I think there are two possible benchmarks for what is considered "classic".
One is the type of classic you'd find ten years in the future on a show called "I love the 00's". What we will find here is indeed Nintendogs, Wii-series, Halo 3 (due to promotion), braintraining and GTA.
Then we have the "Fan-classic". Any game that will fondly be remembered on messageboards like these. Portal/Orange box is a major one, CoD4 is, Gears is, Mario Galaxy, you can fill in the rest.
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