Best selling franchises of the 6th generation

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What franchises sold most in the 6th gen is something that people on VGChartz have had some tremendous mistakes about. I was in a thread where people claimed that GT was the best selling franchise, and some people even claimed it was Halo!

Do you know which sold better in the 6th gen? Mario or Grand Theft Auto? What was the best selling racer? Personally, I was wrong on both.

So, a thread listing the best sellers. As the games database still doesn't have a total of the sales of games that matched your search, I'm using million sellers only.

I count all games that have its name in the title (Mario and Sonic at the Olympicswould have been counted for both). Mario would not count in Smash Bros.

Also be aware that there may be some mistakes in the numbers, so if you bother, feel free to correct my mistakes.

 

Total.

1. Mario - 57.3M (28.9M on GBA, 28.4M on GC)

2. Grand Theft Auto - 56.3M

3. Pokemon - 39.44M

4. The Sims - 36.66M (the original The Sims was released in 5th gen, but all expansions and The Sims 2 were released in the 6th gen)

5. Need For Speed - 28.2M

6. Star Wars - 28.0M

7. Madden - 27.99M

8. Gran Turismo - 27.29M

9. Pro Evolution (soccer) - 21.97M

10. Final Fantasy - 21.31M

11. Fifa - 20.64M

12. WWE - 20.01M

13. Sonic - 17.35M

14. Tony Hawk - 15.32M

15. Halo - 14.89M

16. Tom Clancy - 14.1M

17 Mario Kart - 12.41M

18. Spiderman - 12.16M

19. Resident Evil - 10.21M

20. Guitar Hero - 10.01M

21. The Simpsons - 9.91M

22. Crash (Bandicoot) -  9.71M

23. Metal Gear - 9.59M

24. Kingdom Hearts - 9.2M

25. Tekken - 8.9M

 

Honourable mentions (titles that probably are lower than other titles I haven't found)

 

 

The Legend of Zelda - 7.55M

Ratchet and Clank - 7.5M

Lord of The Rings - 7.2M

Smash Bros - 7.08M

Devil May Cry - 6.38M

Dragon Quest - 6.34M

Call of Duty - 6.2M

Luigi - 5.7M

 

Please note that this list is incredibly incomplete. Please tell me about franchises I've missed.