Best Selling Video Games of All Time

Posted by Amber Lee on

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 drops tomorrow. It got me thinking...

What is YOUR favorite video game?

Killer Instinct on Super Nintendo is my favorite. I have very fond memories of kicking my brothers ass when we played. Orchid for life!

I also wondered: what's the best selling video game of all time? I found a few different lists, but they're broken down by the type of console. Seems fair.

You can get the breakdown for everything from Ataris to PC games HERE. It's a Wikipedia article, which I'm only showing you, because each number has a reference back to a more legit source.

 

Here's X-BOX

TitleRelease YearCopies sold
Halo 2 2004 8 million[17]
Halo: Combat Evolved 2001 5 million[18]
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2002 3 million[19][20][21]
Fable 2004 3 million[22]
Project Gotham Racing 2001 2.50 million[23]
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack - 1.70 million[21][24][25]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 1.58 million[24][25]
Counter-Strike 2004 1.50 million[26][27]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2005 1.46 million[24][28]
Need for Speed: Underground 2 2005 1.44 million[24][28]
Madden NFL 2005 2004 1.42 million[24]
Madden NFL 06 2005 1.41 million[24]
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 2005 1.39 million[24]
ESPN NFL 2K5 2004 1.38 million[24]
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002 1.36 million[24]
Dead or Alive 3 2001 1.28 million[21][24]
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004 1.22 million[24][25]
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005 1.13 million[24][25]
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2001 1.13 million[21][24]
Need for Speed: Underground 2004

1.10 million

 

AND, here's X-BOX 360

Xbox 360 games which have sold or shipped three million copies
TitleTotal copies soldSales breakdownRelease dateGenreDeveloperPublisher
Kinect Adventures 18 million[a] N/A
  • NA November 4, 2010
  • EU November 10, 2010
  • AUS November 18, 2010
 Sports game Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
Call of Duty: Black Ops 16.4 million[29] N/A
  • JP November 18, 2010 (Sub)
  • JP December 16, 2010 (Dub)
 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 13.7 million[31] N/A
  • WW November 8, 2011
  • JP November 17, 2011
 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 12.9 million[32] NA November 10, 2009
PAL November 10, 2009		 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Halo 3 8.1 million[39] N/A
  • NA September 25, 2007
  • AUS September 25, 2007
  • EU September 26, 2007
 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Skyrim 5.9 million[40] In first 8 months        
Gears of War 5 million[b][41] N/A
  • NA November 7, 2006
  • EU November 17, 2006
  • AUS November 23, 2006
  • JP January 18, 2007
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
Gears of War 2 5 million[42] N/A
  • JP July 30, 2009
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
Grand Theft Auto IV 4.362 million
  • 3.29 million in the US[44]
  • 1 million in the UK[37]
  • 65,486 and 6,453 Platinum in Japan[38]
   Action-adventure game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 4.211 million
  • 3.04 million in the US[45]
  • 78,000 in Canada[46]
  • 54,742 and 39,222 Platinum Collection/The Best in Japan[38]
  • 1 million in the UK[37]
   First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Fable II 3.5 million[47] N/A   Action role-playing game Lionhead Studios Microsoft
Call of Duty: World at War 3.35 million
  • 2.75 million in the US[44]
  • 600,000 in the UK[48]
   First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Halo: Reach 3.3 million
  • 3.3 million in North America[49]
   First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Gears of War 3 3 million[50][51] N/A Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Studios
Halo 3: ODST 3 million[53] N/A   First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Minecraft[c] 3 million[54] N/A   Sandbox game Mojang/4J Studios Microsoft

 

 

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