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Mike_L on 22 September 2016
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Ka-pi96 said:
Mike_L said:

I combined Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors because their sales numbers are very similar (with a slight advantage to Dynasty) and One Piece, Gundam, etc. only show up further down the list.

But you do have a point and it'd be better to list them this way:


15. Dynasty Warriors

16. Samurai Warriors

huh, I`m quite surprised they`re so close actually. Thought DW would have been a good few places ahead considering how many more releases it has had. I guess the fact that SW is based on Japanese rather than Chinese history has helped it catch up some.

I don`t suppose you have the figures available do you? Would be nice to see just how close they are to each other.

Oh yeah. My mistake.

The franchises are not only ranked based on their total sales but also ranked according to how well their top selling entries have performed historically. Though that still puts Samurai Warriors a few steps further down the list as you pointed out.

 

15. Dynasty Warriors

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherJapan
1 Dynasty Warriors 4 PS2 2003 Action Tecmo Koei 1.13
2 Dynasty Warriors 3 PS2 2001 Action Tecmo Koei 1.07
3 Dynasty Warriors 5 PS2 2005 Action Tecmo Koei 0.91
4 Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends PS2 2002 Action Tecmo Koei 0.74
5 Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends PS2 2003 Action Tecmo Koei 0.51

16. Metal Gear Solid

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherJapan
1 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PS2 2001 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.87
2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater PS2 2004 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.83
3 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 2008 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.83
4 Metal Gear Solid PS 1998 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.78
5 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PS4 2015 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.48

17. Grand Theft Auto

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherJapan
1 Grand Theft Auto V PS3 2013 Action Take-Two Interactive 0.97
2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2 2002 Action Take-Two Interactive 0.47
3 Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 2008 Action Take-Two Interactive 0.44
4 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 2004 Action Take-Two Interactive 0.41
5 Grand Theft Auto V PS4 2014 Action Take-Two Interactive 0.34

18. Gundam

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherJapan
1 Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon PS2 2001 Simulation Bandai Namco Games 0.88
2 SD Gundam G Generation PS 1998 Strategy Bandai Namco Games 0.67
3 Mobile Suit Z Gundam: AEUG vs. Titans PS2 2003 Fighting Bandai Namco Games 0.63
4 Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space PS2 2003 Simulation Bandai Namco Games 0.61
5 SD Gundam G Generation Neo PS2 2002 Strategy Bandai Namco Games 0.57

19. Samurai Warriors

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherJapan
1 Samurai Warriors PS2 2004 Action Tecmo Koei 1.06
2 Samurai Warriors 2 PS2 2006 Action Tecmo Koei 0.57
3 Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends PS2 2004 Action Tecmo Koei 0.36
4 Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends PS2 2007 Action Tecmo Koei 0.33
5 Samurai Warriors 4 PS3 2014 Action Tecmo Koei 0.26