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Someone posted a Top 100 highest selling game franchises video today, is it accurate?

KàIRóS

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Seems kinda iffy, the channel has only 100+ subs but the video looks super elaborate with a lot of data for each game, anyway here's the list:

#100 Rayman
#99 Portal
#98 Yoshi
#97 Tales of
#96 Farming Simulator
#95 Duck Hunt
#94 Nintendogs
#93 Devil May Cry
#92 Splatoon
#91 Wii Play
#90 Spyro
#89 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
#88 James Bond 007
#87 Dying Light
#86 Command & Conquer
#85 Ratchet and Clank
#84 Age of Empires
#83 Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
#82 Tony Hawk's
#81 Naruto
#80 Saints Row
#79 Horizon
#78 Half Life
#77 Football Manager
#76 Tom Clancy Ghost Recon
#75 NBA Live
#74 Brain Age
#73 Dark Souls
#72 Tom Clancy Rainbow Six
#71 Kingdom Hearts
#70 The Last of Us
#69 Medal of Honor
#68 Megaman
#67 Guitar Hero
#66 World of Warcraft
#65 Gears of War
#64 Bioshock
#63 Spider Man
#62 Total War
#61 Wii Fit
#60 Uncharted
#59 Terraria
#58 Fallout
#57 Kirby
#56 Warriors
#55 Destiny
#54 Crash Bandicoot
#53 Bejeweled
#52 The Walking Dead
#51 Street Fighter
#50 Far Cry
#49 Lego Star Wars
#48 Tekken
#47 Diablo
#46 Harry Potter
#45 Metal Gear
#44 The Oregon Trail
#43 Donkey Kong
#42 Counter Strike
#41 Civilization
#40 God of War
#39 Dragon Ball
#38 WWE 2K
#37 Just Dance
#36 Mario Party
#35 Super Smash Bros
#34 Worms
#33 The Witcher
#32 PUBG
#31 Animal Crossing
#30 Battlefield
#29 Red Dead
#28 Mortal Kombat
#27 Halo
#26 Borderlands
#25 Dragon Quest
#24 Gran Turismo
#23 The Elder Scrolls
#22 Monster Hunter
#21 Sonic the Hedgehog
#20 eFootball
#19 Wii Sports
#18 Madden NFL
#17 NBA 2K
#16 Tomb Raider
#15 Resident Evil
#14 The Legend of Zelda
#13 Need for Speed
#12 Mario Kart
#11 Final Fantasy
#10 The Sims
#9 Assassins Creed
#8 Lego
#7 Minecraft
#6 EA Sports FC
#5 Mario Bros
#4 Grand Theft Auto
#3 Call of Duty
#2 Pokemon
#1 Tetris
 

KàIRóS

Member
Not sure why that video creator did so much work to get wrong results TBH


Hmm I don't know man A lot of big sites like IGN and such do put Tetris at the top, remember that anyone can edit in wikipedia

 
It's pretty much an impossible list to make.

It's often years in between data updates for franchises.

So take Bioshock for example. If the last reported sales figure for that franchise was a few years ago who knows how many it sold since then.

Only possible way to do this would be of all major companies released detailed sales reports every year or every quarter.

Without that it'll always be highly inaccurate.
 
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blacktout

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Hmm I don't know man A lot of big sites like IGN and such do put Tetris at the top, remember that anyone can edit in wikipedia

Uh, you're comparing a list of the best -selling franchises to a list of the best-selling individual games.

Also, the difference between the list in the Wikipedia page and the list in the OP seems to be a function of how the different franchises are defined. Wikipedia treats all Mario games as a single franchise and the video sorts them into multiple franchises.
 

nial

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Hmm I don't know man A lot of big sites like IGN and such do put Tetris at the top, remember that anyone can edit in wikipedia

That's because Wikipedia is including the Mario series as a whole, whereas IGN is separating the spin-offs from the main series.
 
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KàIRóS

Member
I think the numbers come from VGchartz which would explain the separation of the Mario and Wii franchises and the combination of Rayman with Raving Rabbids.

I stopped reading there.
Yeah that's the one that was making me go "wait what!?"
 
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