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Video Game Statistics At A Glance

#1

Hylian

Hylian

http://kotaku.com/5448703/video-game-statistics-at-a-glance





#2

Dave

Dave

Only issue with that whole thing is that Wii Sports is the best selling game ever only because it comes with the main unit and that counts as a sale.

As a stand-alone game it would not get so many sales mainly because even though it has a bunch of different sports they are all incomplete. (Except the bowling.)


#3

Hylian

Hylian

Well that also is the case with Super Mario Bros. (NES) that game came with the system as well. Also in Japan the Wii does not come Wii Sports in Japan. I am by no means saying it deserves the spot I am just stating a few useless facts.


#4

fade

fade

And Duck Hunt and Tetris, too.


#5

bhamv3

bhamv3

18 - 49 is a pretty big age block, I would've liked to see a more detailed breakdown.

Still quite interesting though. Nearly a quarter of Xbox 360s fail within 2 years?


#6

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Console pack-ins counting as sales is bullshit.

Especially counting a 2in1 game (Mario/Duck Hunt) as two separate games.


#7

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Here's a better list.

The 20 best-selling console/handheld games, not originally bundled.
1. Wii Play (Wii – 24.43 million)
2. Wii Fit (Wii – 22.5 million)
3. Nintendogs (DS – 22.27 million, all five versions combined)
4. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy – 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[46] 9.85 million in US)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS – 19.94 million)
6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii – 18.36 million)
7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 18 million)
8. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS – 17.41 million)
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 17.33 million)
10. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS – 16.81 million)
11. Mario Kart DS (DS – 16.09 million)
12. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 – 14.89 million shipped)
13. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color – 14.51 million approximately: 7.6 million in US,[19] 6.91 million in Japan)
14. Super Mario Land (Game Boy – 14 million)
15. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS – 13.71 million)
16. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA – 13 million)
17. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (GBA – 11.82 million)
18. Super Mario 64 (N64 – 11 million)
19. Gran Turismo (PS1 – 10.85 million shipped)
20. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS – 10.79 million)
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#8

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Wii Play being the number one selling game of all time is pretty much the biggest travesty.

It's not a good game. At all. In any way. It's completely terrible. It's barely a tech demo.

BUT, it comes with a Wiimote.


#9

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

It's really telling that only half of those games are games I'd consider "hardcore friendly" and only ONE (GTA: San Andreas) is rated higher than E for Everyone.


#10

Frank

Frankie Williamson

AshburnerX said:
It's really telling that only half of those games are games I'd consider "hardcore friendly" and only ONE (GTA: San Andreas) is rated higher than E for Everyone.
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The rest of those are generally actual games though (except Wii Fit, but that's all overweight soccer moms believing that Nintendo can help them not be fat). The Pokemon series, as much as I don't enjoy them, have their following. They're competent, incredibly addicting games. Hell, I own Brain Age, the game debuted at 20 bucks in Canada, I can only imagine it was even cheaper in the States and came out at the height of that sudoku craze. Nintendogs also falls into that weird addicting Tomagotchi thing that people just love, I understand that too. Wii Play however, is just plain terrible. Like, one of the worst excuses for a game ever to be released at full price.


#11



Kitty Sinatra

That long list still shows that Nintendo is king of the hill. Whew. And clearly, hardcore games are not an investor's best friend.


#12

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Anyone that think Pokemon games aren't "HARDCORE" have never played them. That shit's fullfledged RPG collectamatic insanity.


#13

Allen who is Quiet

Allen, who is Quiet

Pokemon not hardcore? Shall we discuss EV training?


#14

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Nintendo Supremacy, the rest of the losers are just fighting for scraps :smug:


#15

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Allen said:
Pokemon not hardcore? Shall we discuss EV training?
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Please don't get started. No one will play Pokemon with me now since I'm the only one who knows about EV training.


#16

bhamv3

bhamv3

I had a properly EV trained standard team that could regularly take out teams of ubers, I was so proud. :)


#17



Reboneer

Frankie said:
Wii Play however, is just plain terrible. Like, one of the worst excuses for a game ever to be released at full price.
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Except it's not really full price. Wii Play, which comes with a remote, is about $5-10 more than a standalone remote.

(Although personally, I don't think it's even worth the $5-10, but some people do)


#18

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

bhamv3 said:
I had a properly EV trained standard team that could regularly take out teams of ubers, I was so proud. :)
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Yeah, it's a good feeling to take the EV trained ones on the online Pokemon Battle Revolution, find your little Raichu and Venusaur up against Mewtwo and Groudon, and whip the shit out of that 13-year-old's legendaries.

Hmm, sounds like a good activity this evening.


#19

Hylian

Hylian

Reboneer;329416][QUOTE=Frankie said:
Wii Play however, is just plain terrible. Like, one of the worst excuses for a game ever to be released at full price.
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Except it's not really full price. Wii Play, which comes with a remote, is about $5-10 more than a standalone remote.

(Although personally, I don't think it's even worth the $5-10, but some people do)[/QUOTE]


I have bought two copies of Wii Play both from my local GoodWill. I paid $20 for one and it came with a nunchuck besides just the Wii remote . The other one I paid $30 for and I than went and traded the game into GameStop for $8 credit. But as far as the full retail price no I would not have paid full price for it:)


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