TheSource said:
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
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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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pokemon yellow came out in '98, not part of the decade.
