]
Raving Rabbids is a video game franchise spin-off of the Rayman series, developed and published by Ubisoft. The series consists mainly of party video games.
Watch Dogs May 27, 2014 20 million[250]
Watch Dogs is an action-adventure game franchise developed and published by Ubisoft. The franchise has spanned comic books, novelizations, and animated television series.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 4 million in 1982.[7] 27,516 in 1987. 109,125 in 1988. 40,147 in 1989. 3,735 in 1990.[8]
  2. ^ The release date of the first Tetris games sold commercially.[29] Earlier games were given out for free.[30][31]
  3. ^ Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー, Hepburn: Fainaru Fantajī
  4. ^ Sonic the Hedegehog:
  5. ^ Japanese: バイオハザード
  6. ^ Japanese: ゼルダの伝説, Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu
  7. ^ Japanese: グランツーリスモ
  8. ^ Japanese: ドラゴンクエスト
  9. ^ Animal Crossing franchise:
  10. ^ Japanese: どうぶつの森, Hepburn: Dōbutsu no Mori, Animal Forest
  11. ^ Super Smash Bros. franchise:
  12. ^ Japanese: マリオパーティー, Hepburn: Mario Pātī
  13. ^ Dragon Ball:
  14. ^ Japanese: ドラゴンボール, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru
  15. ^ Japanese: ドンキーコング, Hepburn: Donkī Kongu
  16. ^ Japanese: メタルギア
  17. ^ Japanese: 鉄拳, lit. Iron Fist
  18. ^ Japanese: ストリートファイター, Hepburn: Sutorīto Faitā
  19. ^ Japanese: パックマン Pakkuman
  20. ^ Japanese: 星のカービィ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābi
  21. ^ Japanese: ロックマン, Hepburn: Rokkuman
  22. ^ Japanese: キングダムハーツ, Hepburn: Kingudamu Hātsu
  23. ^ Counter-Strike series:
  24. ^ Megami Tensei franchise: 34.5 million
    • Megami Tensei series (up until September 2022) – 15.5 million[171]
    • Persona sub-series (up until September 2022) – 19 million[171]
  25. ^ Japanese: ガンダム, Hepburn: Gandamu
  26. ^ Japanese: テイルズ, Hepburn: Teiruzu
  27. ^ Half-Life series:
    • Half-Life: 9.3 million[184]
    • Half-Life standalone expansions: 1.9 million[185]
    • Half-Life 2: 12 million[186]
    • Half-Life 2: Episode One standalone: 1.4 million[187]
    • The Orange Box: 3 million[188]
  28. ^ Splatoon franchise: 21.7 million
  29. ^ Japanese: 実況パワフルプロ野球, Hepburn: Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū
  30. ^ Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yūgiō, lit. "Game King"
  31. ^ Japanese: 真・三國無双, Hepburn: Shin Sangokumusō, lit. "True – Unrivaled Three Kingdoms"

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Super Mario series:
  2. ^ a b Mario Kart series:
  3. ^ a b Mario Party:
  4. ^ a b Mario Sports series:
    • Mario & Sonic series: 25 million[citation needed][140]
    • Super Mario Strikers: 1.2 million[141]
    • Mario Hoops 3-on-3: 1.3 million[142]
    • Mario Strikers Charged: 1.77 million[143]
    • Mario Super Sluggers: 1.26 million[53]
    • Mario Tennis Aces:4.28 million[3]
    • Mario Golf: Super Rush: 2.35 million[47]
    • Mario Strikers: Battle League: 2.17 million[111]
    • Japan sales:[9]
    • "Japan sales of Mario sports games (based on Famitsu data)". Garaph. February 20, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.:
    • United States sales:[145]
    • "US Top 10 Best Selling Console Games in 2000". The Magic Box. 2000. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  5. ^ Mario RPG series:
  6. ^ Other Mario games:
  7. ^ a b c Wii Series:
  8. ^ The Legend of Zelda series:
  9. ^ a b Star Wars Battlefront series:
  10. ^ Star Wars franchise:
  11. ^ Spider-Man' series:
    • Sales of Spider-Man until 2004: 21.2 million [125][126][127]
    • Sales of Marvel's Spider-Man: 33 million [128]
  12. ^ Pac-Man series:
    • Atari 2600 version: 7 million cartridges (Buchanan, Levi (August 26, 2008). "Top 10 Best-Selling Atari 2600 Games". IGN. Retrieved July 15, 2009.)
    • Coleco Mini-Arcade version: 1.5 million tabletop units ("Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Gold" (PDF). Arcade Express. 1 (1): 4. August 15, 1982. Retrieved February 3, 2012.)
    • Sega Genesis / Mega Drive version of Ms. Pac-Man: 1 million cartridges (Cifaldi, Frank. . Frank Cifaldi talks to rebellious NES game developers Franz Lanzinger (Toobin', Ms. Pac-Man), Steve Woita (Super Sprint, Police Academy) and Mark Morris (Hard Drivin', 007: License to Kill) about the old days. 1up.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2010.)
    • United States sales:[145]
    • BREW mobile versions: 30 million downloads in the US ("Namco Networks' Pac-Man Franchise Surpasses 30 Million Paid Transactions in the United States on Brew". AllBusiness.com. 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2012.)
    • "Famicom Mini: Pac-Man (Japan sales)". Garaph (based on Famitsu data). July 28, 2005. Retrieved March 17, 2012.:
    • "Namco (Japan sales, 2000-2006)". Garaph (based on Famitsu data). July 28, 2005. Retrieved March 17, 2012.:
    • Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (PC) – 1,102,937 (. Rice Digital. July 9, 2018. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.)
    • Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (X360) – 235,130 (Langley, Ryan (January 20, 2012). . Gamasutra. UBM Technology Group. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.)
  13. ^ Medal of Honor series:
  14. ^ Gundam series:
    • Sales through to March 2004: 20 million[174]
    • Sales from March 2004 to March 2012: 10.9044 million[175][176]
  15. ^ Torneko's Great Adventure series: Other:
  16. ^ Shiren the Wanderer series:
  17. ^ Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon series:
  18. ^ Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series:
  19. ^ Etrian Mystery Dungeon series: Individual series:
  20. ^ Mystery Dungeon series:
    • Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series: 2.55 million[n 15]
    • Shiren the Wanderer series: 2.02 million[n 16]
    • Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon series: 2.25 million[n 17]
    • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series: 17.15 million[n 18]
    • Smaller and individual series: 0.27 million[n 19]
  21. ^ Luigi series:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2021. ISBN 978-4-902346-43-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 2020CESAゲーム白書 (2020 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2020. ISBN 978-4-902346-42-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 2022CESAゲーム白書 (2022 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2022. ISBN 978-4-902346-45-9.
  4. ^ Doolan, Liam (September 2, 2018). "Mario + Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies". Nintendo Life. Nintendo Life. from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Epstein, David (June 27, 2019). "Chapter 9: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology". Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Pan Macmillan. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-5098-4351-0. The Donkey Kong Game & Watch was released in 1982 and alone sold eight million units.
  6. ^ McFerran, Damien (September 18, 2010). "Feature: How ColecoVision Became the King of Kong". Nintendo Life. from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Kitchen, Garry E. (March 5, 2010). "Garry E. Kitchen". Expert Report of Garry E. Kitchen (PDF). United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. p. 2. Designed & programmed Atari 2600 adaptation of hit arcade game Donkey Kong, 1982 wholesale revenues in excess of $100 million on 4 million units.
  8. ^ a b Vendel, Curt (May 28, 2009). . Atari Museum. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e . Nintendojo. September 26, 2006. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
  10. ^ Welch, Hanuman (April 23, 2013). "1984: Duck Hunt - The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977". Complex. from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Japan sales of Mario (based on Famitsu data)". Garaph. February 20, 2012. from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  12. ^ a b Casamassina, Matt (July 25, 2007). . IGN. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  13. ^ a b "Earnings Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019 - Supplementary Information" (PDF). March 31, 2019. (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  14. ^ Brian (January 16, 2015). "December 2014 NPD: Captain Toad sells around 250,000 copies". Nintendo Everything. from the original on April 29, 2015.
  15. ^ Brian (August 5, 2015). "Top 100 best-selling games in Japan during the first half of 2015". Nintendo Everything. from the original on August 6, 2015.
  16. ^ Romano, Sal (August 29, 2018). "Media Create Sales: 8/20/18 – 8/26/18". Gematsu. from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  17. ^ . Nintendo. September 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  18. ^ "Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Investor Relations Information". from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  19. ^ Reeves, Ben (June 24, 2011). "The 25 Best Game Boy Games Of All Time". Game Informer. from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  20. ^ "【GBC20周年企画(2)】いちばん売れたゲームボーイカラー専用ソフトは『遊☆戯☆王DM4』！ では2位は？ GBC専用ソフト販売ランキング Top 10". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. October 21, 2018. p. 1. from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  21. ^ Keiser, Joe (August 2, 2006). . Next Generation. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
  22. ^ "2008 年テレビゲームソフト売り上げ Top 500（ファミ通版" (in Japanese). Geimin.net. from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  23. ^ . IGN. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
  24. ^ Graft, Kris (June 8, 2009). "Japanese Game Charts: Kingdom Hearts For DS Leads May". Gamasutra.com. from the original on November 12, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
  25. ^ "Financial Results Explanatory Material" (PDF). Nintendo. Nintendo. May 12, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  26. ^ Guinness World Records 2016: Gamer's Edition. Vancouver, British Columbia: Jim Pattison Group. September 10, 2015. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-9105610-8-9. from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2017. (4.12M)
  27. ^ Romano, Sal (April 25, 2019). "Switch worldwide sales top 34.74 million, Yoshi's Crafted World sales top 1.11 million in three days". Gematsu. from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019. (1.11M)
  28. ^ (Press release). Nintendo. November 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  29. ^ "New Software Game: It Comes From Soviet". The New York Times. January 29, 1988. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  30. ^ Gerasimov, Vadim. "Tetris Story". from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  31. ^ pm, Jordan SiraniUpdated: 9 Feb 2021 6:25 pmPosted: 19 Apr 2019 3:59 (April 19, 2019). "Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games of All Time - IGN". from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020 – via www.ign.com.
  32. ^ a b Takahashi, Dean (April 7, 2014). "'Mr. Tetris' explains why the puzzle game is still popular after three decades (interview)". VentureBeat. from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  33. ^ a b Corriea, Alexa Ray (April 8, 2014). "Tetris has passed 425 million downloads on mobile, not including free-to-play". Polygon. from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  34. ^ Takahashi, Dean (April 7, 2014). "'Mr. Tetris' explains why the puzzle game is still popular after three decades (interview)". VentureBeat. from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  35. ^ "Pokémon in Figures". The Pokémon Company. March 2022. from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  36. ^ Call of Duty Series Crosses 400 Million Lifetime Sales April 28, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. "Activision announced at their Call of Duty official website that the Call of Duty franchise has now collectively sold over 400 million units across the world." April 2021.
  37. ^ a b c d e "Take-Two Interactive | Investor Presentation - November 2022". Take-Two Interactive. November 7, 2022. from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  38. ^ a b Lyons, Ben (August 9, 2022). "Grand Theft Auto V is almost at 170 million sold copies". Gamereactor. Gamez Publishing A/S. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  39. ^ (Press release). Nintendo. September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  40. ^ "Nintendo Co., Ltd. Earning Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2016 Supplementary Information" (PDF). Nintendo. Nintendo. April 28, 2016. p. 4. (PDF) from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  41. ^ "September 2015" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  42. ^ "Earnings Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2017" (PDF). Nintendo. April 27, 2017. (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  43. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units". IR Information. Nintendo. from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  44. ^ . IR Information. Nintendo. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  45. ^ "Top Selling Software Sales Units - Nintendo 3DS Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2020. from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  46. ^ "Nintendo profits spike, but only 4 million people paid for Super Mario Run". Metro. January 31, 2017. from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  47. ^ a b c d "Financial Results Explanatory Material Fiscal Year Ended March 2022" (PDF). Nintendo. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  48. ^ スーパーマリオ, Sūpā Mario
  49. ^ "EA extends UEFA exclusivity, working on multiple FIFA mobile games". GamesIndustry.biz. February 2, 2021. from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021. The FIFA franchise has now sold more than 325 million units over its lifetime, with player count for FIFA 21 already tracking ahead of the record-breaking FIFA 20.
  50. ^ Warren, Tom (May 18, 2020). "Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly". The Verge. from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  51. ^ "Minecraft Franchise Fact Sheet" (PDF). Xbox.com. Microsoft. April 2021. (PDF) from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  52. ^ a b c d e f "Nintendo Top Selling Software Sales Units: Wii". Nintendo. March 31, 2012. from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  53. ^ a b "Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2009: Supplementary Information" (PDF). Financial Results Briefing for the 69th Fiscal Term Ended March 2009. Nintendo. May 8, 2009. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
  54. ^ . Nintendo. September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  55. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2012" (PDF). Nintendo. April 27, 2012. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  56. ^ "Financial Results Explanatory Material 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2023" (PDF). Nintendo. Nintendo. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  57. ^ "Lego Star Wars: Rise of TT Games". GamesIndustry.biz. July 17, 2019. from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  58. ^ "2016 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". museumofplay.org. May 5, 2016. from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  59. ^ Jaisrani, Avinash (September 10, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Franchise Has Sold Over 200 Million Games Worldwide". Tech4Gamers. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  60. ^ "Square Enix Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  61. ^ Futter, Mike (June 2, 2014). . Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  62. ^ マリオカート, Mario Kāto
  63. ^ Hornshaw, Phil (June 24, 2016). "Gotta Go Fast: How Sonic the Hedgehog Transcended Video Games to Become an Icon". Complex. from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  64. ^ "『ソニックマニア・プラス』がリリース決定！ 新キャラクターなど数々の新要素を紹介【先出し週刊ファミ通】". Famitsu. April 24, 2018. from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  65. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (November 15, 2017). "Sonic Forces Struggles in Japan as Super Mario Odyssey and Switch Lead Charts". Nintendo Life. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  66. ^ Romano, Sal (May 29, 2019). "Famitsu Sales: 5/20/19 – 5/26/19 [Update]". Gematsu. from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  67. ^ "Japan's top 100 best-selling games of 2019". Nintendo Everything. January 16, 2020. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  68. ^ "Fiscal Year Ending March 2021: Results Presentation" (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings. p. 18. (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  69. ^ "Fiscal Year Ending March 2022: Results Presentation" (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings. p. 20. (PDF) from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  70. ^ "EA Signs Multi-Year Agreement With X-Games Medalist and Internet Phenom Ken Block for Need for Speed". Electronic Arts. October 24, 2013. from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  71. ^ "Game Series Sales |Product Data | CAPCOM". www.capcom.co.jp. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  72. ^ "Madden: Fans Are Going Mad for Madden, EA SPORTS Madden NFL Franchise Passes 130 Million Copies Sold". Electronic Arts. August 5, 2018. from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  73. ^ a b "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) November 2021". Take-Two Interactive. November 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  74. ^ "'The Legend of Zelda' launches today; check out our review". USA Today. November 20, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  75. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (January 27, 2015). "Koei Tecmo Releases Awesome Hyrule Warriors Wallpapers to Celebrate One Million Units Shipped". Nintendo Life. from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  76. ^ "Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Has Now Shipped4 Million Units". Nintendo Life. January 4, 2022.
