VGC's list is much better, save PC games.
I'm pretty sure that Starcraft 9.5M is accurate, but VGC doesn't have good PC coverage, nor good coverage of Korea, where SC I think sold at least 3M. WoW will end up over 10M no doubt, also due to Korea and other areas of Asia where VGC doesn't seem to have numbers for. The Sims 2 13M came from an EA press release ( http://planetthesims.gamespy.com/View.php?view=PressReleases.Detail&game=8&id=77 ), but I'm wondering if they were counting the expansion packs, or if VGC's 5.2 number for the Sims 2 is 2 years old.
But VGC's numbers for all the console/handheld games are a lot better.
I think counting pack-ins is fine, too. Increase the list to 30 if you think it gives other games the shaft.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
