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|[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']] |
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|''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' |
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| align="center" |<ref name="gta3">{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-violent-videogame-has-made-more-money-than-any-movie-ever-2018-04-06|title=This violent videogame has made more money than any movie ever |website=[[MarketWatch]] |date=April 9, 2018 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
| align="center" |<ref name="gta3">{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-violent-videogame-has-made-more-money-than-any-movie-ever-2018-04-06|title=This violent videogame has made more money than any movie ever |website=[[MarketWatch]] |date=April 9, 2018 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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| style="background:#FF9" |''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' {{Dagger|alt=Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime}} |
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| align="center" |<ref name="supermariotitles">{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/09/30-best-selling-super-mario-games-of-all-time-on-the-plumbers-30th-birthday/ |title=30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday |last=O'Malley |first=James |website=[[Gizmodo]] |date=September 11, 2015 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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| style="background:#FF9" |''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' {{Dagger|alt=Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime}} |
| style="background:#FF9" |''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' {{Dagger|alt=Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime}} |
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| style="background:#FF9" |''[[The Last of Us]]'' {{Dagger|alt=Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime}} |
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| align="center" |<ref name="thelastofus">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/14/the-last-of-us-has-sold-over-17-million-copies |title=The Last of Us Has Sold Over 17 Million Copies |website=[[IGN]] |date=June 14, 2018 |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> |
| align="center" |<ref name="thelastofus">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/14/the-last-of-us-has-sold-over-17-million-copies |title=The Last of Us Has Sold Over 17 Million Copies |website=[[IGN]] |date=June 14, 2018 |accessdate=June 15, 2018}}</ref> |
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|''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' {{Hash-tag|alt=Sales figure includes paid mobile downloads}} |
|''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' {{Hash-tag|alt=Sales figure includes paid mobile downloads}} |
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| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=Delivering Quality Games to Even More Customers |url=https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/ar2013/future/future_02.html |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |work=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=[[Sega Sammy Holdings]] |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'' was released as a paid download on iOS.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing' Review - A Fabulous Kart Racer |url=https://toucharcade.com/2011/06/23/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-review-a-fabulous-kart-racer/ |work=[[TouchArcade]] |date=June 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on the App Store |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing/id429208823 |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |work=[[App Store]]}}</ref>}} |
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=Delivering Quality Games to Even More Customers |url=https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/ar2013/future/future_02.html |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |work=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=[[Sega Sammy Holdings]] |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing'' was released as a paid download on iOS.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing' Review - A Fabulous Kart Racer |url=https://toucharcade.com/2011/06/23/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-review-a-fabulous-kart-racer/ |work=[[TouchArcade]] |date=June 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on the App Store |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing/id429208823 |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |work=[[App Store]]}}</ref>}} |
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|[[Pokémon X and Y|''Pokémon X'' and ''Y'']] |
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|[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']] |
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| align="center" |<ref name="pokemonsales">{{cite news |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/202366/Pokemon_X__Y_sell_4M_copies_in_first_weekend.php |title=Pokemon X & Y sell 4M copies in first weekend |last=Rose |first=Mike |website=[[Gamasutra]] |date=October 15, 2013 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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|''[[The Sims (video game)|The Sims]]'' |
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| align="center" |<ref name="thesims">{{cite news |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050207005389/en/Sims-Franchise-Celebrates-Anniversary-Continues-Break-Records |title=The Sims Franchise Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary and Continues to Break Records |website=[[Business Wire]] |date=February 7, 2005 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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| align="center" |<ref name="mostwanted">{{cite news |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/100-million-Need-for-Speed-Games-Have-Been-Sold-to-This-Day-125015.shtml |title=100 million Need for Speed Games Have Been Sold to This Day |last=Totu |first=Florian |website=[[Softpedia]] |date=October 22, 2009 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
| align="center" |<ref name="mostwanted">{{cite news |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/100-million-Need-for-Speed-Games-Have-Been-Sold-to-This-Day-125015.shtml |title=100 million Need for Speed Games Have Been Sold to This Day |last=Totu |first=Florian |website=[[Softpedia]] |date=October 22, 2009 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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This is a list of the best-selling video games of all time. The best-selling video game to date is Tetris, a tile-matching puzzle video game originally released for the Electronika 60 in 1984 and then popularised upon its Game Boy release in 1989.[1] The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms and sold in excess of 170 million copies,[2] including 100 million paid downloads on mobile phones[3] and 35 million as sales for the Game Boy version.[4] Minecraft is the only other video game to have sold over 100 million copies, with 144 million units sold as of January 2018.[5] The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.[6]
Of the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, over 20 were developed or published by Nintendo, including over half of the top ten. A further five games were published by their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision, Rockstar Games, and Electronic Arts. Aside from Nintendo's internal development teams, Game Freak is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with seven from the Pokémon series. The oldest game in the top 50 is Frogger, which was released in June 1981; the most recent entry is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which released in December 2017.