  77. ^ a b "E3 2019: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Coming in 2020". StarWars.com. June 9, 2019. from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  78. ^ Magrino, Tom (February 19, 2010). "Force Unleashed sells 7 million, Hoth DLC arrives". GameSpot. from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  79. ^ "2005 UK Sales Review". Eurogamer. May 3, 2005. from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  80. ^ Haigh-Hutchinson, Mark (April 6, 2009). "Classic Postmortem: Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire". GameSpot. from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  81. ^ Pham, Alex (October 12, 2007). "EA buys strength in new genres". Los Angeles Times. from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  82. ^ Butts, Steve (February 1, 2006). . IGN. Archived from the original on February 4, 2006. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  83. ^ Daniel, matt (January 12, 2012). "EA reveals SWTOR subscription and sales numbers, beats financial predictions [Updated]". Engadget. from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  84. ^ Satterfield, Shane (May 17, 2001). "E3 2001: Hands-on Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II". GameSpot. from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  85. ^ Fahey, Rob (August 24, 2005). "Star Wars Galaxies sales top a million units". GamesIndustry.biz. from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  86. ^ Takahasi, Dean (May 5, 2020). "star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-tops-10-million-copies-sold". Venturebeat.com. from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  87. ^ a b c "Digital Entertainment Business". Konami Holdings Corporation. December 2020. from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  88. ^ "Amazon Games and Crystal Dynamics Strike Deal to Develop and Publish Next Major Entry in Iconic Tomb Raider Series". Amazon Games. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  89. ^ Murray, Sean (December 22, 2022). "Gran Turismo Series Has Sold More Than 90 Million Copies". TheGamer. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  90. ^ a b c d "Game Series Sales as of June 30, 2022". Capcom. from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  91. ^ "Square Enix Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  92. ^ "The New official Owners of the "Tomb Raider" are Crystal Dynamics - TechScienceDaily". June 9, 2022.
  93. ^ a b c d e f g h . Ubisoft. 2014. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  94. ^ Martin, Matt (May 28, 2008). "Tom Clancy series tops 55 million units sold". GamesIndustry.biz. from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  95. ^ "Halo: Xbox is Coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2015". Xbox Wire. Microsoft. July 2, 2015. from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  96. ^ "Halo 5 Sold Five Million Copies in Three Months". Gamingbolt. from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  97. ^ "'Halo' TV Series Moves From Showtime To Paramount+". Deadline. February 24, 2021. from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  98. ^ Snowdon, Ros. "Team17 celebrates record year with plans for a new Worms game". Yorkshire Post. Yorkshire Post. from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  99. ^ https://www.gematsu.com/2021/07/mortal-kombat-11-sales-top-12-million July 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Gematsu (July 26, 2021) 35M
  100. ^ . Japan Game Charts. May 6, 2007. Archived from the original on July 23, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  101. ^ a b c "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu. from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  102. ^ "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  103. ^ a b "Nintendo DS Software". Nintendo. from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  104. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2009: Supplementary Information" (PDF). Financial Results Briefing for the 69th Fiscal Term Ended March 2009. Nintendo. May 8, 2009. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  105. ^ "Supplementary Information about Earnings Release" (PDF). Nintendo. April 27, 2016. p. 4. (PDF) from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  106. ^ Hansen, Steven (October 26, 2016). "More like Mario Kart 8 million: Here are the Wii U and 3DS best-sellers". Destructoid. ModernMethod. from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  107. ^ "At Long Last, Nintendo Proclaims: Let the Brawls Begin on Wii!". Nintendo. March 10, 2008. from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  108. ^ 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ, Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu
  109. ^ a b "Ubisoft Facts and Figures - 2019" (PDF). Ubisoft. June 2019. (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  110. ^ "Bring along your amiibo as your party plus-one from 20th March in Mario Party 10". Nintendo. February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  111. ^ a b "Financial Results Explanatory Material 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2023" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  112. ^ "Funimation December 2014 Catalog" (PDF). C&L InterNet Club. (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  113. ^ Dragon Ball Xenoverse Series Hits 10 Million In Worldwide Shipments And Digital Sales January 11, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Siliconera
  114. ^ a b "Dragon Ball FighterZ and Xenoverse 2 Have Now Sold over 8 Million Units Each". November 13, 2021.
  115. ^ "CyberConnect2 to announce new game in February". Gematsu. January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  116. ^ "Super Nintendo World Expansion: World's First Donkey Kong Themed Area Set to Open in 2024". Nintendo. from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  117. ^ Lussenhop, Jessica (January 19, 2011). . City Pages. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  118. ^ (Press release). WWE. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  119. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (August 21, 2015). "Grand Theft Auto series has shipped over 220 m copies". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  120. ^ * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind – 4 million sold (. Bethesda Softworks. August 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 10, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2006.)
    • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 9.5 million sold Kollar, Philip (November 10, 2015). . Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
    • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 30 million sold "'Skyrim' Creator Todd Howard Talks Switch, VR and Elder Scrolls Wait". from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
    • The Elder Scrolls Online – 15 million sold Hines, Pete [@DCDeacon] (January 10, 2020). "More than 15 million people have bought ESO" (Tweet). Retrieved January 10, 2020 – via Twitter.
  121. ^ "Battlefield 3 'sets sales record' for Electronic Arts". Electronic Arts. November 1, 2011. from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2018. 55M shipped (including BF3 10M)
  122. ^ Battlefield 3 Sales Reach 8 Million, Game Informer, November 29, 2011, from the original on September 9, 2019, retrieved December 8, 2018 BF3 12M shipped (+2M)
  123. ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (May 18, 2021). "GTA 5 Has Now Sold 145M Copies; NFL Game Delayed, New Gearbox Game Coming". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  124. ^ a b c d Bandai Namco Group Fact Book 2022 (PDF). Bandai Namco. 2022. p. 3.
  125. ^ Taub, Eric A. (September 20, 2004). "In Video Games, Sequels Are Winners". The New York Times. from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  126. ^ Makucha 2019.
  127. ^ Valentine 2019.
  128. ^ a b "Marvel's Spider-Man PlayStation Sales Reach 33 Million As Of May". GameSpot. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  129. ^ Schiesel, Seth (November 11, 2020). "PlayStation 5: The Next Step in Sony's Rebound". The New York Times. from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2012. Sony attributes much of its success over the last console generation to the popularity of its exclusive game franchises, including stalwarts like God of War (more than 51 million copies sold)...
  130. ^ Alexander, Leigh (February 10, 2010). "Bejeweled Sales Hit 50 Million". Gamasutra. from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  131. ^ Jones, Ali (September 27, 2019). "Assassin's Creed all-time sales top 140 million". PCGamesN. from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  132. ^ Sarker, Samit (August 4, 2015). "Diablo 3 lifetime sales top 30 million units". Polygon. from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  133. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (May 31, 2009). . GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009. (until 2009: 20M)
  134. ^ @witchergame (May 28, 2020). "Over 50 million adventurers joined Geralt on his journey from Kaer Morhen to Vizima, through Flotsam and Vergen, Velen and Novigrad to Skellige Isles and Toussaint, and many, many more places, time and time again…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  135. ^ Naughty Dog
  136. ^ https://www.destructoid.com/booyah-grandma-crash-bandicoot-remake-hits-10-million-sold-542654.phtml March 7, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Destructoid
  137. ^ Crash Bandicoot:
  138. ^ "Franquia Destiny vendeu mais de 50 milhões de cópias". January 11, 2019.
  139. ^ Destiny:
    • Destiny franchise has sold over 50 million copies[138]
  140. ^ a b "Helen Churchill (Sega Senior Global Marketing Manager)". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 17, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  141. ^ "Nintendo 2006 Annual Report" (PDF). p. 8. (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  142. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007: Supplementary Information" (PDF). Nintendo. Nintendo. March 31, 2007. p. 5. (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  143. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2008: Supplementary Information" (PDF). Nintendo. March 2008. p. 5. (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  144. ^ Romano, Sal (May 24, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17". Gematsu. from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  145. ^ a b . The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  146. ^ "Sony PlayStation's 'Uncharted 4' Poised to Chart-Top". FOXBusiness. May 10, 2016. from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019. (28 million before Uncharted 4 launched)
  147. ^ Reeves, Brianna (October 14, 2019). "The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 Reach Incredible Sales Milestones". PlayStation LifeStyle. from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2019. (16 million Uncharted 4)
  148. ^ Romano, Sal (September 20, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 9/11/17 – 9/17/17". Gematsu. from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018. (The Lost Legacy 23,131)
  149. ^ (Press release). LucasArts. May 10, 2007. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  150. ^ "EA's Star Wars Battlefront Series Has Sold Over 33 Million Copies". Xbox Achievements. October 31, 2019. from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  151. ^ Macy, Seth G. (May 10, 2016). "Star Wars Battlefront Sales Top 14 Million". IGN. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  152. ^ "Star Wars Battlefront 2 sales miss targets, EA blames loot crate controversy (update)". Polygon. January 30, 2018. from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  153. ^ Makuch, Eddie (April 27, 2017). "Nintendo Switch Ships 2.74M Units, Zelda Rises To 3.84M Shipped". Gamespot.com. from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  154. ^ Romano, Sal (December 6, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 11/27/17 – 12/3/17". Gematsu. from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  155. ^ O'Brien, Ciara (October 16, 2009). "Music rocks gamers". The Irish Times. from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  156. ^ Irvine, Chris (July 8, 2009). "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: one of the most successful franchises of all time". The Daily Telegraph. London. from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  157. ^ Kit, Borys (November 7, 2022). "'Gears of War' Video Game Franchise to Get Feature Film, Animated Series Adaptations at Netflix (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  158. ^ (Press release). Electronic Arts. November 20, 2007. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  159. ^ . EA.com. Electronic Arts. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  160. ^ . GameSpot. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  161. ^ Analyst: Medal of Honor: Warfighter shipped 3 million copies Archived March 1, 2014, at archive.today by Eddie Makuch on January 7, 2013
  162. ^ *RPG Codex Report: A Codexian Visit to inXile Entertainment January 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine: "Brian Fargo: 400,000 sounds about right. I remember Fallout 1 sold 600,000 units, and Planescape sold less than that. Baldur's Gate 1 was our big seller. That was over a million copies." [April 2017]
    • : "Fallout and Fallout 2, which are considered to be two of the best RPGs released in recent years, sold approximately 144,000 and 123,000 copies, respectively, in PC Data's tracked data. Very good sales, especially since the overall figures are likely double those amounts, but considerably below the sales volumes for true blockbuster titles." [May 2000]
    • : "Micro Forté releases Fallout Tactics, the next release in Interplay's fallout franchise, which sells over 300,000 units and goes to No. 2 in the US sales charts." [January 2008]
    • : "Fallout 3 (2008) surpassed Oblivion, selling 12.4 million copies. Fallout: New Vegas (2010) — the only game on this list not actually developed by Bethesda Game Studios — performed just slightly lower, selling 11.6 million copies from its 2010 release date to now [November 2015]."
    • Fallout 4 Surpasses Skyrim To Become Bethesda's Most Successful Game Ever October 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine: "Fallout 4, which came out in November 2015, shipped 12 million copies on launch day, though Bethesda has not provided a hard sales figure for the game since."
    • Worldwide digital games market: November 2018 February 7, 2019, at the Wayback Machine: "Battlefield V and Fallout 76 launches fail to meet franchise benchmarks. We estimate Battlefield V and Fallout 76 sold 1.9 million and 1.4 million digital units, respectively, across console and PC at launch. Both are down from Battlefield 1 and Fallout 4."
  163. ^ "Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings. (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  164. ^ "Square Enix Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  165. ^ a b Remo, 2008. Does not include digital sales.
  166. ^ Chris Remo. Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises Exclusive. October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Gamasutra. December 3, 2008.
  167. ^ Remo, 2008. Does not include digital sales. Note that, going by the corresponding figures, this not appear to include sales of the Counter-Strike: Source retail copies that were bundled with every retail version of Half-Life 2. Thorsen, Tor. "Valve readying Half-Life 2 bundles; Counter-Strike: Source available next week." April 12, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Gamespot. September 29, 2004.
  168. ^ Richard Scott-Jones. "With 25 million sold, is CS:GO the bestselling game on PC?" October 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. October 26, 2016. Accessed April 12, 2019. Total was tabulated prior to the game transitioning to free-to-play.
  169. ^ Makuch, Eddie (August 12, 2011). "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive firing up early 2012". GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc. from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  170. ^ "Dwight Howard Named Cover Athlete of EA Sports NBA Live 10". Electronic Arts. June 11, 2009. from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  171. ^ a b Lada, Jenni (October 28, 2022). "Persona 5 Games and Spin-offs Sales Figures Pass 7.22 Million". Siliconera. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  172. ^ "ega Sammy Holdings Annual Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). SegaSammy. (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  173. ^ "Embracer Group Annual Report 2019 / 2020" (PDF). Embracer Group AB. p. 20. (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  174. ^ . Bandai. November 2004. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  175. ^ "Gundam sales from 2004 to 2012". Famitsu sales data for Japan. Garaph. from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  176. ^ Top-selling Gundam titles from 2004 to 2009:
  177. ^ "The Last of Us 2 Has Sold an Impressive 10 Million Copies on PS4". Push Square. June 9, 2022. from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  178. ^ "MGM and EON Grant Activision Rights to James Bond Video Game License" (Press release). Activision. May 3, 2006. from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  179. ^ Iwata, Edward (March 9, 2008). "Executive Suite: Tony Hawk leaps to top of financial empire". USA Today. from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  180. ^ (Press release). Electronic Arts. July 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  181. ^ Ohannessian, Kevin (July 28, 2014). "'Walking Dead' game episodes sell 28 million, will have season 3". Tech Times. from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  182. ^ "IR Information : Financial Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units - Nintendo DS Software". Nintendo. from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  183. ^ These Are the Best-Selling Wii U and 3DS Nintendo Games January 13, 2019, at the Wayback Machine GameSpot
  184. ^ Chris Remo. Analysis: Valve's Lifetime Retail Sales For Half-Life, Counter-Strike Franchises Exclusive. October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Gamasutra. December 3, 2008. Does not include digital sales.
  185. ^ 1.1 million Opposing Force, 0.8 million Blue Shift; does not count digital copies. Decay was bundled with the PlayStation 2 port of Half-Life, and thus, is not counted separately. Remo, 2008.
  186. ^ Chiang, Oliver, "The Master of Online Mayhem." March 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Forbes. February 9, 2011. Figure is for all versions of the game up to Feb. 2011. Figure for retail copies only was 6.5 million for standalone Half-Life 2 packages and 3 million as part of The Orange Box as of December 2008; Remo, 2008. All retail copies of Half-Life 2 also came bundled with a copy of Counter-Strike: Source, a remake of Half-Life: Counter-Strike. Thorsen, Tor. "Valve readying Half-Life 2 bundles; Counter-Strike: Source available next week." April 12, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Gamespot. September 29, 2004
  187. ^ Does not include digital sales. Remo, 2008.
