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, including the top ten best-selling franchises.


Consoles

Atari

Atari 2600

Atari 2600

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

Mattel

Intellivision

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

Microsoft

Xbox

Xbox

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

Xbox 360

Xbox 360

Xbox 360 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total Xbox Live Arcade games downloaded (including free demos) as of March 6 2007: 25 million.[41]

Nintendo

Total games Nintendo has sold as of July 15 2008: 2.7 billion.[42]

Nintendo Entertainment System

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]

Famicom Disk System

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

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

North American Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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

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

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

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

Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

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

Total Nintendo GameCube games sold as of June 30 2008: 208.56 million.[53][79]

Wii

Wii

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

Total Wii games sold as of June 30 2008: 188.85 million.[53][79]
Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31 2007: over 10 million[90]

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Game Boy
Game Boy Color

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

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

Game Boy Advance

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 June 30 2008: 376.94 million.[53][79]

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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

Total Nintendo DS games sold as of June 30 2008: 406.19 million.[53][79]

Sega

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sega Mega Drive

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

Sega Saturn

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

Dreamcast

Sega Dreamcast

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

Sony

PlayStation

PlayStation

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

Total PlayStation games shipped as of March 312007: 962 million.[136]

PocketStation

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

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2 original model

PlayStation 2 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total PlayStation 2 games shipped as of March 312007: 1.24 billion.[172]

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

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

Total PlayStation 3 games sold as of June 302008: 94 million.[184]

PlayStation Portable

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

PlayStation Portable

Total PlayStation Portable games shipped as of March 312007: 101.4 million.[189]

Top 20 console games of all time

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

1. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy – 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[47] 9.85 million in US)[18]
2. Nintendogs (DS – 18.67 million)[81]
3. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 18 million)[44]
4. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 – 14.89 million shipped)[121]
5. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS – 14.77 million)[81]
6. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color – 14.51 million approximately: 7.6 million in US,[18] 6.91 million in Japan)[47]
7. New Super Mario Bros. (DS – 14.16 million)[81]
8. Super Mario Land (Game Boy – 14 million)[44]
9. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA – 13 million)[93]
10. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS – 12.98 million)[81]
11. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 – 12 million)[137]
12. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (GBA – 11.82 million)[81]
13. Wii Play (Wii – 11.51 million)[81]
14. Super Mario 64 (N64 – 11 million)[44]
15. Gran Turismo (PS1 – 10.85 million shipped)[121][122]
16. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS – 10.83 million)[81]
17. Mario Kart DS (DS – 10.45 million)[81]
18. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES – 10 million)[44]
19. Final Fantasy VII (PS1 – 9.8 million, includes Final Fantasy VII International)[123]
20. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS – 9.53 million)[81]

Bundled games

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

By genre

PC

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PC

This is an incomplete list of PC games (including Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. 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).

Top PC sellers by genre

Mobile phone

Franchises

Top ten best-selling video game franchises:

  1. Mario (200 million)[266]
  2. Pokémon (180 million)[267]
  3. The Sims (100 million)[268]
  4. Final Fantasy (85 million)[269]
  5. Need for Speed (80 million,[270] includes Need for Speed Underground)
  6. Grand Theft Auto (70 million)[160]
  7. Madden NFL (70 million)[271]
  8. Tetris (70 million)[272]
  9. FIFA (65 million)[273]
  10. Tom Clancy (55 million)[274]

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