List
† | Game was shipped with a console during its lifetime | # | Sales figure includes paid mobile downloads |
No. | Sales | Title | Developer(s)[a] | Publisher(s)[a] | Release date | Platform(s) | Ref. |
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1 | 170,000,000 | Tetris †# | Elektronorgtechnica | Spectrum HoloByte[b] | June 6, 1984 | Multi-platform | [2] |
2 | 144,000,000 | Minecraft †# | Mojang | Mojang | November 18, 2011[c] | Multi-platform | [5][10] |
3 | 95,000,000 | Grand Theft Auto V † | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | September 17, 2013 | Multi-platform | [11] |
4 | 82,850,000 | Wii Sports † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 19, 2006 | Wii | [6] |
5 | 50,000,000 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds † | PUBG Corporation | PUBG Corporation | December 20, 2017 | Multi-platform | [12] |
6 | 40,240,000 | Super Mario Bros. † | Nintendo | Nintendo | September 13, 1985 | NES | [13] |
7 | 37,100,000 | Mario Kart Wii † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | April 10, 2008 | Wii | [6] |
8 | 33,080,000 | Wii Sports Resort † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | June 25, 2009 | Wii | [6] |
9 | 31,380,000 | Pokémon Red and Blue | Game Freak | Nintendo | February 27, 1996 | Game Boy | [14] |
10 | 30,800,000 | New Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | May 15, 2006 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
11 | 30,200,000 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 11, 2009 | Wii | [6] |
12 | 30,000,000 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | November 11, 2011 | Multi-platform | [16] |
13 | 28,300,000 | Duck Hunt † | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | April 21, 1984 | NES | [17] |
14 | 28,020,000 | Wii Play | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | December 2, 2006 | Wii | [6] |
15 | 27,500,000 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | October 26, 2004 | Multi-platform | [18] |
16 | 26,500,000 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 † | Infinity Ward Sledgehammer Games |
Activision | November 8, 2011 | Multi-platform | [19] |
17 | 26,200,000 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Treyarch | Activision | November 9, 2010 | Multi-platform | [19] |
18 | 25,000,000 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | April 29, 2008 | Multi-platform | [20] |
19 | 24,200,000 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Treyarch | Activision | November 12, 2012 | Multi-platform | [19] |
20 | 24,000,000 | FIFA 18 | EA Canada | Electronic Arts | September 29, 2017 | Multi-platform | [21] |
24,000,000 | Kinect Adventures! † | Good Science Studio | Microsoft Studios | November 4, 2010 | Xbox 360 | [22] | |
22 | 23,960,000 | Nintendogs † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | April 21, 2005 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
23 | 23,600,000 | Mario Kart DS † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 14, 2005 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
24 | 23,100,000 | Pokémon Gold and Silver | Game Freak | Nintendo | November 21, 1999 | Game Boy Color | [23] |
25 | 22,700,000 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 † | Infinity Ward | Activision | November 10, 2009 | Multi-platform | [19] |
26 | 22,670,000 | Wii Fit | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | December 1, 2007 | Wii | [6] |
27 | 21,130,000 | Wii Fit Plus | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | October 1, 2009 | Wii | [6] |
28 | 20,610,000 | Super Mario World † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | November 21, 1990 | Super NES | [24] |
29 | 20,000,000 | Frogger | Konami | Sega | June 5, 1981 | Multi-platform | [25][26] |
20,000,000 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | October 27, 2002 | Multi-platform | [27] | |
31 | 20,000,000 | Lemmings | DMA Design | Psygnosis | February 14, 1991 | Multi-platform | [28] |
32 | 20,000,000 | Terraria # | Re-Logic | Re-Logic | May 16, 2011 | Multi-platform | [29] |
33 | 19,010,000 | Brain Age | Nintendo SPD | Nintendo | May 19, 2005 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
34 | 19,000,000 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | Infinity Ward | Activision | November 5, 2013 | Multi-platform | [30] |