  188. ^ Half-Life 2, Episode One and Episode Two were sold as part of the Orange Box, which is counted as one product here to avoid double-counting; does not include digital. Remo, 2008.
  189. ^ Makuch, Eddie (February 12, 2013). "Kinect sales reach 24 million". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  190. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (August 19, 2011). "Kinect Sports scores 3 million sales, Dance Central sells 2.5 million". Gamespot. from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  191. ^ "IR Information : Financial Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units - Wii U Software". Nintendo. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  192. ^ "IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  193. ^ Norman, Jim. "Splatoon 3 Sold Almost 8 Million Units In September, 2022". NintendoLife. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  194. ^ Gaudiosi, John. "Sony PlayStation Franchise Ratchet And Clank Goes Hollywood With 3D Feature Film". Forbes. from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  195. ^ "Activision and Marvel Entertainment Expand Alliance and Extend Interactive Rights for Spider-Man and X-Men Franchises; Deal Extends Relationship Through 2017" (Press release). Activision. November 11, 2005. from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  196. ^ "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Announced, Ships in June" (Press release). Electronic Arts. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  197. ^ Stapleton, Dan (February 25, 2011). "Interview: Chris Taylor on Age of Empires Online". PC Gamer. from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  198. ^ "【シリーズ実績】ドラゴンクエスト（本編・スピンオフ・番外編ほか）" (in Japanese). gameyam.com. February 7, 2013. from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  199. ^ a b c "1999年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  200. ^ a b "2002年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  201. ^ . Japan-GameCharts.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  202. ^ "FY2004 First Half Results Analyst Meeting" (PDF). Square Enix. Square Enix Co., Ltd. November 19, 2004. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  203. ^ "FY2006 First-Half Period ResultsBriefing Session" (PDF). Square Enix. Square Enix Co., Ltd. November 20, 2006. p. 6. (PDF) from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  204. ^ a b "風来のシレン5が売れなかった理由を考える" (in Japanese). from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  205. ^ "2007年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（ファミ通版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  206. ^ "スパイク・チュンソフト、スマホゲーム版『不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン』の販売数10万本突破を発表！2週間限定で価格が980円となる記念セールを本日9月17日(木)より実施！" (in Japanese). AppMajin. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  207. ^ a b "2001年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  208. ^ a b "2009年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  209. ^ a b "2004年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  210. ^ "2010年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（ファミ通版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  211. ^ a b "2011年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  212. ^ a b "2012年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  213. ^ "『不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン5plus フォーチュンタワーと運命のダイス』全世界累計出荷数が50万本を突破！ 最大50%OFFの記念セールを開催！" (in Japanese). Spike Chunsoft. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  214. ^ "「ポポロクロイス牧場物語」4万6000本，「デビル メイ クライ 4 スペシャルエディション」3万5000本の「ゲームソフト週間販売ランキング＋」". Media Create Co., Ltd (in Japanese). 4gamer. June 24, 2015. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  215. ^ "ゲーム販売本数ランキング" (in Japanese). Famitsu. from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  216. ^ "Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate". Steam Spy. from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  217. ^ "1998年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP100". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  218. ^ "2008年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（メディアクリエイト版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  219. ^ "Results Briefing Session: The First-Half of the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2009" (PDF). Square Enix. Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. November 7, 2008. p. 7. (PDF) from the original on November 16, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
  220. ^ "2009年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000（ファミ通版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  221. ^ a b "ゲーム販売本数ランキング（PS4、Switch、3DS）" (in Japanese). Famitsu. from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  222. ^ a b c d 2015CESAゲーム白書 (2015 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. July 27, 2015. ISBN 978-4-902346-32-9.
  223. ^ Reggy (September 6, 2017). "Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 Debuts with 30k Copies Sold in Japan". Persona Central. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  224. ^ "「「ウイニングイレブン 2018」合計7万7000本。「メトロイド サムスリターンズ」「アンチャーテッド 古代神の秘宝」もランクインの「週間販売ランキング＋」". Media Create Co., Ltd (in Japanese). 4gamer. September 20, 2017. from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  225. ^ "2015年テレビゲームソフト売り上げランキング（ファミ通版）". Geimin.net (in Japanese). from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  226. ^ a b Lada, Jenni (August 22, 2016). "Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics Receiving A Limited Run Games Release". Siliconera. from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  227. ^ "Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics". Steam Spy. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  228. ^ "Nintendo Gamecube Japanese Ranking". Garaph (Media Create. May 6, 2007. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
  229. ^ 2020CESAゲーム白書 (2020 CESA Games White Papers). Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2020. ISBN 978-4-902346-42-8.
  230. ^ "Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  231. ^ "Financial Results Explanatory Material 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2022" (PDF). Nintendo. December 31, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  232. ^ a b "KONAMI CORPORATION, Form 20-F, Filing Date Jul 22, 2005". secdatabase.com. from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  233. ^ "Computer Games: Best-Selling Flight Simulator". Guinness World Records 2001. Guinness. 2000. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-85112-102-4.
  234. ^ "『真・三國無双』シリーズ20周年記念サイトが公開！ アニメ『銀河英雄伝説 Die Neue These』コラボや舞台情報も | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  235. ^ Fact Book 2021. Bandai Namco Group. 2021. p. 3. from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  236. ^ Marlowe, Chris (August 4, 2006). "Project 51 to Explore Castlevania Storyline". GameDaily. from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  237. ^ "Konami's Frogger and Castlevania Nominated for Walk of Game Star" (Press release). Konami. October 11, 2005. from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  238. ^ "Manhattan Requiem for iPhone". CNET. from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  239. ^ "Manhattan Requiem". iTunes Store. from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  240. ^ Derek dela Fuente (February 26, 2004). "Exclusive: David Jones Interview Feature". Total Video Games. from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  241. ^ Fletcher, JC (December 3, 2007). . Engadget. Verizon Media. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  242. ^ Alexander, Leigh (December 3, 2009). "SingStar Franchise Hits 20 Million Units". Gamasutra. from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
  243. ^ (Press release). THQ. October 24, 2007. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  244. ^ "Spyro the Dragon to Scorch Wendy's Restaurants This Fall" (Press release). Sierra Entertainment. October 12, 2007. from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  245. ^ Berman, Nat. "How Much is the Mass Effect Franchise Worth?" April 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Money Inc. October 2018.
  246. ^ At least 2.5 million physical copies of Mass Effect Andromeda sold-in as of May 2017, and over 349,000 PC digital copies sold-through as of March 2017; total figure is unknown.
    • 2.5 million copies sold-in of May 2017: Ciaccia, Chris (May 14, 2017). "5 ETFs to Buy If You Love EA's Fourth-Quarter Earnings". from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
    • 349,000+ PC digital copies sold as of March 2019: Fischer, Tyler (April 28, 2017). "SuperData Digital Sales March 2017: Ghost Recon Wildlands Tops Sales Charts; Market Increases 7% Year-on-Year". DualShocker. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  247. ^ Sun, Leo. "What EA Must Do to Make 'Mass Effect 4' a Blockbuster -- The Motley Fool". from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.. 14+ million copies of the first three games sold as of June 2017.
  248. ^ "EA and BP collaborate to include climate education in SimCity Societies" (Press release). Electronic Arts. October 10, 2007. from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  249. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (July 24, 2013). "SimCity sold over 2 million copies". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  250. ^ O'Connor, James (May 14, 2020). "Ubisoft Has 11 Games That Have Sold Over 10 Million Copies This Gen, And Some Are Surprising". GameSpot. from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

January 18, 2023
list, best, selling, video, game, franchises, this, list, video, game, franchises, that, have, sold, shipped, least, twenty, million, copies, unless, otherwise, stated, numbers, indicate, worldwide, units, sold, ordered, alphabetically, whenever, more, list, s. This is a list of video game franchises that have sold or shipped at least twenty million copies Unless otherwise stated numbers indicate worldwide units sold ordered alphabetically whenever two or more list the same amount The exception are the ones specifying shipments which have lower precedence than others listing sales Franchise sales include expansion packs even though they are not considered full video games Free to play game downloads including free mobile games and microtransactions should not figure into sales or shipment figures For video game franchises that have generated the highest overall media revenue from games and other media and merchandise see the list of highest grossing media franchises For best selling individual video games see the list of best selling video games The sales figures given below also do not include arcade video game sales which can be found at the list of highest grossing arcade games For mobile games that have generated the most revenue see the list of highest grossing mobile games Contents 1 At least 200 million copies 2 At least 100 million copies 3 At least 50 million copies 4 At least 20 million copies 5 See also 6 Notes 7 Footnotes 8 ReferencesAt least 200 million copies Edit This color indicates a sub series of a larger video game franchise This does not necessarily apply for franchises that are not video game based Franchise name Original release date SalesMario July 9 1981 771 95 million Super Mario series 385 25 million n 1 Mario Kart series 169 82 million n 2 Mario Party series 68 7 million n 3 Mario Sports series 46 75 million n 4 Mario RPG series 30 95 million n 5 Other Mario games 70 48 million n 6 Mario first appeared in 1981 in the original Donkey Kong 28 before starring in Mario Bros followed by the Super Mario series of platform games The character was created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and has since become the official mascot of Nintendo owner of the trademark The games are developed by various Nintendo studios The Mario franchise has expanded into other game genres including racing sports party puzzle and role playing games It has also found success in numerous other media including three animated television series comic books a manga a film and other merchandise It is currently the best selling video game franchise of all time It is also the oldest in the 100 million group Tetris January 29 1988 b 495 million Mobile game paid downloads 425 million 32 33 Physical sales 70 million 32 33 Tetris is a falling blocks puzzle video game created by Soviet game designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 Tetris variants were later commercialized and released on a vast spectrum of platforms from video game consoles and computers to mobile devices and calculators with the version bundled with the Game Boy selling over 35 million units while various mobile games had seen over 425 million paid downloads by 2014 34 It is the most successful video game franchise to originate from Russia and the former Soviet Union the best selling puzzle video game series and the best selling video game franchise not owned by Nintendo Pokemon February 27 1996 440 million 35 Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri founder and president of Game Freak in 1996 as a role playing video game for the Game Boy handheld game console soon turning into one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time The franchise as a whole includes an anime series various manga a trading card game toys merchandise books over twenty films one of the highest grossing animated film series and other media It is produced by The Pokemon Company which is a joint venture by the three companies holding the rights to Pokemon Nintendo Game Freak and Creatures while Nintendo owns the trademark Call of Duty October 29 2003 425 million 36 Call of Duty is a series of first person shooter video games The series is published by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward Gray Matter Studios Treyarch Sledgehammer Games Raven Software Neversoft High Moon Studios and Beenox With new games in the series released annually to blockbuster level sales the series is verified by the Guinness World Records as the best selling first person shooter game series It is also the most successful video game franchise created in the United States In addition to main series sales there have been over 500 million downloads of the mobile spin off Call of Duty Mobile Grand Theft Auto November 28 1997 385 million 37 38 Grand Theft Auto is an open world action adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut It is primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games and consists of eleven stand alone games and four expansion packs Grand Theft Auto is the most successful video game franchise originating from the United Kingdom and is the best selling action adventure and open world series The series best selling game Grand Theft Auto V is the second best selling video game of all time with over 170 million copies shipped Super Mario September 13 1985 385 25 million n 1 The Super Mario 48 series of platform games began in 1985 and features the iconic character Mario The series forms the core of the larger Mario franchise FIFA December 15 1993 325 million 49 FIFA is a series of association football based sports video games released yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand It is the first to have an official license from the Federation Internationale de Football Association FIFA the international governing body of football Minecraft November 18 2011 238 million 50 51 Minecraft is a sandbox and survival video game originally created by Swedish game designer Markus Notch Persson and developed by Mojang Originally a computer indie game made using Java it has since been ported to game consoles and mobile devices It was bought by Microsoft Studios in November 2014 It is the most successful video game franchise to originate in Sweden and the single best selling game of all time Wii November 19 2006 207 41 million n 7 The Wii series of simulation video games was created for the Wii console starting in 2006 The first game in the series Wii Sports was bundled with the original Wii console and is one of the best selling games of all time Lego December 1995 200 million 57 The Lego franchise of video games includes many different games including original games as well as several adaptations based on licensed properties including DC Comics Harry Potter Indiana Jones Marvel Comics and Star Wars The Sims February 4 2000 200 million 58 The Sims is a series of life simulation games primarily for personal computers but later released for game consoles It was created by American game designer Will Wright developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts The series consists of four main games and a number of compilations and expansion packs Assassin s Creed November 13 2007 200 million 59 Assassin s Creed is an action adventure stealth video game franchise created by Patrice Desilets The franchise is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft and includes twelve mainline releases and several spin offs It has expanded into a media franchise spanning comic books encyclopedias novels and a live action film At least 100 million copies EditFranchise name Original release date SalesFinal Fantasy December 18 1987 173 million 60 Final Fantasy c is a Japanese science fantasy media franchise created by Japanese video game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix The franchise encompasses fifteen signature role playing video games alongside a number of spin off games motion pictures and many other consumer products and interactive media Mario Kart August 