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Forums - Sales Discussion - Top 10 Best Selling 8th Gen Games

Felt like doing another sales thread. Top 10 best selling 8th gen games, according to VGChartz figures, so no digital. First, games that are exclusive to the 8th gen (PC doesn't count as it transcends standard console generations.). Does not include remakes/remasters.

1. Pokemon X/Y 3DS 13.87m
2. Mario Kart 7 3DS 12.03m
3. Star Wars: Battlefront PS4,X1 10.85m
4. Super Mario 3D Land 3DS 10.75m
5. Fallout 4 PS4,X1 10.66m
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS 9.71m
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS 8.96m
8. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS 3DS 7.35m
9. Assassin's Creed Unity PS4,X1 7.3m
10. Mario Kart 8 WiiU 6.86m

Note: Including remakes would include Pokemon OmegaRuby/Alpha Sapphire at 10.45m, 6th.

Now a Top 10 list that includes new gen exclusive games and new gen only sales (PS4,X1,WiiU,3DS,Vita) of cross gen games. This does include remakes/remasters.

Game System(s) Sales Sales including last gen + PC
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 PS4,X1 20.29m 23.88m
2. Grand Theft Auto V PS4,X1 15.82m 54.4m
3. Pokemon X/Y 3DS 13.87m 13.87m
4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare PS4,X1 12.67m 21.78m
5. Mario Kart 7 3DS 12.03m 12.03m
6. Destiny (including The Taken King) PS4,X1 11.68m 16.07m
7. FIFA 16 PS4,X1 11.02m 15.33m
8. Super Mario 3D Land 3DS 10.75m 10.75m
9. Star Wars: Battlefront PS4,X1 10.85m 11.37m
10. Fallout 4  PS4,X1 10.66m 11.82m

Note: Combining both Smash Wii U and Smash 3DS as VGChartz does puts it at 12.29m, which would be #2 and #5, respectively. Seperating Destiny and Destiny: The Taken King removes it from the list, and Pokemon OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire is added.

*An idea I got from alabtrosMyster, a top 10 for 8th gen exclusives, home consoles only. No remakes/remasters or collections

1. Star Wars: Battlefront PS4,X1 10.85m
2. Fallout 4 PS4,X1 10.66m
3. Assassin's Creed Unity PS4,X1 7.3m
4. Mario Kart 8 WiiU 6.86m
5. New Super Mario Bros. U WiiU 5.15m
6. Tom Clancy's The Division PS4,X1 5.13m
7. Batman: Arkham Knight PS4,X1 5.06m
8. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U WiiU 4.94m
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PS4,X1 4.7m
10. Nintendo Land WiiU 4.43m

This really does hammer home how many of the top selling games are cross gen. It'll be interesting to see how this changes as PS4 gets more exclusives and as more new gen only games come out.

* Another new idea popped up. I'm sure somebody's already done it, but I'm adding a list of top 10 8th gen, single console exclusives, and for sake of the list being even remotely interesting, discounting 3DS. No remakes/remasters or collections. Games with a PC version only count the console version.

1. Mario Kart 8 WiiU 6.86m
2. New Super Mario Bros. U WiiU 5.15m
3. Super Smash Bros for Wii U WiiU 4.94m
4. Nintendo Land WiiU 4.43m
5. Splatoon WiiU 4.42m
6. Super Mario 3D World WiiU 4.2m
7. Halo 5: Guardians XB1 3.98m
8. Super Mario Maker WiiU 3.08m
9. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End PS4 2.98m
10. Infamous: Second Son PS4 2.75m

Thoughts?



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BraLoD said:
FIFA 16 has 10.46M on PS4 and XBO combined.

Oh lord, what the hell was I looking at? Thanks for the catch!



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Most of the top ten needed Xbone+PS4. Seeing the 3DS managing to sell games so well is a great sign. I'm really hoping the next handheld does well and sells at least 50 million



 

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GTA 5 it's a beast. I wonder how much money Rockstar has made with GTA 5.



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finalrpgfantasy said:
GTA 5 it's a beast. I wonder how much money Rockstar has made with GTA 5.

As of May 2014, the game made over $1.98 billion in revenue. So minus the $250k from initial development, whatever it cost them to make the DLC, and add the additional almost 2 years worth of sales and revenue, and I think a safe answer is a lot.



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hershel_layton said:
Most of the top ten needed Xbone+PS4. Seeing the 3DS managing to sell games so well is a great sign. I'm really hoping the next handheld does well and sells at least 50 million

Yea, there's a good chance Pokemon X/Y will be there for most of the console generation at least.



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Still wondering if Smash Wii U would've done well if the 3DS version didn't exist.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

Ultrashroomz said:
Still wondering if Smash Wii U would've done well if the 3DS version didn't exist.

What do you mean? Didn't both versions do well?

 



 

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Megaoverlord12 said:
finalrpgfantasy said:
GTA 5 it's a beast. I wonder how much money Rockstar has made with GTA 5.

As of May 2014, the game made over $1.98 billion in revenue. So minus the $250k from initial development, whatever it cost them to make the DLC, and add the additional almost 2 years worth of sales and revenue, and I think a safe answer is a lot.

No way it only costed 250k to make. I heard the amount of money it costed to make GTA was was close to the amount a blockbuster would need(200+ million).



 

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12/22/2016- Made a bet with Ganoncrotch that the first 6 months of 2017 will be worse than 2016. A poll will be made to determine the winner. Loser has to take a picture of them imitating their profile picture.