Skylanders series hits $500 million in US lifetime sales, 3rd best-selling UK franchise of all time


Skylanders – the toy-based game franchise from developer Toys For Bob and publisher Activision has amassed a whopping $500 million in US sales since the original game Spyro’s Adventure launched in 2011.

In a statement passed to VG247, UK score-keepers GfK Chart Track have announced that Skylanders is the 3rd best-selling game franchise in Britain to date, behind Call of Duty at first and FIFA at second.

The franchise has amassed $500 million in America alone since it began, and the second game in the series – Skylanders: Giants – has made $195 million in America since it launched last year. The figure covers sales of the actual game, accessories and toy packs.

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My god... why don't others copy this idea?? that's a lot of small toys...

Lego, Disney, Pokemon should do this to..

And here was I thinking that Gran Turismo, Gran theft Auto and Mario were bigger :/

includes toys etc... ohhh i see....

So in 15 months in the UK, Skylanders has outsold...

GTA 1-4
Halo 1-4
All the Mario/Mario Kart/etc games
Pokemon
Football Manager (which is a big annual franchise in the UK since the mid 90s)
And many, many others.

Okay then.

Yeah right.

Seriously, no freaking way.

Those Skylanders don't come cheap.. and kids love to have a collection of all of them, so say like what, $15 a pop, times 20 - $300, and if if you get 35 - $525(!), I could believe that it could be the 3rd biggest UK series ever.. Activision really hit a winner with this one.

I liked the series until the 2nd one came out and proved to be a pure money grab. What really pissed me off is the 3 pack figures are now $5 more and includes duplicates from the first game! Give me a break no one wants redesigned characters they already have! If you only made X-many giants and x-many new skylanders then only sell the new stuff!!!

That is why I disapprove of the sequel...Seems more like a money grab then they actually care about the series!