27 1992 169 82 million n 2 Mario Kart 62 is a series of kart racing games developed and published by Nintendo The series is a spin off of the Mario franchise and has spawned nine main games one enhanced game four arcade games and a mobile game It is currently the most successful racing game franchise of all time Sonic the Hedgehog June 23 1991 156 41 million d Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game franchise created and owned by Sega Starring its namesake character Sonic the Hedgehog created by Japanese programmer Yuji Naka and character designer Naoto Ohshima it has expanded into a media franchise spanning several animated television series manga comic books and a live action film series Need for Speed August 31 1994 150 million 70 Need for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and has been developed by multiple companies over the years such as EA Black Box and Criterion Games There are over 25 games in the series and a live action film Resident Evil March 22 1996 131 million 71 Resident Evil e known in Japan as Biohazard is a Japanese horror media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara developed by Capcom It consists of a survival horror video game series along with comic books novelizations it has spanning into a live action films series animated films an animated television series a live action television series Japanese plays and a variety of collectibles including action figures Madden NFL June 1 1988 130 million 72 Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports The series is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden a color commentator and Super Bowl winning head coach NBA 2K November 10 1999 130 million 37 73 NBA 2K is a series of basketball sports games Originally published by Sega under the label Sega Sports it is now published by 2K Sports All of the games in the series have been developed by Visual Concepts The Legend of Zelda February 21 1986 128 94 million n 8 The Legend of Zelda f is an action adventure game franchise created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo although some portable installments and re releases have been outsourced to Capcom Vanpool and Grezzo The gameplay incorporates action adventure and elements of action role playing games Star Wars May 1983 119 371 million n 10 The Star Wars series of video games is part of the sci fi fantasy media franchise of the same name Series within it include Lego Star Wars Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Rogue Squadron and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Wii Sports November 19 2006 114 52 million n 7 The Wii Sports series of sports games created for the Nintendo Wii console in 2006 Its success led to the Wii video game series of which it is a sub series The first game in the series Wii Sports was bundled with the original Wii console and is one of the best selling games of all time Pro Evolution Soccer July 21 1995 111 million 87 Pro Evolution Soccer known as World Soccer Winning Eleven in Japan is a series of association football video games developed and published by Konami At least 50 million copies EditFranchise name Original release date SalesTomb Raider November 15 1996 95 million 88 Tomb Raider is series of Action adventure video games formerly developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive it is now developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Embracer Group The series focuses on the adventures of fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft The franchise has also spanned films comic books novels and animated series Gran Turismo December 23 1997 90 million 89 Gran Turismo g Italian for grand tourer or grand touring abbreviated GT is a series of racing video games created by Kazunori Yamauchi for the PlayStation line of game systems Developed by Polyphony Digital Gran Turismo games are intended to emulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real world automobiles Since the franchise s debut in December 1997 over 80 million units have been sold worldwide across the history of PlayStation systems making it the highest selling video game franchise exclusive to PlayStation Monster Hunter September 21 2004 88 million 90 Monster Hunter is a series of action role playing games developed and published by Capcom In it players take the role of a hunter in a fantasy environment and complete quests by seeking out monsters to hunt or capture The franchise has also spanned a live action film and an animated film Dragon Quest May 27 1986 85 million 91 92 Dragon Quest h known as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII Journey of the Cursed King is a series of Japanese role playing video games created by Yuji Horii with character design by manga artist Akira Toriyama and published by Square Enix formerly Enix Tom Clancy s August 21 1998 82 million 93 94 Includes sales from Tom Clancy branded games developed by Ubisoft including Ghost Recon Rainbow Six Splinter Cell and The Division Halo November 15 2001 81 million 95 96 97 Halo is a science fiction predominantly first person shooter video game series created by Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios It has been adapted into over thirty novels several comic series graphic novels numerous action figures and an anime series The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and an alliance of aliens known as the Covenant After Bungie gained independence from Microsoft in 2007 343 Industries took control of the franchise It is the highest selling video game franchise exclusive to Xbox The franchise has spanned a live action television series Borderlands October 20 2009 77 million 37 73 Borderlands is a series of action role playing first person shooter video games created by Gearbox Software The franchise has spawned a live action film Worms November 17 1995 75 million 98 Worms is a series of artillery tactical video games developed by British company Team17 In these games small platoons of anthropomorphic worms battle each other across a deformable landscape with the objective being to become the sole surviving team The games are noted for their cartoony animation and extensive use of surrealism and slapstick humour Mortal Kombat October 8 1992 73 million 99 Mortal Kombat is a series of fighting games created in 1992 by Ed Boon and John Tobias primarily having a reputation for high levels of violent content The original game spawned over ten sequels with several action adventure spin offs It is currently the best selling fighting game franchise The franchise has also spanned a live action film series comic book adaptations and various animated films Animal Crossing April 14 2001 73 34 million i Animal Crossing j is a social simulation game series developed and published by Nintendo In it the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and lives a virtual life where in game time matches real time Super Smash Bros January 21 1999 70 51 million k Super Smash Bros 108 is a series of platform fighting games published by Nintendo and created by Masahiro Sakurai It features characters and elements from various Nintendo franchises and later installments also include third party franchises as well Red Dead May 4 2004 70 million 37 38 Red Dead is a series of Western themed action adventure games published by Rockstar Games Originally developed by Capcom Rockstar eventually acquired the rights and expanded on it Just Dance November 17 2009 70 million 109 Just Dance is a series of dance and music video games published by Ubisoft It also includes games outside of the name Just Dance such as Michael Jackson The Experience It is the best selling dance music game franchise Mario Party December 18 1998 68 7 million n 3 Mario Party l is a series of multiplayer party games featuring characters from the Mario franchise in which four players compete in a board game interspersed with minigames Most of the Mario Party games have been developed by Hudson Soft and is published by Nintendo Dragon Ball September 27 1986 66 5 million m Dragon Ball n was created by Akira Toriyama in 1984 and is composed primarily of multiple manga series numerous anime series a collection of animated feature films video games and a collectible trading card game as well as other collectibles like action figures Donkey Kong July 9 1981 65 million 116 Donkey Kong o is a video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto when he was assigned at Nintendo during the early 1980s to build a game that would appeal more to Americans on the arcade hardware of Radar Scope a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results The success of the arcade game Donkey Kong led to the creation of both the Donkey Kong and Mario franchises Although appearing as a playable character in several Mario spin off titles Donkey Kong would not star in his own series of games until Donkey Kong Country in 1994 The franchise has spanned an animated film The Oregon Trail December 3 1971 65 million 117 The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games that began with the first edition originally developed by Don Rawitsch Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium MECC in 1974 The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence Missouri to Oregon s Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848 WWE 2K February 29 2000 63 million 118 119 WWE 2K formerly WWF SmackDown and WWE SmackDown vs Raw is a series of professional wrestling video games released by 2K Sports formerly by THQ The games were formerly developed by Japanese game developer Yuke s The Elder Scrolls March 25 1994 58 5 million 120 The Elder Scrolls abbreviated TES is an action role playing and open world video game series by Bethesda Softworks Metal Gear July 13 1987 58 3 million 87 Metal Gear p is a series of stealth games created by Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami The first game Metal Gear was released in 1987 for the MSX The franchise also includes a novel radio drama comic books and a toy line Battlefield September 10 2002 57 million 121 122 Battlefield is a series of First person shooter video games developed by EA DICE and Visceral Games published by Electronic Arts The games feature a focus on large maps and vehicle warfare Civilization September 1991 57 million 123 Civilization is a series of turn based strategy video games Sid Meier developed the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of the rest The basic gameplay functions are similar throughout the series namely guiding a civilization on a macro scale from prehistory to the present day Tekken December 9 1994 54 5 million 124 Tekken q is a series of fighting games produced by Katsuhiro Harada developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment formerly by Namco Originally exclusive to arcades games have since been released for consoles personal computers and mobile devices Spider Man 1982 53 2 million n 11 There have been numerous video games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider Man have been released To date Spider Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms which also includes mobile games on mobile phones God of War March 22 2005 52 million 129 God of War is an action adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe All of the main games have been developed by Santa Monica Studio with the other entries being done by Ready at Dawn and Javaground SOE LA The multimedia franchise is loosely based on Greek and Norse mythology The central story revolves around the Spartan warrior Kratos quest for vengeance Greek games and later redemption Norse games The franchise has spanned a television series Bejeweled May 30 2001 50 million 130 Bejeweled is a series of puzzle video games first developed as a browser game by PopCap Games in 2001 Far Cry March 23 2004 50 million 131 Far Cry is a first person shooter video game franchise originally developed by Crytek later by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft Diablo January 3 1997 50 million 132 133 Diablo is an action role playing hack and slash dungeon crawler video game series developed by Blizzard North and published and later developed by Blizzard Entertainment The Witcher October 26 2007 50 million 134 The Witcher is a series of action role playing games based on the series of novels of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski The Witcher takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows the story of Geralt one of a few remaining witchers traveling monster hunter for hire gifted with unnatural powers The franchise has spanned a live action television series Lego Star Wars April 5 2005 50 million 77 A series of action adventure video games based on the Lego brand of toys and the Star Wars franchise Crash Bandicoot September 9 1996 50 million 137 Crash Bandicoot is a series of platform games originally created and developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PlayStation Destiny September 9 2014 50 million 139 Destiny is an online only multiplayer first person shooter video game series developed by Bungie and previously published by Activision At least 20 million copies EditFranchise name Original release date SalesStreet Fighter August 30 1987 48 million 90 Street Fighter r is a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom The series has grown into a media franchise covering comic books anime series and movies Its best selling release Street Fighter II is credited with establishing many of the conventions of the one on one fighting genre Mario Sports May 1 1984 46 75 million n 4 There have been numerous sports games in the Mario franchise The first sports game featuring Mario was Golf in 1984 Pac Man June 1980 44 581 million n 12 Pac Man s is a Japanese video game franchise currently owned and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment formerly Namco The eponymous first entry was released in arcades in 1980 by Namco during the golden age of arcade video games Most games in the franchise are maze chase games however it has delved into other genres such as platform racing and sports Uncharted November 20 2007 44 02 million 146 147 148 Uncharted is a series of action adventure and third person shooter video games developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Most games follow the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake The franchise has spanned a live action film seriesWii Fit November 19 2006 43 7 million n 7 The Wii Fit series of exergaming video games was created by Shigeru Miyamoto for the Nintendo Wii console in 2007 It is a sub series of the Wii series Star Wars Battlefront September 21 2004 43 million n 9 Star Wars Battlefront is a series of first and third person shooters based on the Star Wars films Pandemic Studios developed the first two installments while later entries were developed by Rebellion Developments and EA DICE LucasArts was the sole publisher until 2013 when Electronic Arts took over Kirby April 27 1992 42 million 153 154 13 Kirby t is a series of platform games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo The series centers around the adventures of a young pink alien hero named Kirby BioShock August 21 2007 41 million 37 123 BioShock is a retrofuturistic video game series published by 2K Games and developed by several studios including Irrational Games which created the series It is considered a spiritual successor to the System Shock series on which many of Irrational s team had worked previously The franchise has spanned a live action film Guitar Hero November 8 2005 40 million 155 Guitar Hero is a series of music and rhythm video games published by RedOctane and Activision and developed by Harmonix Music Systems from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to Neversoft Harry Potter November 15 2001 40 million 156 Based on the Harry Potter novels by British writer J K Rowling games in the series have been published by Electronic Arts and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Gears of War November 7 2006 40 million 157 Gears of War is a video game franchise created by Epic Games developed and managed by The Coalition and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios The franchise consists of six third person shooter video games which has also been supplemented by comics and novels It focuses on the conflict between humanity the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde and their mutated counterparts the Lambent Medal of Honor November 11 1999 39 million n 13 Medal of Honor is a series of first person shooter games with most of the games set during World War II The series is published by Electronic Arts Fallout September 30 1997 38 million 162 Fallout is a series of post apocalyptic role playing video games It was created by Interplay Entertainment and later developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks Mega Man December 17 1987 38 million 90 Mega Man known as Rockman u in Japan is a series of video games created by Capcom starring a series of characters each known by the moniker Mega Man The franchise has spanned a live action film Total War June 13 2000 37 8 million 163 Total War is a series of strategy video games developed by Creative Assembly and owned and published by Sega for personal computers Its games combine turn based strategy and resource management with real time tactical control of battles Kingdom Hearts March 28 2002 36 million 164 Kingdom Hearts v is a series of action role playing games developed and published by Square Enix previously by Square and is owned by The Walt Disney Company It is the result of a collaboration between Disney Interactive Studios and Square Enix and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura