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2.72 million 360, 2.20 million PS3, 0.66 million Wii, 0.59 million PSP
Slight downward adjustment on the Wii version of this game has not stopped it from selling on every other platform. It continues to climb, and it looks like it's status in the top 50 is fairly secure. Madden continues to represent! June Writeup: This game is the sole representative of the gridiron on this list, which is still mighty impressive considering how much fewer people watch American football. This game won't remain in the top 50 by gen's end, and then the list will be sadly empty of good old fashioned American pig-skin. |
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1.69 million PS3, 1.46 million 360, 1.15 million PSP, 1.00 million Wii, 0.85 million DS
Incidentally this game also fell quite a few places. Expect it to keep falling. June Writeup: I don't know a lot about FIFA, or futbol, or anything like that. I know they sell a lot of games! This game sold a lot, you guys. |
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3.38 million 360, 2.72 million PS3
Howdy, Mr. Marston. Red Dead Redemption has blasted its way up the ranks, and will continue to do so, having lifted most of the sandbox sales from Grand Theft Auto IV. Also, I'd like to say this game is awesome. Great Western game, and its sales reflect how it appeals to an underserved genre. |
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Gears of War, like Big Brain Academy, has stalled out. Hard as it might be to imagine, this game may not hold onto its spot in the top 50 forever. Gears 2 may actually end up surpassing it before Gears 3 lands, which isn't something I anticipated in June. June Writeup: I love me some Gears. A lot of people do. Before Halo 3, this was the game to own on the system, the game that, for better or worse, helped shaped the public perception of the systemfor a couple of years. It's still appreciated for its highly polished co-op mode, continues to sell in small amounts to this day. Nearly four years after its launch it may finally be coming to a rest, but that's all right: it did everything it needed to do. |
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2.47 million PS3, 2.07 million 360, 1.05 million PSP, 0.43 mllion DS
FIFA 09 hasn't stalled out just yet, but 10 has definitely cannibalized its sales and it will continue to fall down the list. June Writeup: You know, every single FIFA game that released primarily on current-gen systems made this list. What does that say? Something about loving futbol. |
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Still Gears of War, only moreso. It's sold 160 thousand units since June, and should get in a few hundred thousand more in the year before Gears 3 release. June Writeup: It was Gears of War, only moreso. We were promised a game that was bigger, badder, and more bad-ass, and we got exactly that. With a third game announced, it will be interesting to see if the series's momentum can carry through another iteration, and whether or not Gears 2 can stay in the top 50 over time. We'll probably know by the end of the year. |
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4.28 million PS3, 1.55 million 360
It's still here, darth! It's climbed a couple of places, leapfrogging Twilight Princess in the process. It's sold 400 thousand since June, and its holiday legs will likely be indicative of how far it will ultimately go. It should pass up 6 million very briskly, but is 7 possible? Only time will tell. June Writeup: Okay, darth! It made it. Just barely. This is the best-selling tv-connected-console RPG of the generation, and te only representative of its franchise on this list. As first Final Fantasy entries in a generation go its performance has been relatively poor, but it may nont be fair to compare it to Final Fantasies VII and X. It will continue to sell for some time, easily waltzing past 6 million sales, and should stay in the top 50 for at least another year or so. |
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120 thousand units sold since June, Twilight Princess is still going strong - but not nearly strong enough to hold onto its spot in the top 50. After four years of clinging onto its spot, it will finally slip off altogether. With the Gamecube sales included, this game sits at 7.24 million sales - it's possible that within another year or two, it could pass up Ocarina of Time. But that doesn't matter for this list. I don't know why I'm talking about it. Okay, yes, I do know. It's okay, TP! I still love you! You're #33 in my heart! June Writeup: This game may not have captured people's imaginations to the same degree as Mario Galaxy, but by God it's managed to do enough. It's clung tenaciously to the top 50 list for the entire length of its release in November of 2006, and even though its eventual fall from the list is a foregone conclusion it may be able to hold on for a few more months if it sees a boost in the wake of the Zelda Wii announcement. A more interesting question might be whether or not Zelda Wii can tap into the mainstream that Zelda has always just barely missed, bringing the series to new heights. This game, when counting Gamecube sales, has sold 7.12 million copies, making it the second-best-selling game in the franchise. |
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This is the least of the mainline Halo games. Of all the games on this list, it was the most handicapped: a lot of consumers seemed to think it was just an expansion. But it proved itself, carved out its niche, and has clawed its way into the top 50. How long will it stay? No telling. But this is the little Halo that could. |
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3.30 million 350, 2.30 million PS3
Still the other best-selling console RPG of the generation, Fallout 3 has clung onto its spot like a man clinging to rad-free water. New Vegas may inadvertently cause it to slip from the top 50, but for now? Pip Boy is proud. June Writeup: The other best-selling console RPG of the generation, this game just barely edges out Halo 3: ODST for the 50th spot. It's not going to stay, but that's more of a testament to the ferocity of this generation's sales environment than it is a slight against the game, which has performed beyond all expectations. God's speed, Pip Boy. God's speed. |
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