Current-gen megahits (5m+ sales) by genre

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DeduS said:

Since some people were asking for it:

 

Wii
Genre	Global Sales	Number of Games	Avg. Sales
[Mio.]	[%]	[-]	[%]	[k/Game]
Action	53,49	6,95%	173	14,07%	309,2
Adventure	40,04	5,20%	111	9,02%	360,7
Fighting	20,48	2,66%	44	3,58%	465,5
Misc	175,21	22,76%	259	21,06%	676,5
Platform	78,16	10,15%	58	4,72%	1347,6
Puzzle	13,10	1,70%	50	4,07%	262,0
Racing	52,37	6,80%	86	6,99%	609,0
RPG	10,15	1,32%	32	2,60%	317,2
Shooter	29,05	3,77%	66	5,37%	440,2
Simulation	32,17	4,18%	79	6,42%	407,2
Sports	262,12	34,05%	251	20,41%	1044,3
Strategy	3,56	0,46%	21	1,71%	169,5
Total	769,90	100,00%	1230	100,00%	625,9

 

 

 

X360
Genre	Global Sales	Number of Games	Avg. Sales
[Mio.]	[%]	[-]	[%]	[k/Game]
Action	101,35	16,73%	185	19,49%	547,8
Adventure	24,37	4,02%	52	5,48%	468,7
Fighting	26,36	4,35%	52	5,48%	506,9
Misc	57,72	9,53%	108	11,38%	534,4
Platform	10,61	1,75%	22	2,32%	482,3
Puzzle	0,61	0,10%	7	0,74%	87,1
Racing	47,19	7,79%	80	8,43%	589,9
RPG	50,51	8,34%	65	6,85%	777,1
Shooter	182,37	30,10%	154	16,23%	1184,2
Simulation	9,22	1,52%	32	3,37%	288,1
Sports	88,35	14,58%	167	17,60%	529,0
Strategy	7,25	1,20%	25	2,63%	290,0
Total	605,91	100,00%	949	100,00%	638,5

 

 

 

PS3
Genre	Global Sales	Number of Games	Avg. Sales
[Mio.]	[%]	[-]	[%]	[k/Game]
Action	124,58	24,19%	166	20,37%	750,5
Adventure	23,24	4,51%	57	6,99%	407,7
Fighting	32,18	6,25%	46	5,64%	699,6
Misc	29,20	5,67%	102	12,52%	286,3
Platform	20,18	3,92%	27	3,31%	747,4
Puzzle	0,31	0,06%	2	0,25%	155,0
Racing	49,85	9,68%	67	8,22%	744,0
RPG	36,20	7,03%	61	7,48%	593,4
Shooter	110,80	21,51%	107	13,13%	1035,5
Simulation	5,74	1,11%	20	2,45%	287,0
Sports	80,37	15,61%	147	18,04%	546,7
Strategy	2,35	0,46%	13	1,60%	180,8
Total	515,00	100,00%	815	100,00%	631,9

 

 

I used the VGC numbers as of right now. All games in the VGC database (with their assigned genre) above 10k sales are included.

Have fun arguing which library is more varied! :D

He got his numbers from this post.