a longtime Square Enix character designer Counter Strike November 8 2000 35 7 million w Counter Strike is a series of tactical first person shooter games that began as a mod for the game Half Life The series has since been developed by Valve and published by Sierra Entertainment and Valve NBA Live October 1994 35 million 170 NBA Live is a series of basketball video games developed and published by EA Sports annually since 1995 Megami Tensei September 11 1987 34 5 million x Megami Tensei is a franchise of role playing video games created by Atlus and owned by Sega It includes the Persona sub series Football Manager November 5 2004 34 million 172 Football Manager is a series of association football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager however following the break up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive Sports Interactive lost the naming rights and re branded the game Football Manager with their new publishers Sega Brain Age May 19 2005 33 89 million 103 Brain Age also known as Dr Kawashima s Brain Training is a series of video games developed and published by Nintendo based on the work of Ryuta Kawashima Dark Souls September 22 2011 33 4 million 124 Dark Souls is a series of action role playing games developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Marvel s Spider Man September 7 2018 33 million 128 Marvel s Spider Man is a series of video games developed by Imsomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment based on the Marvel Comics character Spider Man Saints Row August 29 2006 32 million 173 Saints Row is an action adventure video game series created by Volition The gameplay consists of a mixture of action adventure and driving and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes The games in the series are written as comedies that feature popular culture homages and parodies as well as self referential humor Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell November 18 2002 31 million 93 Splinter Cell is a series of stealth video games part of the Tom Clancy universe The franchise is owned by Tom Clancy s company Rubicon and is licensed to Ubisoft who develops and publishes the games It spawned a series of novels in 2004 written under the pseudonym David Michaels Gundam 1983 30 9044 million n 14 Gundam y is a long running anime series featuring giant robots or mecha created by animation studio Sunrise in 1979 Video games based on the franchise have been released since 1983 games in the series are currently published by Namco Bandai Games The Last of Us June 14 2013 30 million 177 The Last of Us is a series of action adventure games developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment The games revolve around teenager Ellie and her struggle to survive in a post apocalyptic United States after society collapsed because of a viral virus infection that transforms humans into monster like creatures The franchise has spanned a live action television series James Bond 1982 30 million 178 James Bond is a media franchise starring the titular James Bond a fictional British agent created in 1952 by British writer Ian Fleming There are over 20 video games based on the franchise and it has been published by several companies including Nintendo and Electronic Arts The license is currently held by Activision The best known game in the franchise is GoldenEye 007 developed by Rare and published by Nintendo Tony Hawk s September 30 1999 30 million 179 Tony Hawk s is a skateboarding video game series endorsed by the eponymous American professional skateboarder The series was created by game developer Neversoft and was published by Activision from 1999 to 2015 Maple Media in 2016 and Activision again in 2020 Command amp Conquer September 26 1995 30 million 180 Command amp Conquer is a real time strategy RTS video game franchise first developed by Westwood Studios The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre itself based on Westwood Studios influential strategy game Dune II and introducing trademarks followed in the rest of the series The Walking Dead April 24 2012 28 million 181 The Walking Dead is an episodic adventure game series developed and published by Telltale Games based on The Walking Dead comic book series Nintendogs April 21 2005 27 95 million 182 183 Nintendogs is a real time pet simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS handheld game consoles originally released in three versions plus two additional versions all differing only in the starting available dogs to play with Tales December 15 1995 27 75 million 124 The Tales z series is a media franchise of role playing video games created by Wolf Team and formerly published by Namco The series is currently developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Half Life November 19 1998 27 6 million aa Half Life is a series of first person shooter games developed and published by Valve The games combine shooting combat puzzles and storytelling Kinect October 9 2010 27 million 189 190 The Kinect series of games includes many different games which utilize motion controls by way of the motion sensing Kinect camera Splatoon May 29 2015 26 25 million ab Splatoon is a franchise of third person shooters created by Nintendo The series centers around fictional cephalopods known as Inklings and Octolings based on squids and octopuses respectively which can transform between humanoid and cephalopod forms at will Ratchet amp Clank November 4 2002 26 million 194 Ratchet amp Clank is a series of platform and third person shooter games The franchise was created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation consoles Rayman September 1 1995 26 million 93 Rayman is a franchise of platform video games published by Ubisoft Created in 1995 by French graphic artist Michel Ancel the main character of the series Rayman became an official mascot of its publisher Ubisoft The Rayman series does not include the Raving Rabbids series The franchise has spanned an animated television series Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six August 21 1998 26 million 93 Rainbow Six is a media franchise created by American author Tom Clancy about a fictional international counter terrorist unit called Rainbow The franchise began with Clancy s novel Rainbow Six which was adapted into a series of tactical third person shooter video games Initially developed by Red Storm Entertainment they were later acquired by Ubisoft who currently develops and publishes the games Devil May Cry August 23 2001 26 million 90 Devil May Cry is an action adventure hack and slash video games series developed and published by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya Mario amp Sonic November 6 2007 25 million citation needed 140 Mario amp Sonic is a series of crossover sports games featuring characters from the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises Marvel 1982 25 million 195 There have been numerous video games based on Marvel Comics characters Sub series include games based on Spider Man and the X Men Tom Clancy s Ghost Recon November 13 2001 25 million 93 Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment the game development studio founded by American author Tom Clancy and published by Ubisoft Tiger Woods PGA Tour 1998 25 million 196 Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of golf video games developed and published by Electronic Arts and later their EA Sports sub label featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods among others on the PGA Tour Age of Empires October 26 1997 25 million 197 Age of Empires is a series of historical real time strategy video games originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios Mystery Dungeon September 19 1993 24 24 million n 20 Mystery Dungeon is a franchise mixing roguelike and role playing created and owned by Spike Chunsoft Since 1993 the franchise had numerous crossovers and in 1995 the original Shiren the Wanderer sub series Luigi 1990 24 16 million n 21 Luigi is a video game series of platform games and puzzle games that is a spin off of the Mario franchise published and produced by Nintendo The series revolves around Luigi Mario s brother Petz 1995 24 million 93 Petz Dogz and Catz is a series of games in which the player can adopt raise care for and breed their own virtual pets Power Pros 1994 23 5 million 87 Power Pros ac is a baseball video game series created by Konami It is a traditionally Japan only series and is known for its super deformed characters and arcade style gameplay It has several spin off series including Professional Baseball Spirits which are more realistic simulation games Batman 1986 22 millionBatman is a series of video games based on the DC Comics character of the same name Yu Gi Oh July 1998 232 21 8 million 232 Yu Gi Oh ad is a series of video games based on the Japanese anime and manga franchise created by Kazuki Takahashi Games in the series have been developed and published by Konami Microsoft Flight Simulator November 1982 21 million 233 Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of amateur flight simulation video games published by Microsoft Dynasty Warriors February 28 1997 21 million 234 Dynasty Warriors ae is a series of tactical action video games created by Koei which began as a spin off of Koei s turn based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms series based loosely around the Chinese epic of the same name Imagine February 21 2007 21 million 93 Imagine is a series of simulation video games published by Ubisoft aimed primarily at girls aged 6 to 14 released from 2007 onwards Naruto Ultimate Ninja October 23 2003 20 8 million 235 Naruto Ultimate Ninja is a video game franchise based on Naruto series developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment The series consists mainly of fighting games Super Robot Wars October 3 1989 20 06 million 124 Super Robot Wars known in Japan as Super Robot Taisen is a series of tactical role playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment Starting out as a spinoff of the Compati Hero series the main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime manga and video games allowing characters and mecha from different titles to team up or battle one another Prince of Persia October 3 1989 20 million 93 Prince of Persia is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner originally developed and published by Broderbund then The Learning Company and currently by Ubisoft The franchise is built around a series of action adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous prince and a live action film Castlevania September 26 1986 20 million 236 Castlevania is an action adventure gothic horror video game series about vampire hunters created and developed by Konami The franchise has also expanded into other media including comic books an animated TV series and several spin off video games Frogger June 5 1981 20 million 237 Frogger is video game franchise created and developed by Konami and originally published by Sega and Gremlin Industries for arcade in 1981 it is currently owned developed and published by Konami Frogger has seen numerous sequels and re releases for a number of platforms including personal computers video game consoles and mobile devices The given sales figure does not include arcade game sales J B Harold August 1986 20 million 238 239 J B Harold is a series of mystery adventure games It began with J B Harold Murder Club released by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC 98 computer in 1986 and the series has since been released on various platforms Lemmings February 14 1991 20 million 240 Lemmings is a puzzle video game originally developed by DMA Design now Rockstar North for the Commodore Amiga and owned by Psygnosis now Sony Computer Entertainment Liverpool who published it in 1991 Simple 1998 20 million 241 The Simple series is a number of budget priced video games published by Japanese company D3 Publisher and developed by a variety of companies covering many systems SingStar May 21 2004 20 million 242 SingStar is a competitive karaoke video game series for the PlayStation family published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and developed by London Studio Fifteen English language installments of the series have been released for the PlayStation 2 with recent versions also released for the PlayStation 3 SpongeBob SquarePants March 15 2001 20 million 243 SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series and media franchise The games were formerly published by THQ and Activision it is currently published by THQ s successor THQ Nordic Spyro September 10 1998 20 million 244 Spyro is a series of platform video games which feature the protagonist Spyro a dragon Originally owned by Universal Pictures and developed by Insomniac Games the franchise has changed hands and developers numerous times before being acquired by Activision in 2008 The series spawned the toys to life spin off Skylanders Mass Effect November 20 2007 20 million 245 246 247 Mass Effect is a science fiction third person shooter action role playing video games series developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts SimCity February 2 1989 20 million 248 249 SimCity is an open ended city building video game series originally designed by Will Wright The first game in the series was published by Maxis now a division of Electronic Arts Raving Rabbids November 14 2006 20 million 109 Raving Rabbids is a video game franchise spin off of the Rayman series developed and published by Ubisoft The series consists mainly of party video games Watch Dogs May 27 2014 20 million 250 Watch Dogs is an action adventure game franchise developed and published by Ubisoft The franchise has spanned comic books novelizations and animated television series See also EditList of longest running video game franchisesNotes Edit 4 million in 1982 7 27 516 in 1987 109 125 in 1988 40 147 in 1989 3 735 in 1990 8 The release date of the first Tetris games sold commercially 29 Earlier games were given out for free 30 31 Japanese ファイナルファンタジー Hepburn Fainaru Fantaji Sonic the Hedegehog Up until June 2016 140 million 63 Sonic Mania August 2017 to April 2018 1 million 64 Sonic Forces November 2017 10 624 Japan 65 Team Sonic Racing May 2019 5 771 Japan 66 Mario amp Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 November December 2019 195 128 Japan 67 April 2020 to March 2021 4 4 million 68 April 2021 to March 2022 5 8 million 69 Japanese バイオハザード Japanese ゼルダの伝説 Hepburn Zeruda no Densetsu Japanese グランツーリスモ Japanese ドラゴンクエスト Animal Crossing franchise Animal Crossing 2 707 558 Japan 1 027 558 Dōbutsu no Mori 2001 641 300 100 Dōbutsu no Mori e 2003 386 258 101 United States 1 68 million 102 Animal Crossing Wild World 11 75 million 103 Animal Crossing City Folk 3 38 million 104 Animal Crossing New Leaf 13 01 million 43 Animal Crossing New Horizons 39 38 million 43 Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer 3 04 million 105 Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival 87 872 101 Japanese どうぶつの森 Hepburn Dōbutsu no Mori Animal Forest Super Smash Bros franchise Super Smash Bros 5 55 million worldwide 106 Super Smash Bros Melee 7 09 million 107 Super Smash Bros Brawl 13 32 million 43 Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U 15 02 million combined 9 64 million for 3DS 5 38 million for Wii U 43 Super Smash Bros Ultimate 29 53 million 43 Japanese マリオパーティー Hepburn Mario Pati Dragon Ball Up until 2014 40 million 112 Dragon Ball Xenoverse series 2015 2021 14 million 113 114 Dragon Ball FighterZ 2018 8 million 114 Dragon Ball Z Kakarot 2020 4 5 million 115 Japanese ドラゴンボール Hepburn Doragon Bōru Japanese ドンキーコング Hepburn Donki Kongu Japanese メタルギア Japanese 鉄拳 lit Iron Fist Japanese ストリートファイター Hepburn Sutorito Faita Japanese パックマン Pakkuman Japanese 星のカービィ Hepburn Hoshi no Kabi Japanese ロックマン Hepburn Rokkuman Japanese キングダムハーツ Hepburn Kingudamu Hatsu Counter Strike series Half Life Counter Strike 4 2 million 165 Counter Strike Xbox 1 5 million 166 Counter Strike Condition Zero 2 1 million 165 Counter Strike Source 2 9 million 167 Counter Strike Global Offensive 25 million 168 169 Megami Tensei franchise 34 5 million Megami Tensei series up until September 2022 15 5 million 171 Persona sub series up until September 2022 19 million 171 Japanese ガンダム Hepburn Gandamu Japanese テイルズ Hepburn Teiruzu Half Life series Half Life 9 3 million 184 Half Life standalone expansions 1 9 million 185 Half Life 2 12 million 186 Half Life 2 Episode One standalone 1 4 million 187 The Orange Box 3 million 188 Splatoon franchise 21 7 million Splatoon 4 95 million 191 Splatoon 2 13 3 million 192 Splatoon 3 7 9 million 193 Japanese 実況パワフルプロ野球 Hepburn Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyu Japanese 遊 戯 王 Hepburn Yugiō lit Game King Japanese 真 三國無双 Hepburn Shin Sangokumusō lit True Unrivaled Three Kingdoms Footnotes Edit a b Super Mario series Up until September 2015 310 million 39 October 2015 to March 2016 1 64 million 40 41 New Super Mario Bros 2 and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS sales from April 2016 to March 2017 3 37 million 42 New Super Mario Bros 2 sales from April 2017 to September 2022 2 14 million 43 44 45 Super Mario Run 2016 4 million paid downloads 46 Super Mario Odyssey 2017 24 4 million 43 New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe 2019 13 31 million 47 Super Mario Maker 2 2019 7 89 million 3 Super Mario 3D All Stars 2020 9 07 million 3 Super Mario 3D World Bowser s Fury 2021 9 43 million 47 a b Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart to Mario Kart Double Dash 31 42 million 61 Mario Kart DS 23 6 million 43 Mario Kart Wii 37 38 million 43 Mario Kart 7 18 97 