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For those curious, these are the thirty biggest titles of the decade if you look at sales of Game X on a,b,c,d. I'll have an update of this preliminary decadal article from March with both a multiplatform and single-sku look. These thirty titles account for 10% of all brick & mortar video game software sold in 2000-2009

  Top 30 2000s Multiplatform Hits/Exclusives Publisher System(s) Debut Sales (Millions)
1 Wii Sports Nintendo Wii Nov-06 50.59
2 Wii Play Nintendo Wii Dec-06 24.75
3 Nintendogs Nintendo DS Apr-05 22.94
4 Wii Fit Nintendo Wii Dec-07 22.68
5 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Take Two PS2/Xbox Oct-04 20.06
6 New Super Mario Brothers Nintendo DS May-06 19.73
7 Mario Kart Wii Nintendo Wii Apr-08 18.44
8 Brain Age  Nintendo DS May-05 18.09
9 Pokemon Gold/Silver Nintendo GB Nov-99 18.02
10 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Nintendo DS Sep-06 17.14
11 Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS Nov-05 16.18
12 Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Nintendo GBA Nov-02 15.38
13 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Acti-Blizz Multi Oct-07 15.18
14 Gran Turismo 3: A Spec Sony PS2 Apr-01 14.89
15 Brain Age 2 Nintendo DS Dec-05 14.22
16 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Take Two PS2 Oct-02 14.20
17 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Acti-Blizz Multi Nov-07 13.39
18 Grand Theft Auto IV Take Two PS3/360 Apr-08 13.25
19 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2008 Sega Wii/DS Nov-07 11.75
20 Grand Theft Auto III Take Two PS2 Oct-01 11.60
21 Call of Duty: World at War Acti-Blizz Multi Nov-08 11.30
22 Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo DS Nov-05 11.10
23 Pokemon Yellow Nintendo GB Sep-98 10.60
24 Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green Nintendo GBA Jan-04 10.49
25 Halo 3 Microsoft X360 Sep-07 10.37
26 Gran Turismo 4 Sony PS2 Dec-04 10.36
27 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Acti-Blizz PS3/360 Nov-09 ~10
28 Need for Speed: Underground 2 EA Multi Nov-04 9.80
29 Need for Speed: Most Wanted EA Multi Nov-05 9.57
30 Need for Speed: Underground EA Multi Nov-03 9.30

 



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