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50. Crackdown - 1.50m

49. Game Party - 1.53m

48. Fallout – 1.74m (Fallout 3)

47. Fable - 1.81m (Fable II)

46. Kane & Lynch – 1.94m (Kane & Lynch: Dead Men)

45. Battlefield – 2.04 (Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Battlefield: Bad Company)

44. Lost Planet – 2.09m (Lost Planet: Extreme Condition)

43. Uncharted - 2.11m (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune)

42. Mass Effect - 2.16m

41. Viva Piñata – 2.18m (Viva Piñata, Viva Piñata: Party Animals, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise)

40. Sims – 2.2m (The Sims 2: Castaway, MySims, MySims: Kingdom, The Sims 2: Pets)

39. Bioshock – 2.28m

38. Army of Two – 2.29m

37. Fight Night – 2.33m (Fight Night Round 3)

36. Gran Turismo - 2.39m (Gran Turismo 5 Prologue)

35. Devil May Cry – 2.42m (Devil May Cry 4)

34. Carnival Games - 2.53m

33. The Simpsons – 2.54m (The Simpsons Game)

32. Wario – 2.74 (Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, Wario Land: Shake It)

31. Project Gotham Racing – 2.78m (PGR 3 and 4)

30. Big Brain Academy - 2.89 (Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree)

29. Resident Evil – 2.95m (Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil 0)

28. Rayman – 3.19m (Rayman Raving Rabbids, Rayman Raving Rabbids II, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party)

27. Saints Row – 3.31m (Saints Row 1 and 2)

26. Elder Scrolls – 3.35m (Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)

25. Metal Gear - 3.55 (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

24. MotorStorm - 3.91 (MotorStorm, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift)

23. Resistance - 3.92m (Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2)

22. Forza Motorsport - 4.18m (Forza Motosport 2)

21. WWE – 4.82 (Smackdown vs. RAW 2007, 2008 and 2009)

20. Rock Band – 4.87m (Rock Band 1 and 2, Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1, 2 and AC/DC)

19. Pro Evolution Soccer – 6.42m (PES 2006, PES 2007, PES 2008, PES 2009)

18. Marvel – 6.77m (Ultimate Alliance, Spider-man 3, Spider-man: Web of Shadows, Spider-man: Friend or Foe, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, X-men: The Official Game)

17. Assassin's Creed – 7.19m

16. Star Wars – 7.24 (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy, Star Wars: Clone Wars)

15. Zelda – 7.41m (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Links Crossbow Training)

14. Super Smash Bros. - 7.50m (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

13. LEGO – 7.76m (LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman, LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy)

12. Need for Speed – 8.36m (NFS: Carbon, NFS: Most Wanted, NFS: ProStreet, NFS: Undercover)

11. Halo - 8.51m (Halo 3)

10. FIFA – 8.67m (FIFA 09, FIFA 08, FIFA 07, FIFA 06, FIFA Street 2, FIFA World Cup 06, FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play)

9. Gears of War – 8.79m (Gears of War 1 and 2)

8. Sonic – 10.05m (Sonic and the Secret Rings, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic the Hedgehog)

7. Madden – 10.46m (Madden NFL 06, 07, 08, 09 and 09 All Play)

6. Tom Clancy – 11.15m (Rainbow Six: Vegas 1 and 2, GRAW 1 and 2, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, EndWar)

5. Grand Theft Auto - 11.31 (GTA IV)

4. Guitar Hero – 14.21m (Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith)

3. Call of Duty – 19.71 (Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War)

2. Mario – 34.61m (Mario Kart, Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Strikers: Charged, Mario Party 8, Mario Super Sluggers, Super Paper Mario, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games)

1. Wii - 64.32m (Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Music, Wii Fit)

 

The chart will see alot of changes with big games releasing next year like GT5,God of War 3,FF13,etc



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Link plz.



Well your a busy-bee.



This must have taken you a lot of time, and I hate to be nitpicky but some of these are standalone games and not actual franchises. Just a few though.

P.S. Where's the WoW love? I feel like it has sold well over 11 million.



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Sonic on the top 10, awesome!



 

 

 

 

 

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Cool! I like the effort you put in there. It will be interesting to see the rise of Fable, Fallout, Resistance, Gears and Call of Duty as they have all just had releases. Its quite possible Fable 2 will be in the middle of the rankings at some point.

Keep it updated, it will be interesting to follow over the coming weeks!



Tease.

Should've counted handheld games. Then Mario would be on top where he belongs >_>

You're missing a few, too. Dead Rising, Soul Calibur, Burnout ... off the top of my head.



Very awesome list!
Its pretty nice to see how much games like Assassin's creed have sold,when you look full sales.



 

 

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badgenome said:
Link plz.

 

 dude he compiled numbers from this site. that would require like 100 different links

 

OT: Nice job. Gran Turismo up there with a glorified demo!! It should move to top 10 with GT5 releasing



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