million 43 Mario Kart 8 including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe total sales 56 87 million 43 Mario Kart Live Home Circuit 1 58 million 3 a b Mario Party Up until 2014 39 6 million 110 Mario Party 10 2015 2 27 million 43 Mario Party Star Rush 2016 and Mario Party The Top 100 2017 427 566 Japan 101 Super Mario Party 2018 18 35 million 43 Mario Party Superstars 2021 8 07 million 111 a b Mario Sports series Mario amp Sonic series 25 million citation needed 140 Super Mario Strikers 1 2 million 141 Mario Hoops 3 on 3 1 3 million 142 Mario Strikers Charged 1 77 million 143 Mario Super Sluggers 1 26 million 53 Mario Tennis Aces 4 28 million 3 Mario Golf Super Rush 2 35 million 47 Mario Strikers Battle League 2 17 million 111 Japan sales 9 Mario Tennis 1 46 million Mario Tennis series 1 93 million Mario Slam Basketball 0 4 million Mario Power Tennis 0 38 million Mario Superstar Baseball 0 23 million Mario Golf GBC 0 22 million Mario Golf Advance Tour 0 09 million Japan sales of Mario sports games based on Famitsu data Garaph February 20 2012 Retrieved March 16 2012 Mario Sports Mix 645 005 Mario Golf 64 470 778 Mario Golf Toadstool Tour 192 802 Mario Tennis Power Tour 135 815 Mario Sports Superstars 92 829 144 United States sales 145 Mario Golf Toadstool Tour 1 03 million US Top 10 Best Selling Console Games in 2000 The Magic Box 2000 Retrieved March 16 2012 Mario Tennis 64 503 200 Mario RPG series Worldwide sales Super Mario RPG 2 14 million 1 Paper Mario 1 37 million 1 Mario amp Luigi Superstar Saga 2 15 million 1 Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door 1 91 million 2 Mario amp Luigi Partners in Time 1 73 million 2 Super Paper Mario 4 32 million 2 Mario amp Luigi Bowser s Inside Story 4 56 million 2 Paper Mario Sticker Star 2 48 million 1 Mario amp Luigi Dream Team 2 68 million 3 Mario amp Luigi Paper Jam 1 08 million 3 Paper Mario Color Splash 1 19 million 2 Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle 2 million 4 Paper Mario The Origami King 3 34 million 3 Other Mario games Donkey Kong 15 206 025 Game amp Watch 8 million 5 ColecoVision 2 million 6 Atari 2600 4 180 523 a Famicom and Famicom Mini versions 1 million in Japan 9 Atari 8 bit computers 25 502 8 Mario Bros 3 31 million Famicom and Famicom Mini versions 1 72 million in Japan 9 Atari 2600 version 1 59 million 10 Mario puzzle games 3 912 937 in Japan Dr Mario 3 74 million 9 Nintendo Puzzle Collection 50 000 9 Dr Mario amp Panel de Pon 122 937 11 Mario vs Donkey Kong series 5 91 million Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 March of the Minis 1 39 million 12 Mario vs Donkey Kong 180 154 Japan 11 Super Princess Peach 1 15 million Captain Toad Treasure Tracker 1 62 million 13 14 15 16 Luigi games 24 16 million 17 Wario games 9818491 18 19 20 21 22 23 12 24 WarioWare Get It Together 1 27 million 25 Yoshi games 5 23 million 26 27 Other Mario games in Japan 11 Mario Pinball 101 237 Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix 59 922 a b c Wii Series Wii Sports 82 86 million 52 Wii Sports Resort 33 09 million 52 Wii Play 28 02 million 52 Wii Fit 22 67 million 52 Wii Fit Plus 21 13 million 52 Wii Party 9 32 million 52 Wii Music 2 65 million 53 Wii Party U 1 58 million 54 Wii Play Motion 1 26 million 55 Nintendo Switch Sports 4 84 million 56 The Legend of Zelda series 62 million series sales up until April 2011 74 Sales between April 2011 and September 2022 66 94 million The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D 6 4 million 3 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword 3 52 million 2 The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker HD 2 36 million 43 The Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds 4 24 million 3 Hyrule Warriors 1 million 75 The Legend of Zelda Majora s Mask 3D 3 43 million 3 The Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes 1 36 million 1 The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD 1 15 million 1 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 29 49 million 43 1 The Legend of Zelda Link s Awakening 2019 6 08 million 3 Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity 4 million 76 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD 3 91 million 47 a b Star Wars Battlefront series Pandemic Battlefront series 10 million 149 EA Star Wars Battlefront series 33 million 150 Star Wars Battlefront 2015 14 million 151 Star Wars Battlefront II 2017 9 million 152 Star Wars franchise Lego Star Wars series 50 million 77 Star Wars Battlefront series 43 million n 9 Star Wars The Force Unleashed 7 million 78 Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Republic Commando 671 000 79 Star Wars Shadows of the Empire 1 million 80 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 3 2 million 81 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords 1 5 million 82 Star Wars The Old Republic 2 Million 83 Star Wars Rogue Squadron 1 million 84 Star Wars Galaxies 1 million 85 Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 10 Million 86 Spider Man series Sales of Spider Man until 2004 21 2 million 125 126 127 Sales of Marvel s Spider Man 33 million 128 Pac Man series Atari 2600 version 7 million cartridges Buchanan Levi August 26 2008 Top 10 Best Selling Atari 2600 Games IGN Retrieved July 15 2009 Coleco Mini Arcade version 1 5 million tabletop units Coleco Mini Arcades Go Gold PDF Arcade Express 1 1 4 August 15 1982 Retrieved February 3 2012 Sega Genesis Mega Drive version of Ms Pac Man 1 million cartridges Cifaldi Frank Retronauts Episode 91 A Tengen Family Reunion Frank Cifaldi talks to rebellious NES game developers Franz Lanzinger Toobin Ms Pac Man Steve Woita Super Sprint Police Academy and Mark Morris Hard Drivin 007 License to Kill about the old days 1up com Archived from the original on July 22 2016 Retrieved September 27 2010 United States sales 145 Pac Man World PS1 1 24 million Pac Man World 2 PS2 1 21 million Pac Man Collection GBA 1 06 million BREW mobile versions 30 million downloads in the US Namco Networks Pac Man Franchise Surpasses 30 Million Paid Transactions in the United States on Brew AllBusiness com 2010 Retrieved February 22 2012 Famicom Mini Pac Man Japan sales Garaph based on Famitsu data July 28 2005 Retrieved March 17 2012 Famicom Mini Pac Man GBA 118 679 Namco Japan sales 2000 2006 Garaph based on Famitsu data July 28 2005 Retrieved March 17 2012 Pac Pix DS 98 650 Pac n Roll DS 15 268 Pac Man Championship Edition DX PC 1 102 937 The top 100 best selling Japanese Games on Steam Rice Digital July 9 2018 Archived from the original on August 27 2020 Retrieved August 27 2020 Pac Man Championship Edition DX X360 235 130 Langley Ryan January 20 2012 Xbox Live Arcade by the numbers the 2011 year in review Gamasutra UBM Technology Group Archived from the original on July 5 2020 Retrieved August 10 2020 Medal of Honor series The whole series as of 2007 31 million 158 Medal of Honor 2010 5 million 159 160 Medal of Honor Warfighter 3 million 161 Gundam series Sales through to March 2004 20 million 174 Sales from March 2004 to March 2012 10 9044 million 175 176 Torneko s Great Adventure series Torneko s Great Adventure Mystery Dungeon 0 8 million 198 World of Dragon Warrior Torneko The Last Hope 0 76 million Torneko The Last Hope 0 58 million Japan 199 Torneko s Great Adventure 2 Advance 0 18 million 200 Dragon Quest Characters Torneko s Great Adventure 3 Mystery Dungeon 0 65 million Torneko s Great Adventure 3 0 51 million 201 Torneko s Great Adventure 3 Advance 0 14 million 202 Other Dragon Quest Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon 0 34 million 203 Shiren the Wanderer series Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer 0 52 million Mystery Dungeon 2 Shiren the Wanderer 0 23 million 204 Shiren the Wanderer DS 0 2 million Japan 205 Shiren the Wanderer iOS Android 0 1 million 206 Shiren the Wanderer GB Moonlit Village Monster 0 1 million 204 Shiren the Wanderer 2 Oni Invasion Shiren Castle 0 28 million 207 Shiren the Wanderer Magic Castle of the Desert 0 28 million Shiren the Wanderer GB2 0 17 million 207 Shiren the Wanderer DS2 0 1 million 208 Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden Asuka the Swordswoman 0 05 million 200 Shiren Monsters Netsal 0 03 million 209 Shiren the Wanderer 3 The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion 0 14 million Shiren the Wanderer 3 0 11 million Japan 208 Shiren the Wanderer 3 Portable 0 03 million 210 Shiren the Wanderer 4 The Eye of God and the Devil s Navel 0 11 million Shiren the Wanderer 4 0 1 million 211 Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus 0 02 million 212 Shiren the Wanderer The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate 0 5 million 213 Shiren the Wanderer 5 Chunsoft Selection 0 08 million 211 212 Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus 0 15 million PlayStation Vita 0 03 million Japan 214 Nintendo Switch 0 02 million Japan 215 Steam 0 1 million 216 Chocobo s Mystery Dungeon series Chocobo s Mysterious Dungeon 1 34 million Chocobo s Mysterious Dungeon 1 17 million 217 Chocobo s Mysterious Dungeon for WonderSwan 0 18 million 199 Chocobo s Dungeon 2 0 59 million Japan 199 Chocobo s Dungeon 3 0 31 million Final Fantasy Fables Chocobo s Dungeon 0 17 million Japan sales 0 1 million 218 US sales 0 07 million 219 Cid and Chocobo s Mysterious Dungeon Labyrinth of Forgotten Time DS 0 07 million 220 Chocobo s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy 0 07 million Nintendo Switch 0 04 million Japan 221 PlayStation 4 0 03 million Japan 221 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue Rescue Team 5 85 million Red Rescue Team 2 36 million 222 Blue Rescue Team 3 49 million 222 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Darkness and Explorers of Sky 6 37 million Explorers of Time and Darkness 4 88 million 222 Explorers of Sky 1 49 million 222 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity 1 38 million 1 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon 1 66 million 1 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX 1 89 million 3 Etrian Mystery Dungeon series Etrian Mystery Dungeon 0 1 million Japan 223 Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 0 04 million 224 Individual series The Nightmare of Druaga Fushigi no Dungeon 0 07 million Japan 209 Mystery Chronicle One Way Heroics 0 07 million PlayStation Vita 0 01 million Japan sales 5 059 225 US Sales 5 000 226 PlayStation 4 5 000 North America 226 Steam 0 05 million 227 Mystery Dungeon series Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series 2 55 million n 15 Shiren the Wanderer series 2 02 million n 16 Chocobo s Mystery Dungeon series 2 25 million n 17 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series 17 15 million n 18 Smaller and individual series 0 27 million n 19 Luigi series Luigi s Mansion 3 33 million 228 Luigi s Mansion Dark Moon 6 33 million 229 New Super Luigi U 3 07 million 230 Luigi s Mansion 3 11 43 million 231 References Edit a b c d e f g h i 2021CESAゲーム白書 2021 CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association 2021 ISBN 978 4 902346 43 5 a b c d e f 2020CESAゲーム白書 2020 CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association 2020 ISBN 978 4 902346 42 8 a b c d e f g h i j k l 2022CESAゲーム白書 2022 CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association 2022 ISBN 978 4 902346 45 9 Doolan Liam September 2 2018 Mario Rabbids On Nintendo Switch Has Sold More Than Two Million Copies Nintendo Life Nintendo Life Archived from the original on June 9 2019 Retrieved September 2 2018 Epstein David June 27 2019 Chapter 9 Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology Range Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Pan Macmillan p 196 ISBN 978 1 5098 4351 0 The Donkey Kong Game amp Watch was released in 1982 and alone sold eight million units McFerran Damien September 18 2010 Feature How ColecoVision Became the King of Kong Nintendo Life Archived from the original on January 6 2012 Retrieved April 2 2021 Kitchen Garry E March 5 2010 Garry E Kitchen Expert Report of Garry E Kitchen PDF United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio p 2 Designed amp programmed Atari 2600 adaptation of hit arcade game Donkey Kong 1982 wholesale revenues in excess of 100 million on 4 million units a b Vendel Curt May 28 2009 Site News Atari Museum Archived from the original on December 6 2010 Retrieved November 27 2021 a b c d e Japan Sales Nintendojo September 26 2006 Archived from the original on July 30 2008 Retrieved October 9 2008 Welch Hanuman April 23 2013 1984 Duck Hunt The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977 Complex Archived from the original on April 24 2017 Retrieved April 26 2017 a b c Japan sales of Mario based on Famitsu data Garaph February 20 2012 Archived from the original on May 25 2019 Retrieved March 16 2012 a b Casamassina Matt July 25 2007 Nintendo Sales Update IGN Archived from the original on October 16 2007 Retrieved July 25 2007 a b Earnings Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019 Supplementary Information PDF March 31 2019 Archived PDF from the original on November 8 2020 Retrieved April 25 2019 Brian January 16 2015 December 2014 NPD Captain Toad sells around 250 000 copies Nintendo Everything Archived from the original on April 29 2015 Brian August 5 2015 Top 100 best selling games in Japan during the first half of 2015 Nintendo Everything Archived from the original on August 6 2015 Romano Sal August 29 2018 Media Create Sales 8 20 18 8 26 18 Gematsu Archived from the original on November 9 2020 Retrieved September 3 2019 Top Selling Software Sales Units Nintendo September 30 2017 Archived from the original on October 31 2017 Retrieved October 30 2017 Nintendo Co Ltd Investor Relations Information Archived from the original on May 21 2012 Retrieved May 20 2012 Reeves Ben June 24 2011 The 25 Best Game Boy Games Of All Time Game Informer Archived from the original on January 11 2018 Retrieved December 6 2013 GBC20周年企画 2 いちばん売れたゲームボーイカラー専用ソフトは 遊 戯 王DM4 では2位は GBC専用ソフト販売ランキング Top 10 Famitsu in Japanese Enterbrain October 21 2018 p 1 Archived from the original on June 3 2019 Retrieved October 21 2018 Keiser Joe August 2 2006 The Century s Top 50 Handheld Games Next Generation Archived from the original on October 10 2007 2008 年テレビゲームソフト売り上げ Top 500 ファミ通版 in Japanese Geimin net Archived from the original on August 13 2014 Retrieved April 24 2011 THQ Expect more de Blob IGN January 23 2009 Archived from the original on July 19 2012 Retrieved January 23 2009 Graft Kris June 8 2009 Japanese Game Charts Kingdom Hearts For DS Leads May Gamasutra com Archived from the original on November 12 2009 Retrieved July 29 2009 Financial Results Explanatory Material PDF Nintendo Nintendo May 12 2022 Retrieved March 31 2022 Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer s Edition Vancouver British Columbia Jim Pattison Group September 10 2015 p 43 ISBN 978 1 9105610 8 9 Archived from the original on January 26 2021 Retrieved April 23 2017 4 12M Romano Sal April 25 2019 Switch worldwide sales top 34 74 million Yoshi s Crafted World sales top 1 11 million in three days Gematsu Archived from the original on December 16 2019 Retrieved June 15 2019 1 11M Italian plumber more memorable than Harper Dion Press release Nintendo November 13 2007 Archived from the original on September 11 2009 Retrieved January 12 2008 New Software Game It Comes From Soviet The New York Times January 29 1988 Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved March 11 2020 Gerasimov Vadim Tetris Story Archived from the original on August 21 2006 Retrieved March 10 2020 pm Jordan SiraniUpdated 9 Feb 2021 6 25 pmPosted 19 Apr 2019 3 59 April 19 2019 Top 10 Best Selling Video Games of All Time IGN Archived from the original on May 2 2020 Retrieved April 14 2020 via www ign com a b Takahashi Dean April 7 2014 Mr Tetris explains why the puzzle game is still popular after three decades interview VentureBeat Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved May 20 2020 a b Corriea Alexa Ray April 8 2014 Tetris has passed 425 million downloads on mobile not including free to play Polygon Archived from the original on March 8 2021 Retrieved May 21 2020 Takahashi Dean April 7 2014 Mr Tetris explains why the puzzle game is still popular after three decades interview VentureBeat Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved May 12 2016 Pokemon in Figures The Pokemon Company March 2022 Archived from the original on October 22 2022 Retrieved June 10 2022 Call of Duty Series Crosses 400 Million Lifetime Sales Archived April 28 2021 at the Wayback Machine Activision announced at their Call of Duty official website that the Call of Duty franchise has now collectively sold over 400 million units across the world April 2021 a b c d e Take Two Interactive Investor Presentation November 2022 Take Two Interactive November 7 2022 Archived from the original on November 7 2022 Retrieved November 7 2022 a b Lyons Ben August 9 2022 Grand Theft Auto V is almost at 170 million sold copies Gamereactor Gamez Publishing A S Retrieved August 9 2022 Super Mario Maker has sold 1 Million units around the world Press release Nintendo September 30 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2015 Retrieved January 15 2016 Nintendo Co Ltd Earning Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2016 Supplementary Information PDF Nintendo Nintendo April 28 2016 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on May 31 2019 Retrieved November 11 2016 September 2015 PDF Archived PDF from the original on March 31 2016 Retrieved February 2 2016 Earnings Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2017 PDF Nintendo April 27 2017 Archived PDF from