Alby_da_Wolf on 23 August 2012
Not a difficult challenge, even a weak, but not dead, PSV should reach its easy goal earlier than 3DS its ambitious one.
BTW I checked the formidable lifetime Top20 of DS, sales numbers are huge, and Mario and Pokémon constitute the largest part of them both in number of titles and in sales numbers. 3DS, after stumbling, had an excellent start anyway, but can it repeat what DS did?
Also: ceding a larger part of Top20 to 3rd parties will surely make them happy and love 3DS more, but will Nintendo be totally happy of losing some SW market share and profits?
Game Database
Global sales (in millions of units) per game
| Name: | Publisher: | Platform: | Genre: | Minimum Sales: | Results per page: |
| Numbers 1-200 of 3,928 | << 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> |
| Pos | Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Publisher | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Super Mario Bros. | DS | 2006 | Platform | Nintendo | 10.47 | 8.69 | 6.46 | 2.82 | 28.44 |
| 2 | Nintendogs | DS | 2005 | Simulation | Nintendo | 9.02 | 10.75 | 1.93 | 2.72 | 24.42 |
| 3 | Mario Kart DS | DS | 2005 | Racing | Nintendo | 9.04 | 7.01 | 4.09 | 1.86 | 22.00 |
| 4 | Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day | DS | 2005 | Misc | Nintendo | 4.71 | 9.06 | 4.16 | 2.03 | 19.97 |
| 5 | Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version | DS | 2006 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 6.31 | 4.31 | 6.04 | 1.34 | 18.01 |
| 6 | Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day | DS | 2005 | Misc | Nintendo | 3.41 | 5.31 | 5.32 | 1.18 | 15.22 |
| 7 | Pokémon Black / White Version | DS | 2010 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 5.08 | 2.69 | 5.61 | 0.86 | 14.24 |
| 8 | Animal Crossing: Wild World | DS | 2005 | Simulation | Nintendo | 2.43 | 3.20 | 5.33 | 0.83 | 11.78 |
| 9 | Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version | DS | 2009 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 4.13 | 2.54 | 3.96 | 0.75 | 11.38 |
| 10 | Super Mario 64 DS | DS | 2004 | Platform | Nintendo | 4.62 | 2.88 | 1.25 | 0.93 | 9.68 |
| 11 | Mario Party DS | DS | 2007 | Misc | Nintendo | 4.18 | 1.70 | 1.98 | 0.68 | 8.54 |
| 12 | Pokémon Platinum Version | DS | 2008 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 2.68 | 1.60 | 2.69 | 0.52 | 7.49 |
| 13 | Big Brain Academy | DS | 2005 | Misc | Nintendo | 1.65 | 2.68 | 1.60 | 0.61 | 6.54 |
| 14 | Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies | DS | 2009 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 0.52 | 0.62 | 4.35 | 0.14 | 5.63 |
| 15 | Cooking Mama | DS | 2006 | Simulation | 505 Games | 2.84 | 1.87 | 0.07 | 0.56 | 5.35 |
| 16 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village | DS | 2007 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.18 | 2.30 | 1.03 | 0.50 | 5.02 |
| 17 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | DS | 2008 | Sports | Sega | 1.61 | 2.37 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 4.99 |
| 18 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | DS | 2007 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.79 | 1.73 | 0.95 | 0.47 | 4.93 |
| 19 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness | DS | 2007 | Role-Playing | Nintendo | 1.81 | 1.16 | 1.54 | 0.37 | 4.88 |
| 20 | LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | DS | 2007 | Action | LucasArts | 2.58 | 1.26 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 4.26 |
