List of best-selling video games

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This is a list of video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies on a single platform (unless otherwise noted), including the top ten best-selling franchises.

Contents

[edit] Consoles

[edit] Atari

[edit] Atari 2600

Atari 2600 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Mattel

[edit] Intellivision

Intellivision games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Microsoft

[edit] Xbox

Xbox games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Xbox 360

The top selling Xbox 360 games.

Total Xbox Live Arcade games downloaded (including free demos) as of March 6, 2007: 25 million.[39]

[edit] Nintendo

Total games Nintendo has sold as of December 14, 2009: 3.2 billion.[40]

[edit] Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of June 30, 2008: 500.01 million.[53]

[edit] Family Computer Disk System

Disk System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The top 10 selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System games.

Total Super Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of June 30, 2008: 379.06 million.[53]

[edit] Nintendo 64

The top 10 best selling Nintendo 64 games.

Total Nintendo 64 games sold as of June 30, 2008: 224.97 million.[53]

[edit] Nintendo GameCube

The top 10 selling Nintendo GameCube games.

Total Nintendo GameCube games sold as of June 30, 2008: 208.56 million.[53][69]

[edit] Wii

The top 10 selling Wii games.

Total Wii games sold as of December 31, 2009: 509.66 million.[73]

Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million[74]

[edit] Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Top ten Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.

Total Game Boy and Game Boy Color games sold as of June 30, 2008: 501.11 million.[53]

[edit] Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total Game Boy Advance games sold as of March 31, 2009: 377.28 million.[93][94]

[edit] Nintendo DS

Top ten Nintendo DS games.

Total Nintendo DS games sold as of December 31, 2009: 688.29 million.[73]

[edit] Sega

[edit] Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Dreamcast

Dreamcast games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

[edit] Sony

[edit] PlayStation

The top ten best-selling PlayStation video games.

Total PlayStation games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 962 million.[114]

[edit] PlayStation 2

The top ten best-selling PlayStation 2 video games.

Total PlayStation 2 games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 1.24 billion.[128]

[edit] PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total PlayStation 3 games sold as of June 30, 2009: 142.4 million.[146]

[edit] PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total PlayStation Portable games shipped as of December 31, 2008: 200 million.[159]

[edit] Top 20 console games of all time

The 20 best-selling console/handheld games, not originally bundled.

1. Wii Play (Wii – 26.71 million)[70]
2. Wii Fit (Wii – 22.56 million)[70]
3. Nintendogs (DS – 22.27 million, all five versions combined)[71]
4. New Super Mario Bros. (DS – 21.39 million)[70]
5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii – 21.22 million)[70]
6. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy – 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[46] 9.85 million in US)[19]
7. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS – 18.59 million)[70]
8. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 18 million)[107]
9. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS – 17.39 million)[72]
10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 17.33 million)[115]
11. Mario Kart DS (DS – 17.28 million)[70]
12. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 – 14.89 million shipped)[104]
13. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color – 14.51 million approximately: 7.6 million in US,[19] 6.91 million in Japan)[46]
14. Super Mario Land (Game Boy – 14 million)[107]
15. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS – 13.71 million)[71]
16. Wii Sports Resort (Wii – 13.58 million)[70]
17. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA – 13 million)[79]
18. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (GBA – 11.82 million)[72]
19. Super Mario 64 (N64 – 11 million)[107]
20. Gran Turismo (PS1 – 10.85 million shipped)[104][105]

[edit] Bundled games

Games that were originally bundled at launch and have sold or shipped at least ten million copies.

[edit] By genre

[edit] PC

The ten best-selling PC games. Please note that the sales figures for expansion packs are not used in calculation of the sales figure for the original game (with the exception of StarCraft and Guild Wars).

[edit] Top PC sellers by genre

[edit] Mobile phone

[edit] Franchises

Top ten best-selling video game franchises:

  1. Mario (222 million)[186]
  2. Pokémon (193 million)[187]
  3. Tetris (125 million)[75]
  4. The Sims (125 million)[188]
  5. Need for Speed (100 million)[189]
  6. Final Fantasy (92 million)[190]
  7. Madden NFL (75 million)[191]
  8. Grand Theft Auto (70 million)[192]
  9. FIFA (65 million)[193]
  10. The Legend of Zelda (59 million)[194]

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