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This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 200 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris mobile game are the only other known 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.
Among the top 50 best-selling video games on this list, half were developed or published by Nintendo, including six of the top ten; four Nintendo titles were published with their affiliate, The Pokémon Company. Other publishers with multiple entries in the top 50 include Activision and Rockstar Games with five games each, Electronic Arts with three games, and Namco Bandai and Sony with two games each. Nintendo EAD is the developer with the most games in the top 50, with thirteen titles on the list, followed by Game Freak with six Pokémon games. The oldest game in the top 50 is Pac-Man, which was released in July 1980.
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. For the best-selling video game franchises, see this list. Games reported on by gross revenue are included on the list of highest-grossing arcade games and list of highest-grossing mobile games.
List
See also
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of fastest-selling products
- List of highest-grossing media franchises
- List of most-played mobile 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.
- ^ The original PC version sold over 723 billion units, as of September 2021[update].[1]
- ^ a b c d e Including mobile downloads. Cite error: The named reference "Mobile" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Although Toyventure was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[2] 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.[3]
- ^ The original PC version sold over 33 million units, as of November 2019[update].[6]
- ^ Although Minecraft was first publicly available on May 17, 2009,[7] 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.[8]
- ^ Originally released on NES and arcade platforms.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. sold more than 50 million units worldwide up until 1996.[14] 660,000 units were later sold on Wii Virtual Console,[15] 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.[16]
- ^ Red, Green, Blue and Yellow versions sold 46.02 million units on Game Boy,[17][18] and 1.5 million units on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.[19]
- ^ Mario Kart 8 sold 8.45 million units[20] and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 37.08 million units.[21]
- ^ Tetris (Game Boy) sold 35 million cartridges.[22] Tetris (NES) sold 8 million cartridges.[23]
- ^ The Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man sold 7,956,413 cartridges by 1983.[24] The 1982 Coleco tabletop game sold 1.5 million units.[25] The Family Computer (Famicom) and Famicom Mini (Game Boy Advance) versions sold 598,679 copies in Japan,[26][27] and the 2004 Game Boy Advance re-release sold an additional 400,000 in North America.[28] Thunder Mountain's 1986 budget release for home computers sold over 500,000 copies.[29] The mobile phone version sold over 30 million units.[30]
- ^ Gold and Silver versions sold 23.1 million units[18] and Crystal version sold 6.39 million units on Game Boy Color.[38]
- ^ Super Mario World sold 20.61 million units on Super Nintendo Entertainment System[41] and 362,500 units on Wii Virtual Console,[15] and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 sold 5.69 million units on Game Boy Advance.[41]
- ^ Sun and Moon sold 16.25 million units and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sold 8.98 million units.[43]
- ^ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 23.20 million units on Nintendo Switch,[21] and 1.69 million units on Wii U.[45]
- ^ Diamond and Pearl versions sold 17.67 million units,[32] and Platinum version sold 7.06 million units.[46]
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 18 million units on Nintendo Entertainment System[47] and 1 million units on Wii Virtual Console,[15] and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 sold 5.4 million units on Game Boy Advance.[16]
- ^ Sonic the Hedgehog sold 15 million units on Sega Genesis,[50] 482,960 units on Xbox Live Arcade,[51] 8 million paid mobile downloads up until 2008,[52] and over 500,000 paid Android downloads between 2013 and 2016.[53]
- ^ Ruby and Sapphire versions sold 16.22 million units[54] and Emerald version sold 6.32 million units on Game Boy Advance.[55]
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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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