Whats the most PROFITABLE Game Ever?

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mrstickball said:

Paperdiego said:

mrstickball said:
Not in order:

World of Warcraft
Wii Fit
Rock Band
Mob Wars
Sins of a Solar Empire

Are some really big ones. It's hard to quantify: Are we talking net revenue, or in terms of investment, too? SOASE cost $1m to make and sold 500,000 copies directly from Stardock, so every dime went to the developer....That's mighty impressive. Mob Wars makes $22k/day as of last year, and has only grown...It's a flash based game.

why would rockand be in there?

i mean niether guitar hero or rockband come close but if you were to choose one its would have to be guitar hero game, its a much bigger franshise 

We're talking about most profitable game and not franchises. Rock Band 1 sold over 5 million units, and many of which were between $150 and $200 USD. That's well above most Guitar Hero titles. On top of that (and yes, I know GHIII did better, but I doubt the budgets were as high for RB1) you have the ultra-profitable DLC marketplace for the PS3/360 versions which have sold millions of songs at $2.00 each. If I remember right, Rock Band hit $1 billion in revenue in a matter of a year which eclipsed both WoW and Guitar Hero for the pace of hitting the $1b revenue mark.

Guitar Hero: World Tour has undoubtly made more profit than Rock Band. It has sold about 2 million units more and also has much DLC.