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Some of the placements may surprise you!

Mario (more than 193 million) (64 games)

2.Pokémon (155 million) (24 games)
3.Sim (85 million) (21 games (not included expanisions))
4.Final Fantasy (75 million) (23 games)
5.Madden NFL (56 million approximately; 51 million, plus 5 million for Madden NFL 07) (21 games)
6.Grand Theft Auto (50 million) (9 games)
7.The Legend of Zelda (50 million approximately; 47 million, plus 2.73 million for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) (12 games)
8.Donkey Kong (48 million) (18 games)
9.Gran Turismo (47 million) (5 games)
10.Sonic the Hedgehog (44 million) (30 games)
11.Lineage (43 million) (2 games)
12.Dragon Quest (41 million) (12 games)
13.Crash Bandicoot (34 million) (14 games)
14.Resident Evil (31 million) (13 games)
15.James Bond (30 million) (22 games)
16.Tomb Raider (30 million) (11 games)
17.Mega Man (27 million) (36 games)
18.Command & Conquer (25 million) (8 games)
19.Street Fighter (25 million) (16 games)
20.Mortal Kombat (20 million) (14 games)
21.Warcraft (19 million) (11 games)
22.Rayman (18.5 million) (11 games)
23.Metal Gear (18.3 million approximately) (12 games (20 with remakes)
24.Spyro the Dragon (17 million) (12 games)
25.Winning Eleven (17 million) (23 games)
26.Diablo (17 million) (2 games)
27.Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (17 million) (5 games)
28.Age of Empires (16 million) (7 games)
29.Half-Life (16 million) (10 games) ( I included the expansions cause they were like new games right?)
30.Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (15 million) (6 games)
31.Halo (14.7 million) (2 games)
32.Nintendogs (13.6 million) (1 game (muiltple breeds)
33.Disney series (13.2 million) (116 games)
34.Metroid (13 million) (9 games)
35.Driver (12 million) (6 games)
36.Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (12 million) (4 games)
37.Myst (11 million) (7 games)
38.Super Smash Bros. (10.89 million approximately) (2 games)
39.Dragon Ball Z (10 million) (33 games)
40.Kingdom Hearts (10 million shipped) (3 games)

PS. I'm not including spin-offs or expansion packs to PC games (but things like Mario Golf and Mario Party are included, Super Princess Peach is not)

Done! If I have posted something incorrect please let me know. Thanks

Edit: Tetris (Game Boy – 30 million)[46] 



 

  

 

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Soon Wii sports will be on that list.






Wow. I thought GTA was more popular than Madden.



I am getting really tired of Mario remake games...

Mario Party 8?

I think Nintendo used up the rest of their imagination on creating the wii



The list isn't that surprising.



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I would assume this is from wikipedia yes?



Machina-AX said:
Warcraft and Diablo both outsold Starcraft? I'm amazed. Does the Warcraft figure include WoW?

I at least expected Starcraft to actually be on the list. I suppose it will be when SC2 has been out for a while.

What's your source btw?

Warcraft games included.....

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
 
Warcraft: Day of the Dragon
Warcraft: Lord of the Clans
Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor
Warcraft: The Last Guardian
Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy
Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy

 



 

  

 

DonWii said:
Wow. I thought GTA was more popular than Madden.

 But there have been over 18 madden games since '89, and only 3 main GTA games.




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ZZetaAlec said:
I would assume this is from wikipedia yes?

Yeah, my bad I meant to put that at the top. The only reason I use that is because I can't access alot of stuff on this work computer



 

  

 

What if the numbers are divided by how many games have been made for each one?