35 | 18,770,000 | Mario Kart 8 † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | May 29, 2014 | Multi-platform | [31][32] |
36 | 18,140,000 | Super Mario Land | Nintendo R&D1 | Nintendo | April 21, 1989 | Game Boy | [24] |
37 | 17,670,000 | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Game Freak | Nintendo | September 28, 2006 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
38 | 17,500,000 | Grand Theft Auto III | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | October 22, 2001 | Multi-platform | [33] |
39 | 17,280,000 | Super Mario Bros. 3 † | Nintendo R&D4 | Nintendo | October 23, 1988 | NES | [24] |
40 | 17,210,000 | Mario Kart 7 † | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | December 1, 2011 | Nintendo 3DS | [34] |
41 | 17,000,000 | The Last of Us † | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | June 14, 2013 | Multi-platform | [35] |
42 | 16,700,000 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing # | Sumo Digital | Sega | June 23, 2011 | iOS | [36][d] |
43 | 16,310,000 | Pokémon X and Y | Game Freak | Nintendo | October 12, 2013 | Nintendo 3DS | [34] |
44 | 16,220,000 | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Game Freak | Nintendo | November 21, 2002 | Game Boy Advance | [39] |
45 | 16,120,000 | Pokémon Sun and Moon | Game Freak | Nintendo | November 18, 2016 | Nintendo 3DS | [34] |
46 | 16,000,000 | The Sims | Maxis | Electronic Arts | January 31, 2000 | Multi-platform | [40] |
47 | 16,000,000 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | EA Black Box | Electronic Arts | November 11, 2005 | Multi-platform | [41] |
48 | 15,700,000 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Infinity Ward | Activision | November 5, 2007 | Multi-platform | [19] |
49 | 15,700,000 | Call of Duty: World at War | Treyarch | Activision | November 11, 2008 | Multi-platform | [19] |
50 | 15,640,000 | Pokémon Black and White | Game Freak | Nintendo | September 18, 2010 | Nintendo DS | [15] |
See also
- Lists of best-selling video games by platform
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of best-selling game consoles
- List of video games considered the best
Notes
- ^ a b Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise.
- ^ Tetris was originally licensed and published by Spectrum HoloByte, although other publishers of early ports of the game included Mirrorsoft, Infogrames and Bullet-Proof Software. In 1996, the license to Tetris was officially transferred to The Tetris Company, which would publish later releases of the title with Bullet-Proof Software.[7]
- ^ Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[8] and the 1.0 version on November 18, 2011, the first version of Minecraft which required a paid account was first publicly available on December 23, 2009,[9] therefore it started accumulating sales on that year.
- ^ Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was released as a paid download on iOS.[37][38]
References
- ^ Sparkes, Matthew (June 6, 2014). "Tetris at 30: a history of the world's most successful game". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Gera, Emily (May 21, 2014). "This is how Tetris wants you to celebrate for its 30th anniversary". Polygon. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ "Tetris sells 100 million on mobile devices". GameSpot. January 21, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (June 6, 2009). "Computer game Tetris celebrates 25 years". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Horti, Samuel. "Minecraft had 74 million active players in December, a new record for the game". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units - Wii Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Tetris Inventor Gets His Due in Historic Russia/US Joint Venture". PR Newswire. April 25, 1996. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Persson, Markus (May 17, 2009). "Minecraft 0.0.11a for public consumption : The Word of Notch". Tumblr. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Minecraft Wiki's contributors (January 19, 2014). "Version history/Indev - Minecraft Wiki". Minecraft Wiki. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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