the original on September 11 2018 Retrieved June 14 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Sales Data Top Selling Title Sales Units IR Information Nintendo Archived from the original on November 8 2022 Retrieved November 8 2022 Sales Data Top Selling Title Sales Units IR Information Nintendo Archived from the original on July 9 2017 Retrieved July 9 2017 Top Selling Software Sales Units Nintendo 3DS Software Nintendo March 31 2020 Archived from the original on January 23 2017 Retrieved May 7 2020 Nintendo profits spike but only 4 million people paid for Super Mario Run Metro January 31 2017 Archived from the original on May 12 2021 Retrieved May 12 2021 a b c d Financial Results Explanatory Material Fiscal Year Ended March 2022 PDF Nintendo Retrieved May 10 2022 スーパーマリオ Supa Mario EA extends UEFA exclusivity working on multiple FIFA mobile games GamesIndustry biz February 2 2021 Archived from the original on March 8 2021 Retrieved February 2 2021 The FIFA franchise has now sold more than 325 million units over its lifetime with player count for FIFA 21 already tracking ahead of the record breaking FIFA 20 Warren Tom May 18 2020 Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly The Verge Archived from the original on August 3 2020 Retrieved May 18 2020 Minecraft Franchise Fact Sheet PDF Xbox com Microsoft April 2021 Archived PDF from the original on August 9 2021 Retrieved September 12 2021 a b c d e f Nintendo Top Selling Software Sales Units Wii Nintendo March 31 2012 Archived from the original on June 15 2019 Retrieved May 12 2016 a b Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2009 Supplementary Information PDF Financial Results Briefing for the 69th Fiscal Term Ended March 2009 Nintendo May 8 2009 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on May 4 2019 Retrieved May 8 2009 Top Selling Software Sales Units Nintendo September 30 2015 Archived from the original on October 28 2015 Retrieved November 18 2015 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2012 PDF Nintendo April 27 2012 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on May 3 2019 Retrieved May 14 2012 Financial Results Explanatory Material 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2023 PDF Nintendo Nintendo Retrieved August 3 2022 Lego Star Wars Rise of TT Games GamesIndustry biz July 17 2019 Archived from the original on August 4 2020 Retrieved August 17 2020 2016 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Announced museumofplay org May 5 2016 Archived from the original on February 2 2017 Retrieved February 3 2017 Jaisrani Avinash September 10 2022 Assassin s Creed Franchise Has Sold Over 200 Million Games Worldwide Tech4Gamers Retrieved September 10 2022 Square Enix Annual Report 2022 PDF Retrieved October 30 2022 Futter Mike June 2 2014 Mario Kart 8 Speeds To Over 1 2 Million Sales In Opening Weekend Game Informer GameStop Archived from the original on June 4 2014 Retrieved June 2 2014 マリオカート Mario Kato Hornshaw Phil June 24 2016 Gotta Go Fast How Sonic the Hedgehog Transcended Video Games to Become an Icon Complex Archived from the original on November 17 2019 Retrieved November 17 2019 ソニックマニア プラス がリリース決定 新キャラクターなど数々の新要素を紹介 先出し週刊ファミ通 Famitsu April 24 2018 Archived from the original on January 11 2021 Retrieved February 13 2021 Whitehead Thomas November 15 2017 Sonic Forces Struggles in Japan as Super Mario Odyssey and Switch Lead Charts Nintendo Life Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved April 17 2020 Romano Sal May 29 2019 Famitsu Sales 5 20 19 5 26 19 Update Gematsu Archived from the original on February 16 2020 Retrieved February 16 2020 Japan s top 100 best selling games of 2019 Nintendo Everything January 16 2020 Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 Fiscal Year Ending March 2021 Results Presentation PDF Sega Sammy Holdings p 18 Archived PDF from the original on May 13 2021 Retrieved May 20 2021 Fiscal Year Ending March 2022 Results Presentation PDF Sega Sammy Holdings p 20 Archived PDF from the original on June 2 2022 Retrieved June 2 2022 EA Signs Multi Year Agreement With X Games Medalist and Internet Phenom Ken Block for Need for Speed Electronic Arts October 24 2013 Archived from the original on June 30 2017 Retrieved February 28 2014 Game Series Sales Product Data CAPCOM www capcom co jp Retrieved December 13 2022 Madden Fans Are Going Mad for Madden EA SPORTS Madden NFL Franchise Passes 130 Million Copies Sold Electronic Arts August 5 2018 Archived from the original on August 14 2018 Retrieved August 13 2018 a b Take Two Interactive Software Inc NASDAQ TTWO November 2021 Take Two Interactive November 2021 Retrieved November 3 2021 The Legend of Zelda launches today check out our review USA Today November 20 2011 Retrieved March 16 2012 Whitehead Thomas January 27 2015 Koei Tecmo Releases Awesome Hyrule Warriors Wallpapers to Celebrate One Million Units Shipped Nintendo Life Archived from the original on January 27 2015 Retrieved January 27 2015 Hyrule Warriors Age Of Calamity Has Now Shipped4 Million Units Nintendo Life January 4 2022 a b E3 2019 LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga Coming in 2020 StarWars com June 9 2019 Archived from the original on May 19 2020 Retrieved August 10 2020 Magrino Tom February 19 2010 Force Unleashed sells 7 million Hoth DLC arrives GameSpot Archived from the original on September 16 2010 Retrieved December 14 2018 2005 UK Sales Review Eurogamer May 3 2005 Archived from the original on April 10 2007 Retrieved December 14 2018 Haigh Hutchinson Mark April 6 2009 Classic Postmortem Star Wars Shadows Of The Empire GameSpot Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved February 7 2019 Pham Alex October 12 2007 EA buys strength in new genres Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on April 6 2019 Retrieved April 5 2019 Butts Steve February 1 2006 Developer Profile Obsidian IGN Archived from the original on February 4 2006 Retrieved April 5 2019 Daniel matt January 12 2012 EA reveals SWTOR subscription and sales numbers beats financial predictions Updated Engadget Archived from the original on March 1 2020 Retrieved February 1 2020 Satterfield Shane May 17 2001 E3 2001 Hands on Rogue Leader Rogue Squadron II GameSpot Archived from the original on April 7 2019 Retrieved April 6 2019 Fahey Rob August 24 2005 Star Wars Galaxies sales top a million units GamesIndustry biz Archived from the original on May 30 2019 Retrieved April 6 2019 Takahasi Dean May 5 2020 star wars jedi fallen order tops 10 million copies sold Venturebeat com Archived from the original on August 6 2020 Retrieved August 7 2020 a b c Digital Entertainment Business Konami Holdings Corporation December 2020 Archived from the original on December 9 2019 Retrieved April 30 2020 Amazon Games and Crystal Dynamics Strike Deal to Develop and Publish Next Major Entry in Iconic Tomb Raider Series Amazon Games December 15 2022 Retrieved December 15 2022 Murray Sean December 22 2022 Gran Turismo Series Has Sold More Than 90 Million Copies TheGamer Retrieved December 24 2022 a b c d Game Series Sales as of June 30 2022 Capcom Archived from the original on April 4 2020 Retrieved September 18 2022 Square Enix Annual Report 2022 PDF Retrieved October 30 2022 The New official Owners of the Tomb Raider are Crystal Dynamics TechScienceDaily June 9 2022 a b c d e f g h Facts amp Figures Ubisoft 2014 Archived from the original on July 21 2014 Retrieved July 21 2014 Martin Matt May 28 2008 Tom Clancy series tops 55 million units sold GamesIndustry biz Archived from the original on August 29 2008 Retrieved November 28 2008 Halo Xbox is Coming to San Diego Comic Con 2015 Xbox Wire Microsoft July 2 2015 Archived from the original on September 15 2015 Retrieved December 21 2018 Halo 5 Sold Five Million Copies in Three Months Gamingbolt Archived from the original on June 11 2016 Retrieved December 21 2018 Halo TV Series Moves From Showtime To Paramount Deadline February 24 2021 Archived from the original on February 24 2021 Retrieved February 26 2021 Snowdon Ros Team17 celebrates record year with plans for a new Worms game Yorkshire Post Yorkshire Post Archived from the original on April 23 2021 Retrieved March 10 2020 https www gematsu com 2021 07 mortal kombat 11 sales top 12 million Archived July 26 2021 at the Wayback Machine Gematsu July 26 2021 35M Nintendo Gamecube Japanese Ranking Japan Game Charts May 6 2007 Archived from the original on July 23 2007 Retrieved February 13 2017 a b c Game Search Game Data Library Famitsu Archived from the original on April 24 2019 Retrieved March 25 2020 US Platinum Videogame Chart The Magic Box December 27 2007 Archived from the original on January 6 2007 Retrieved February 13 2017 a b Nintendo DS Software Nintendo Archived from the original on January 29 2017 Retrieved February 13 2017 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2009 Supplementary Information PDF Financial Results Briefing for the 69th Fiscal Term Ended March 2009 Nintendo May 8 2009 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on May 4 2019 Retrieved February 13 2017 Supplementary Information about Earnings Release PDF Nintendo April 27 2016 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on May 31 2019 Retrieved February 13 2017 Hansen Steven October 26 2016 More like Mario Kart 8 million Here are the Wii U and 3DS best sellers Destructoid ModernMethod Archived from the original on April 25 2017 Retrieved April 24 2017 At Long Last Nintendo Proclaims Let the Brawls Begin on Wii Nintendo March 10 2008 Archived from the original on May 13 2008 Retrieved February 15 2021 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ Dairantō Sumasshu Burazazu a b Ubisoft Facts and Figures 2019 PDF Ubisoft June 2019 Archived PDF from the original on September 27 2019 Retrieved September 27 2019 Bring along your amiibo as your party plus one from 20th March in Mario Party 10 Nintendo February 19 2015 Archived from the original on February 20 2015 Retrieved February 20 2015 a b Financial Results Explanatory Material 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2023 PDF Retrieved November 8 2022 Funimation December 2014 Catalog PDF C amp L InterNet Club Archived PDF from the original on December 4 2016 Retrieved February 13 2017 Dragon Ball Xenoverse Series Hits 10 Million In Worldwide Shipments And Digital Sales Archived January 11 2019 at the Wayback Machine Siliconera a b Dragon Ball FighterZ and Xenoverse 2 Have Now Sold over 8 Million Units Each November 13 2021 CyberConnect2 to announce new game in February Gematsu January 2 2022 Retrieved January 3 2022 Super Nintendo World Expansion World s First Donkey Kong Themed Area Set to Open in 2024 Nintendo Archived from the original on September 28 2021 Retrieved September 28 2021 Lussenhop Jessica January 19 2011 Oregon Trail How three Minnesotans forged its path City Pages Archived from the original on January 23 2011 Retrieved January 20 2011 Consumer Products Press release WWE October 9 2013 Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved October 9 2013 Matulef Jeffrey August 21 2015 Grand Theft Auto series has shipped over 220 m copies Eurogamer Gamer Network Archived from the original on August 22 2015 Retrieved August 22 2015 The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind 4 million sold Lynda Carter Joins the Voice Cast of The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Bethesda Softworks August 17 2005 Archived from the original on July 10 2010 Retrieved November 26 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion 9 5 million sold Kollar Philip November 10 2015 Fallout 4 could be a bigger hit than Skyrim Polygon Vox Media Archived from the original on November 13 2015 Retrieved November 13 2015 The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim 30 million sold Skyrim Creator Todd Howard Talks Switch VR and Elder Scrolls Wait Archived from the original on November 23 2016 Retrieved April 17 2017 The Elder Scrolls Online 15 million sold Hines Pete DCDeacon January 10 2020 More than 15 million people have bought ESO Tweet Retrieved January 10 2020 via Twitter Battlefield 3 sets sales record for Electronic Arts Electronic Arts November 1 2011 Archived from the original on March 28 2012 Retrieved December 8 2018 55M shipped including BF3 10M Battlefield 3 Sales Reach 8 Million Game Informer November 29 2011 archived from the original on September 9 2019 retrieved December 8 2018 BF3 12M shipped 2M a b Makuch Eddie May 18 2021 GTA 5 Has Now Sold 145M Copies NFL Game Delayed New Gearbox Game Coming GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 18 2021 Retrieved May 18 2021 a b c d Bandai Namco Group Fact Book 2022 PDF Bandai Namco 2022 p 3 Taub Eric A September 20 2004 In Video Games Sequels Are Winners The New York Times Archived from the original on May 28 2015 Retrieved March 21 2009 Makucha 2019 sfn error no target CITEREFMakucha2019 help Valentine 2019 sfn error no target CITEREFValentine2019 help a b Marvel s Spider Man PlayStation Sales Reach 33 Million As Of May GameSpot Retrieved June 3 2022 Schiesel Seth November 11 2020 PlayStation 5 The Next Step in Sony s Rebound The New York Times Archived from the original on March 9 2021 Retrieved November 12 2012 Sony attributes much of its success over the last console generation to the popularity of its exclusive game franchises including stalwarts like God of War more than 51 million copies sold Alexander Leigh February 10 2010 Bejeweled Sales Hit 50 Million Gamasutra Archived from the original on March 23 2019 Retrieved February 21 2010 Jones Ali September 27 2019 Assassin s Creed all time sales top 140 million PCGamesN Archived from the original on September 27 2019 Retrieved September 27 2019 Sarker Samit August 4 2015 Diablo 3 lifetime sales top 30 million units Polygon Archived from the original on August 6 2015 Retrieved August 5 2015 Sinclair Brendan May 31 2009 Starcraft II by end of 2009 Call of Duty expanding to new genres GameSpot Archived from the original on June 2 2009 Retrieved June 14 2009 until 2009 20M witchergame May 28 2020 Over 50 million adventurers joined Geralt on his journey from Kaer Morhen to Vizima through Flotsam and Vergen Velen and Novigrad to Skellige Isles and Toussaint and many many more places time and time again Tweet via Twitter https web archive org web 20200102231147 https www naughtydog com timeline Naughty Dog https www destructoid com booyah grandma crash bandicoot remake hits 10 million sold 542654 phtml Archived March 7 2021 at the Wayback Machine Destructoid Crash Bandicoot Up until 2014 40 million shipped by Naughty Dog 135 10 million for Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy 2019 136 Franquia Destiny vendeu mais de 50 milhoes de copias January 11 2019 Destiny Destiny franchise has sold over 50 million copies 138 a b Helen Churchill Sega Senior Global Marketing Manager LinkedIn Retrieved February 17 2020 permanent dead link Nintendo 2006 Annual Report PDF p 8 Archived PDF from the original on July 24 2019 Retrieved November 13 2008 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31 2007 Supplementary Information PDF Nintendo Nintendo March 31 2007 p 5 Archived PDF from the original on August 4 2019 Retrieved March 16 2012 Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2008 Supplementary Information PDF Nintendo March 2008 p 5 Archived PDF from the original on September 10 2008 Retrieved March 16 2012 Romano Sal May 24 2017 Media Create Sales 5 15 17 5 21 17 Gematsu Archived from the original on May 28 2017 Retrieved May 25 2017 a b US Platinum Videogame Chart Games sold over Million Copies since 1995 The Magic Box December 27 2007 Archived from the original on April 21 2007 Retrieved March 16 2012 Sony PlayStation s Uncharted 4 Poised to Chart Top FOXBusiness May 10 2016 Archived from the original on April 23 2019 Retrieved December 11 2019 28 million before Uncharted 4 launched Reeves Brianna October 14 2019 The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 Reach Incredible Sales Milestones PlayStation LifeStyle Archived from the original on June 8 2020 Retrieved October 14 2019 16 million Uncharted 4 Romano Sal September 20 2017 Media Create Sales 9 11 17 9 17 17 Gematsu Archived from the original on March 8 2018 Retrieved March 8 2018 The Lost Legacy 23 131 Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron sends PSP system owners to the front Press release LucasArts May 10 2007 Archived from the original on November 12 2009 Retrieved December 14 2018 EA s Star Wars Battlefront Series Has Sold Over 33 Million Copies Xbox Achievements October 31 2019 Archived from the original on November 5 2019 Retrieved January 22 2020 Macy Seth G May 10 2016 Star Wars Battlefront Sales Top 14 Million IGN Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved December 14 2018 Star Wars Battlefront 2 sales miss targets EA blames loot crate controversy update Polygon January 30 2018 Archived from the original on January 31 2018 Retrieved December 14 2018 Makuch Eddie April 27 2017 Nintendo Switch Ships 2 74M Units Zelda Rises To 3 84M Shipped Gamespot com Archived from the original on July 10 2017 Retrieved August 1 2017 Romano Sal December 6 2017 Media Create Sales 11 27 17 12 3 17 Gematsu Archived from the original on December 6 2017 Retrieved December 6 2017 O Brien Ciara October 16 2009 Music rocks gamers The Irish Times Archived from the original on June 9 2012 Retrieved October 17 2009 Irvine Chris July 8 2009 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince one of the most successful franchises of all time The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on May 30 2019 Retrieved August 2 2009 Kit Borys November 7 2022 Gears of War Video Game Franchise to Get Feature Film Animated Series Adaptations at Netflix Exclusive The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved November 8 2022 EA Ships Medal Of Honor Airborne For The PlayStation 3 To Store Shelves Nationwide Press release Electronic Arts November 20 2007 Archived from the original on July 10 2011 Retrieved March 21 2009 Electronic Arts Reports Q3 FY11 Financial Results EA com Electronic Arts February 1 2011 Archived from the original on February 8 2011 Retrieved August 23 2015 Medal of Honor Hot Pursuit ship 5 million GameSpot February 1 2011 Archived from the original on March 2 2014 Retrieved February 3 2011 Analyst Medal of Honor Warfighter shipped 3 million copies Archived March 1 2014 at archive today by Eddie Makuch on January 7 2013 RPG Codex Report A Codexian Visit to inXile Entertainment Archived January 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine Brian Fargo 400 000 sounds about right I remember Fallout 1 sold 600 000 units and Planescape sold less than that Baldur s Gate 1 was our big seller That was over a million copies April 2017 Desslock s Ramblings RPG Sales Figures Fallout and Fallout 2 which are considered to be two of the best RPGs released in recent years sold approximately 144 000 and 123 000 copies respectively in PC Data s tracked data Very good sales especially since the overall figures are likely double those amounts but considerably below the sales volumes for true blockbuster titles May 2000 Timeline of Game Development in Australia Micro Forte releases Fallout Tactics the next release in Interplay s fallout franchise which sells over 300 000 units and goes to No 2 in the US sales charts January 2008 Fallout 4 could be a bigger hit than Skyrim Fallout 3 2008 surpassed Oblivion selling 12 4 million copies Fallout New Vegas 2010 the only game on this list not actually developed by Bethesda Game Studios performed just slightly lower selling 11 6 million copies from its 2010 release date to now November 2015 Fallout 4 Surpasses Skyrim To Become Bethesda s Most Successful Game Ever Archived October 14 2018 at the Wayback Machine Fallout 4 which came out in November 2015 shipped 12 million copies on launch day though Bethesda has not provided a hard sales figure for the game since Worldwide digital games market November 2018 Archived February 7 2019 at the Wayback Machine Battlefield V and Fallout 76 launches fail to meet franchise benchmarks We estimate Battlefield V and Fallout 76 sold 1 9 million and 1 4 million digital units respectively across console and PC at launch Both are down from Battlefield 1 and Fallout 4 Integrated Report 2021 PDF Sega Sammy Holdings Archived PDF from the original on October 22 2021 Retrieved October 21 2021 Square Enix Annual Report 2022 PDF Retrieved October 30 2022 a b Remo 2008 Does not include digital sales Chris Remo Analysis Valve s Lifetime Retail Sales For Half Life Counter Strike Franchises Exclusive Archived October 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Gamasutra December 3 2008 Remo 2008 Does not include digital sales Note that going by the corresponding figures this not appear to include sales of the Counter Strike Source retail copies that were bundled with every retail version of Half Life 2 Thorsen Tor Valve readying Half Life 2 bundles Counter Strike Source available next week Archived April 12 2019 at the Wayback Machine Gamespot September 29 2004 Richard Scott Jones With 25 million sold is CS GO the bestselling game on PC Archived October 27 2016 at the Wayback Machine October 26 2016 Accessed April 12 2019 Total was tabulated prior to the game transitioning to free to play Makuch Eddie August 12 2011 Counter Strike Global Offensive firing up early 2012 GameSpot CBS Interactive Inc Archived from the original on March 16 2014 Retrieved August 18 2014 Dwight Howard Named Cover Athlete of EA Sports NBA Live 10 Electronic Arts June 11 2009 Archived from the original on June 15 2009 Retrieved August 3 2009 a b Lada Jenni October 28 2022 Persona 5 Games and Spin offs Sales Figures Pass 7 22 Million Siliconera Retrieved October 28 2022 ega Sammy Holdings Annual Integrated Report 2021 PDF SegaSammy Archived PDF from the original on October 22 2021 Retrieved October 21 2021 Embracer Group Annual Report 2019 2020 PDF Embracer Group AB p 20 Archived PDF from the original on September 26 2020 Retrieved September 10 2020 Bandai s History Bandai November 2004 Archived from the original on March 26 2009 Retrieved March 21 2009 Gundam sales from 2004 to 2012 Famitsu sales data for Japan Garaph Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved May 20 2012 Top selling Gundam titles from 2004 to 2009 2004 Top 100 Best Selling Japanese Console Games The Magic Box January 2 2005 Archived from the original on October 2 2018 Retrieved March 16 2012 924 004 SD Gundam G Generation Seed 406 618 Mobile Suit Gundam Gundam vs Zeta Gundam 299 101 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Never Ending Tomorrow 218 285 2005 Top 100 Best Selling Japanese Console Games The Magic Box December 25 2005 Archived from the original on October 2 2018 Retrieved March 16 2012 1 215 564 Mobile Suit Gundam The One Year War 436 411 Gundam Seed Rengou vs Z A F T 417 191 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Generation of C E 181 576 MS Saga A New Dawn 180 386 Famitsu 2008 Top 100 Console Games Japan The Magic Box 2008 Archived from the original on December 19 2017 Retrieved March 16 2012 1 267 602 Mobile Suit Gundam Gundam vs Gundam 357 783 Gundam Musou Special 277 182 Gundam Battle Universe 252 092 Gundam Musou 2 206 438 Giren no Yabou Axis no Kyoui 174 107 Famitsu 2009 Top 100 Console Games Japan The Magic Box 2009 Archived from the original on November 16 2018 Retrieved March 16 2012 1 062 149 Mobile Suit Gundam Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus 339 034 SD Gundam G Generation Wars 307 754 Mobile Suit Gundam Senki 233 473 Kidō Senshi Gundam Senjō no Kizuna 181 888 The Last of Us 2 Has Sold an Impressive 10 Million Copies on PS4 Push Square June 9 2022 Archived from the original on June 10 2022 Retrieved June 9 2022 MGM and EON Grant Activision Rights to James Bond Video Game License Press release Activision May 3 2006 Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved March 21 2009 Iwata Edward March 9 2008 Executive Suite Tony Hawk leaps to top of financial empire USA Today Archived from the original on September 27 2012 Retrieved March 21 2009 EA Los Angeles Announces the Development of Command amp Conquer 4 Press release Electronic Arts July 9 2009 Archived from the original on July 10 2011 Retrieved July 11 2009 Ohannessian Kevin July 28 2014 Walking Dead game episodes sell 28 million will have season 3 Tech Times Archived from the original on March 1 2021 Retrieved April 28 2020 IR Information Financial Data Top Selling Title Sales Units Nintendo DS Software Nintendo Archived from the original on October 16 2021 Retrieved October 23 2021 These Are the Best Selling Wii U and 3DS Nintendo Games Archived January 13 2019 at the Wayback Machine GameSpot Chris Remo Analysis Valve s Lifetime Retail Sales For Half Life Counter Strike Franchises Exclusive Archived October 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Gamasutra December 3 2008 Does not include digital sales 1 1 million Opposing Force 0 8 million Blue Shift does not count digital copies Decay was bundled with the PlayStation 2 port of Half Life and thus is not counted separately Remo 2008 Chiang Oliver The Master of Online Mayhem Archived March 7 2017 at the Wayback Machine Forbes February 9 2011 Figure is for all versions of the game up to Feb 2011 Figure for retail copies only was 6 5 million for standalone Half Life 2 packages and 3 million as part of The Orange Box as of December 2008 Remo 2008 All retail copies of Half Life 2 also came bundled with a copy of Counter Strike Source a remake of Half Life Counter Strike Thorsen Tor Valve readying Half Life 2 bundles Counter Strike Source available next week Archived April 12 2019 at the Wayback Machine Gamespot September 29 2004 Does not include digital sales Remo 2008 Half Life 2 Episode One and Episode Two were sold as part of the Orange Box which is counted as one product here to avoid double counting does not include digital Remo 2008 Makuch Eddie February 12 2013 Kinect sales reach 24 million GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on March 3 2014 Retrieved February 8 2014 Sinclair Brendan August 19 2011 Kinect Sports scores 3 million sales Dance Central sells 2 5 million Gamespot Archived from the original on January 25 2019 Retrieved April 22 2015 IR Information Financial Data Top Selling Title Sales Units Wii U Software Nintendo Retrieved September 12 2022 IR Information Sales Data Top Selling Title Sales Units Nintendo Retrieved September 12 2022 Norman Jim Splatoon 3 Sold Almost 8 Million Units In September 2022 NintendoLife Retrieved November 8 2022 Gaudiosi John Sony PlayStation Franchise Ratchet And Clank Goes Hollywood With 3D Feature Film Forbes Archived from the original on April 23 2019 Retrieved September 3 2017 Activision and Marvel Entertainment Expand Alliance and Extend Interactive Rights for Spider Man and X Men Franchises Deal Extends Relationship Through 2017 Press release Activision November 11 2005 Archived from the original on August 22 2007 Retrieved March 21 2009 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Announced Ships in June Press release Electronic Arts January 21 2010 Archived from the original on January 31 2013 Stapleton Dan February 25 2011 Interview Chris Taylor on Age of Empires Online PC Gamer Archived from the original on March 12 2020 Retrieved February 11 2020 シリーズ実績 ドラゴンクエスト 本編 スピンオフ 番外編ほか in Japanese gameyam com February 7 2013 Archived from the original on September 21 2020 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b c 1999年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b 2002年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 Sony PS2 Japanese Ranking Japan GameCharts com Archived from the original on December 16 2008 Retrieved September 4 2020 FY2004 First Half Results Analyst Meeting PDF Square Enix Square Enix Co Ltd November 19 2004 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on August 14 2021 Retrieved August 23 2020 FY2006 First Half Period ResultsBriefing Session PDF Square Enix Square Enix Co Ltd November 20 2006 p 6 Archived PDF from the original on January 25 2021 Retrieved August 23 2020 a b 風来のシレン5が売れなかった理由を考える in Japanese Archived from the original on December 3 2020 Retrieved August 21 2020 2007年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500 ファミ通版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 21 2020 スパイク チュンソフト スマホゲーム版 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン の販売数10万本突破を発表 2週間限定で価格が980円となる記念セールを本日9月17日 木 より実施 in Japanese AppMajin Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved September 17 2020 a b 2001年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b 2009年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000 メディアクリエイト版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b 2004年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 2010年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000 ファミ通版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 21 2020 a b 2011年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000 メディアクリエイト版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b 2012年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000 メディアクリエイト版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン5plus フォーチュンタワーと運命のダイス 全世界累計出荷数が50万本を突破 最大50 OFFの記念セールを開催 in Japanese Spike Chunsoft Retrieved December 23 2022 ポポロクロイス牧場物語 4万6000本 デビル メイ クライ 4 スペシャルエディション 3万5000本の ゲームソフト週間販売ランキング Media Create Co Ltd in Japanese 4gamer June 24 2015 Archived from the original on November 8 2020 Retrieved September 19 2020 ゲーム販売本数ランキング in Japanese Famitsu Archived from the original on December 14 2020 Retrieved December 18 2020 Shiren the Wanderer The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Steam Spy Archived from the original on June 27 2021 Retrieved December 31 2020 1998年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP100 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 2008年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500 メディアクリエイト版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 Results Briefing Session The First Half of the Fiscal Year ending March 31 2009 PDF Square Enix Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd November 7 2008 p 7 Archived PDF from the original on November 16 2008 Retrieved December 26 2008 2009年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP1000 ファミ通版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 22 2020 a b ゲーム販売本数ランキング PS4 Switch 3DS in Japanese Famitsu Archived from the original on May 4 2019 Retrieved August 24 2020 a b c d 2015CESAゲーム白書 2015 CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association July 27 2015 ISBN 978 4 902346 32 9 Reggy September 6 2017 Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 Debuts with 30k Copies Sold in Japan Persona Central Retrieved December 25 2022 ウイニングイレブン 2018 合計7万7000本 メトロイド サムスリターンズ アンチャーテッド 古代神の秘宝 もランクインの 週間販売ランキング Media Create Co Ltd in Japanese 4gamer September 20 2017 Archived from the original on January 9 2021 Retrieved August 21 2020 2015年テレビゲームソフト売り上げランキング ファミ通版 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 a b Lada Jenni August 22 2016 Mystery Chronicle One Way Heroics Receiving A Limited Run Games Release Siliconera Archived from the original on August 4 2020 Retrieved August 23 2020 Mystery Chronicle One Way Heroics Steam Spy Retrieved February 4 2022 Nintendo Gamecube Japanese Ranking Garaph Media Create May 6 2007 Archived from the original on February 18 2013 Retrieved May 29 2008 2020CESAゲーム白書 2020 CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association 2020 ISBN 978 4 902346 42 8 Top Selling Title Sales Units Nintendo September 30 2019 Retrieved October 31 2019 Financial Results Explanatory Material 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2022 PDF Nintendo December 31 2021 Retrieved February 3 2022 a b KONAMI CORPORATION Form 20 F Filing Date Jul 22 2005 secdatabase com Archived from the original on May 16 2018 Retrieved May 15 2018 Computer Games Best Selling Flight Simulator Guinness World Records 2001 Guinness 2000 p 121 ISBN 978 0 85112 102 4 真 三國無双 シリーズ20周年記念サイトが公開 アニメ 銀河英雄伝説 Die Neue These コラボや舞台情報も ゲーム エンタメ最新情報のファミ通 com Archived from the original on August 18 2020 Retrieved January 20 2021 Fact Book 2021 Bandai Namco Group 2021 p 3 Archived from the original on October 19 2021 Retrieved October 2 2021 Marlowe Chris August 4 2006 Project 51 to Explore Castlevania Storyline GameDaily Archived from the original on January 16 2009 Retrieved March 21 2009 Konami s Frogger and Castlevania Nominated for Walk of Game Star Press release Konami October 11 2005 Archived from the original on February 2 2013 Retrieved March 21 2009 Manhattan Requiem for iPhone CNET Archived from the original on November 8 2012 Retrieved February 6 2012 Manhattan Requiem iTunes Store Archived from the original on April 29 2013 Retrieved February 6 2012 Derek dela Fuente February 26 2004 Exclusive David Jones Interview Feature Total Video Games Archived from the original on February 21 2009 Retrieved March 21 2009 Fletcher JC December 3 2007 Celebrating Simple series sales Engadget Verizon Media Archived from the original on August 6 2020 Retrieved August 6 2020 Alexander Leigh December 3 2009 SingStar Franchise Hits 20 Million Units Gamasutra Archived from the original on October 24 2018 Retrieved December 3 2009 Gamers Join SpongeBob in His Search for the World s Oldest Bubble in SpongeBob s Atlantis SquarePantis Press release THQ October 24 2007 Archived from the original on February 5 2015 Retrieved March 21 2009 Spyro the Dragon to Scorch Wendy s Restaurants This Fall Press release Sierra Entertainment October 12 2007 Archived from the original on October 14 2007 Retrieved March 21 2009 Berman Nat How Much is the Mass Effect Franchise Worth Archived April 14 2019 at the Wayback Machine Money Inc October 2018 At least 2 5 million physical copies of Mass Effect Andromeda sold in as of May 2017 and over 349 000 PC digital copies sold through as of March 2017 total figure is unknown 2 5 million copies sold in of May 2017 Ciaccia Chris May 14 2017 5 ETFs to Buy If You Love EA s Fourth Quarter Earnings Archived from the original on September 8 2018 Retrieved January 11 2019 349 000 PC digital copies sold as of March 2019 Fischer Tyler April 28 2017 SuperData Digital Sales March 2017 Ghost Recon Wildlands Tops Sales Charts Market Increases 7 Year on Year DualShocker Archived from the original on January 5 2020 Retrieved September 27 2017 Sun Leo What EA Must Do to Make Mass Effect 4 a Blockbuster The Motley Fool Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved September 13 2015 14 million copies of the first three games sold as of June 2017 EA and BP collaborate to include climate education in SimCity Societies Press release Electronic Arts October 10 2007 Archived from the original on October 23 2021 Retrieved March 21 2009 Matulef Jeffrey July 24 2013 SimCity sold over 2 million copies Eurogamer Gamer Network Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved July 25 2013 O Connor James May 14 2020 Ubisoft Has 11 Games That Have Sold Over 10 Million Copies This Gen And Some Are Surprising GameSpot Archived from the original on May 21 2020 Retrieved October 10 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of best selling video game franchises amp oldid 1132422415, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.