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Somini on 06 February 2014
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Minecraft recently breached 42 million units shipped across all its platforms, ranking it unarguably in the top three most successful video games of all time. The rankings charts get a bit fuzzy toward the top, where games like Nintendo's Wii Sports -- which shipped with every unit of the console -- are technically above Minecraft; that said, if we're counting Wii Sports, we might as well count Minesweeper for every unit of Windows sold.

The point is, I'm not counting games unless they were sold independent of their platform, which makes the rankings as follows (note: I've skipped a few slots to illustrate where some other popular games fall). Do keep in mind that some sales figures will not include digital distribution numbers, rendering a few of these games effectively untracked; Steam releases sales figures only to the game's developers, so it is at the behest of the developer whether they want to include these stats in their public releases. Most do -- for instance, Skyrim includes Steam sales figures, to the best of our knowledge, and games like Battlefield 4 include Origin figures (the nature of a public company).

Unfiltered List of Top Games (Including Console Bundles)

Rank Game Year / Platform Units Shipped
1 Wii Sports 2006
Wii		 81.99 million
2 Minecraft 2009 (2011 official)
PC, mobile, Xbox 360, PS3		 42 million
3 Super Mario Bros. 1985
NES		 40.24 million
4 Mario Kart Wii 2008
Wii		 35.26 million
5 Tetris 1984
Game Boy, Game Boy Color		 35 million
6 GTA: V 2013
Xbox 360, PS3		 32.5 million
7 Wii Sports Resort 2009
Wii		 31.89 million
8 New Super Mario Bros. 2009
Nintendo DS		 27.88 million
9 Wii Play 2006
Wii		 28.02 million
10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2006
Wii		 27.88 million
11 GTA: San Andreas 2004
PS2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS3, Mobile		 27.5 million
12 GTA: IV 2008
PC, Xbox 360, PS3		 25 million
13 Call of Duty: Black Ops PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii 25 million

Most-Selling Video Games of All Time (Primarily Standalone)

Game Year / Platform Units Shipped
Minecraft 2009 (2011 official)
PC, mobile, Xbox 360, PS3		 42 million
GTA: V 2013
PS3, Xbox 360		 32.5 million
[...] [...] [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010
PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii		 25 million
[...] [...] [...]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2009
PC, Xbox 360, PS3		 22 million
[...] [...] [...]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011
PC, Xbox 360, PS3		 20 million
The Sims 2000
PC		 16 million 
Battlefield 3 2011
PC, Xbox 360, PS3		 15 million

 

For the full article, hit the link below;

http://www.gamersnexus.net/news/1308-minecraft-most-selling-game-all-time