Top 20 Best Selling Console Games of All Time -- Is your favorite on the list?

[agbulls]

I apologize if we've already discussed this to death...but I still find it interesting. No real surprises here for the most part...but I didn't expect to see Nintendogs on top of Grand Theft Auto.

Shows you one thing: Nintendo knows you can make more $ when you sell to ALL audiences, regardless of how many adults buy your game. Just simple math, really.

Top 20 console games of all time

The 20 best selling console games, not originally bundled.
1. Pokémon Red, Blue and Green (Game Boy - 20.08 million approximately, 10.23 million in Japan,[27] 9.85 million in US)[32]
2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 18 million)[24]
3. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy - 14.51 million approximately, 7.6 million in US,[32] 6.91 million in Japan)[27]
4. Super Mario Land (Game Boy - 14 million)[24]
5. Nintendogs (DS - 13.6 million)[47]
6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 13 million)[89]
7. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA - 13 million)[57]
8. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 12 million)[90]
9. Super Mario 64 (N64 - 11 million)[27]
10. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 11 million)[79]
11. Grand Theft Auto III (PS2 - 11 million)[89]
12. Gran Turismo (PS1 - 10.5 million)[79]
13. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 million)[24]
14. Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 9.8 million, includes Final Fantasy VII International)[80]
15. New Super Mario Bros. (DS - 9.5 million)[47]
16. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS - 8.51 million)[60]
17. Gran Turismo 2 (PS1 - 8.5 million)[79]
18. Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 8.47 million approximate, 6.23 million in US,[34] 2.24 million in Japan)[27]
19. Donkey Kong Country (SNES - 8.30 million)[31]
20. Pokémon Yellow (Game Boy - 8.26 million approximately, 5.10 million in US,[32] 3.16 million in Japan)[27]

[Griking]

This must not be counting PC games since I don't see WoW or The Simms on the list and i know that they each sold over 8m copies.

Something that DOES thrill me however is not seeing a EA game on the list.

[agbulls]

This must not be counting PC games since I don't see WoW or The Simms on the list and i know that they each sold over 8m copies.

Something that DOES thrill me however is not seeing a EA game on the list.

CONSOLE games. As in "only games sold on consoles."

[Trebuken]

Looks like a track record for Nintendo's success...

[Clong]

I didnt think DKC for SNES would be on there. I mean its one of my all time favorites but I still didnt think..Ahhh I donno, I guess I didnt really think about it tho.

[classicb]

people have always said that Pokémon was Nintendo's license to print money and now I understand why. I've never really been a Pokémon fan but i have enjoyed most of the games on the list

[TurboGenesis]

I am enjoy:

2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 18 million)[24]
13. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 million)[24]
Gran Turismo 2 (PS1 - 8.5 million)[79]
18. Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 8.47 million approximate, 6.23 million in US,[34] 2.24 million in Japan)[27]

Interesting list.

[Lemmi_Is_God]

heh only 2 games on that list ive played
and the only one i liked was
13. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 million)[24]

the other one i played was Super Mario Bros. 3, but i didnt like it

both of which i didnt buy new and didnt play untill the late 90's, and i paid a total of about $10 total for both :)

[chicnstu]

Thirteen games out of twenty are Nintendo games and three DS games already, wow.

Counting Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green as a total doesn't seem right.
Same with all of the Nintendogs versions.

[Mobius]

That's bizarre, I would not have expected Super Mario Land to be on this list. Especially not at #4. I played it a few times and found it to be a very strange game. I didn't care for it.


heh only 2 games on that list ive played
and the only one i liked was
13. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 million)[24]

the other one i played was Super Mario Bros. 3, but i didnt like it

both of which i didnt buy new and didnt play untill the late 90's, and i paid a total of about $10 total for both :)

Pssh, go back to your 3DO, Lemmi. ;)

[swlovinist]

I am not a big Pokemon fan, but dang, that is a crapload of copies sold. Mario Land at #4 does not suprise me, as it was released as a very early Gameboy game in the hayday of Mario Mania.

[heybtbm]

That's bizarre, I would not have expected Super Mario Land to be on this list. Especially not at #4. I played it a few times and found it to be a very strange game. I didn't care for it.

You have to consider the gaming climate at the time. The Game Boy didn't really have any good games at launch besides Tetris. Mario 3 hadn't come out yet and kids were clamoring for a new mario platforming game. Truth be told, I never cared for it much either. I don't even remember finishing it back in the day.

[Nintendo Gamer]

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[qbertandernie]

i imagine mario world and mario/duck hunt arent included because they came free with the system.

[j_factor]

I don't get why it lumps together the Pokemon games... I mean, I know they're basically the same game, but releasing different versions and then combining the sales into one figure inflates the number. And, it apparently doesn't combine the sales of a game on different systems, but it still combines Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver. Hrm.

It's a little annoying that it specifies "console" games and then includes portable games. Game Boy isn't a console.

[BydoEmpire]

It's a little annoying that it specifies "console" games and then includes portable games. Game Boy isn't a console.Yeah, that's what I was thinking, I'd like to numbers not including handhelds. I am surprised how many DS titles are on there, given that the system hasn't been out all that long. It is truly a phenomenon. What's the source for this, maybe they have other numbers?

[Gandhara]

yeah I wouldn't say portables are consoles I'd like to the see the remaining top console game sellers...

[tornadostormxl]

It isnt fair that they combined the pokemon games

[fergojisan]

I thought 2600 Pitfall would be on this list. Oh well. :shrug: