List of best selling video games

superfly

some are shipped games, so all those Pac-man carts buried in the desert make the list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games

Retr0gamer

Pac-man was never buried in the desert. It sold well but was utter ****e. ET was buried in the desert though. Well I think so anyway.

Some really poor games that sold well though like Wii Play but good to see it's usually top quality software like Pokemon and Mario 3.

superfly

sorry you're right, i was getting my 80's games characters mixed up

Retr0gamer

I think the figures for ET are the sold figures as well because 8 million cartridges were made of the game. They sold 4 million but over 2 million were returned by disgusted customers meaning the figure of 1.5 million is about right. The rest of the cartridges got buried.

Jazzy

the fact that Derby Stallion 96 apparantly sold more then Super Metroid makes me cry

tman

3 million copies of monster hunter freedom unite sold in Japan alone???:eek:

asdfgh86

Wii fit dwarfs most of them, apart from the Super Mario Bros on the Nes. That's broad appeal for you.

Retr0gamer

The Super Mario Bros. figure takes into account units sold as bundles and since SMB was with nealry every NES it's really high.

Atlas_IRL

17 of the top 20 best selling games of all time where either made by Nintendo or on Nintendo consoles

superfly

asdfgh86 wrote: »

Wii fit dwarfs most of them, .

it took me a while to figure out what you meant, i thought Nintendo had brought out a version for midgets

partyatmygaff

Wii play was for the extra controller likely, the gameplay wasn't all that.
Wii Fit was all for the hype and people thinking they could actually use instead of exercise.
Nintendogs - Well Em I dunno, Kids love it I suppose
Pokemon Red/GRN/BLU - Definitley deserves to be higher, say what you want about the series but the gameplay is one of a kind.

Note how neither the Xbox nor Xbox 360 have any places in the best selling games of all time

Nintendo wins on broad appeal for their software though. Theres alot of crap games but theres also the likes of mario/pokemon e.t.c. which have stood the test of time and are still some of the best games of all time.

johnny_adidas

if you looked at those figures literally, it suggests 42 million out of 50m Wii purchasers have not played Mario Galaxy :eek: , yet 22 million fatties thought they were getting fit/entertainment on a balance board!!

Retr0gamer

Super Mario Galaxy was only a very minor success. A real shame, it's one of the best games in a very long time. Just goes to show how many Wii's are owned by actual videogame fans.

johnny_adidas

yeah exactly such a crying shame that this game could've been experienced by so many people but hasnt

K.O.Kiki

Welcome to the future.

Davidius

I don't like the future. Can I make it go away?

Gummy Panda

tman wrote: »

3 million copies of monster hunter freedom unite sold in Japan alone???:eek:

Yep Monster Hunter Portable 2G is still in the charts.

Media Create Sales Nov 9-15

23./19. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom)

Cravez

tman wrote: »

3 million copies of monster hunter freedom unite sold in Japan alone???:eek:

The Japanese are absolutely nuts for Monster Hunter. I was over there at the Launch day of Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii. 18 wheeler trucks roaming the streets blaring the theme music, crowds of people at the shops lining up to buy it and staff at the stores climbing step ladders over the crowds and shouting into microphones, it was insane basically . They had a huge build up for it also in the months/weeks before the launch.

Monster Hunter Portable 2G (we call it Monster Hunter Freedom Unite here) was number one in the PSP charts in every shop i visted and it's been out quite a long term over there.

Nehaxak

Not a single Amiga game in that list ? :eek:

superfly

or Spectrum hmmmph!