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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 Minecraft, a sandbox video game originally released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 2011. The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms, selling 200 million copies, including cheaper paid mobile game downloads. Grand Theft Auto V and the Tetris (EA) mobile game are the only other video games to have sold over 100 million copies. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.
Of the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, half were developed or published by Nintendo, including most of the top ten. Several games were published by Nintendo and their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with five games each, and Electronic Arts, Sega and Sony Computer Entertainment with two games each. Aside from Nintendo's internal development teams, Game Freak is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with five from the Pokémon series. The oldest game in the top 50 is Frogger, which was released in June 1981.
Games reported on by player count instead of official sales figures, such as registered accounts, subscriptions, or free-to-play ownership, are included on the list of most-played video games by player count instead. Games reported on by gross revenue are included on the list of highest-grossing arcade games, list of highest-grossing mobile games and list of highest-grossing video game franchises.
List
See also
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of highest-grossing mobile games
- List of highest-grossing video game franchises
- List of most-played mobile games by player count
- List of most-played video games by player count
- Lists of best-selling video games by platform
Notes
- ^ a b Only developers and publishers for the original release of each game are listed, except where noted otherwise.
- ^ Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[1] and the full release on November 18, 2011, the game first accepted pre-orders on June 13, 2009, so it started accumulating sales at that time.[2]
- ^ Super Mario Bros. sold 40.24 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[8] and 660,000 units on Wii Virtual Console,[9] Super Mario Bros. Deluxe version sold 5.07 million units on Game Boy Color, and Classic NES Series port sold 2.27 million units on Game Boy Advance.[10]
- ^ Red, Green, Blue and Yellow versions sold 46.02 million units on Game Boy[11][12] and 1.5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.[13]
- ^ Tetris (Game Boy) sold 35 million cartridges.[14] Tetris (NES) sold 8 million cartridges.[15]
- ^ Mario Kart 8 sold 8.45 million units[16] and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 24.77 million units.[17]
- ^ Gold and Silver versions sold 23.1 million units[12] and Crystal version sold 6.39 million units on Game Boy Color.[22]
- ^ Sun and Moon sold 16.18 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 8.77 million units.[29]
- ^ Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17.67 million units,[18] and Platinum version sold 7.06 million units.[30]
- ^ Sonic the Hedgehog sold 15 million units on Sega Genesis,[33] 482,960 units on Xbox Live Arcade,[34] 8 million paid mobile downloads up until 2008,[35] and over 500,000 paid Android downloads between 2013 and 2016.[36]
- ^ Ruby and Sapphire versions sold 16.22 million units[37] and Emerald version sold 6.32 million units on Game Boy Advance.[38]
- ^ Super Mario World sold 20.61 million units on Super Nintendo Entertainment System and 362,500 units on Wii Virtual Console.[9]
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[46] and 1 million units on Wii Virtual Console.[9]
- ^ Super Mario Land sold 18.14 million units on Game Boy,[48] and 230,500 units on 3DS Virtual Console.[49]
- ^ Gran Turismo 4 sold 11.76 million units and Gran Turismo 4 Prologue version sold 1.4 million units on PlayStation 2. Gran Turismo 4 Mobile version sold 4.67 million units on PlayStation Portable.[50]
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The real winners were Nintendo. To date, Nintendo dealers across the world have sold 8 million Tetris cartridges on the Nintendo Entertainment system.
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