Best Selling Video Games 1979 – 2020
Best Selling Video Games 1979 – 2020
This data visualization video shows the best selling video games since 1979. It includes all their ports for newer systems such as for Super Mario Bros for the Wii, Wii U, etc. It does not include Free-to-Play video games, I will include those in a different video.
For top selling I selected those with 1 million in sales units for the first few years, then those with 5 million in sales for the next few years, then 10 million, etc. This was to avoid crowding the chart and to avoid adding games that don’t even peek out for a single year.
These stats come from Wikipedia, articles and from Google Books searches. Some of the data includes approximate numbers as the data available skipped years.
In the video I included quick clips of how the games looked.
I would really love this to be updated, so I could see where FortNite fits! I loved this video. NGL, I had to watch at 0.75 to get what I wanted from it. Prolly why I never mastered Tetris. Y’all twitchy gamers always had me beat. I need a millisecond longer to make my decisions.
World of Warcraft had over one hundred million registered accounts by 2014
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Doom? Starcraft? The Witcher? The Elder Scroll? Red Dead? Call of Duty (any)?
I’m confused, who the fuck was buying Super Mario Bros in 2003? Wtf??
there are many games missing
I had no idea Tetris was boss for so long. holy fuck lol No Halo? No CoD? hmmm seems sus. Didn’t see mario kart until then end there…that seems crazy.
やっぱマインクラフトだなー
Crazy how it took all the way up until 2020 for Tetris to be passed. I never owned Tetris
you forget roblox 😐
Jogos bons de verdade: Sonic the Hesgehog 3, The Revenge of Shinobi, Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate, God of War, Black, GTA S.A. Ace Combat Zero…
Where is CoD
What happened to Fallout 4? It was GOTY.
What software is used to make this video?
I feel bad for Tetris
I was somehow expecting World of Warcraft to be in this list…?
It’s kind of not fair to compare cartridge home versions of game the size of a palm hand vs dedicated arcade machine the size of an adult.
Im really surprised and happy that Sonic made it so long on this list. But could it be that some of the golden classics made it only so far because they were sold together with the console? Tetris and SML with GB, Sonic with Genesis, SMB with NES, SMW with SNES?!
Ok, but why did you use a clip of wii fit trainer’s f-tilt’s hitbox as a display for wii fit
I thought 2007 would roll around, and in the distance, you hear a faint
"After 9 years in development, we hope it was worth the wait"
… dota, the Witcher…
Can’t believe half of the top ten best selling games were Nintendo IP’s. Just goes to show how dominant they were in the 90’s
Guess you guys aren’t including PC gaming? DOOM, hello?!?
Why did you include Minecraft but not World of Warcraft?
were was roblox
Within decades,we evolved from piling blocks to living in a completely breathing,realistic world. It’s just stunning!
Mario in 2000 – I’m a Legend
Space Invaders – Shut the fu*k up dude 😀
Pretty much all those games are terrible.
i looooooove these videos!!!!! I always find myself sat watching them and commentating like Im watching Formula 1 or The Grand National lol
Some of my faves: Tetris, Contra, Street Fighter II, Wii Sports, God of War.
how can you let tetris up there? xD
there‘s absolutely no way it‘s original version sold 200 million copies…
and for the ones saying it got remakes: well then you could argument for every other game such as mario, cod, fifa, gta and so on like that too, it‘s the same just a little different looks🤨
Until Minecraft Russian game beat the world…
Clash of clans? Pou? Counter strike? COD mobile? Red Alert 2 ? NFS?
I guess this video is just bullshit
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many of these games were good also: GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA IV, Tetris, Street Fighter 2.
Minecraft is goofy. I’ve never understood the appeal of that game.
I find watching these graphics to be strangely relaxing, especially with the music
It’s really beautiful that the two top selling games were made by a nerd in a basement.
Perfect.
TETRIS ! Всё гениальное-просто.👍
whats depressing is to see all these games where the numbers are just increasing and increasing and then it just suddenly, stops on a hault. Always on an even number too. Seems cheap to me, whatever company creates the game, should just continue making the game, rather then cutting it off at their own personal goal. I’m sure Frogger or Wii Sports could’ve sold more for example
Minecraft é uma bosta. Aceitem que dói menos.
Man, Frogger really had some…. legs.
MC dint release at 2015(pretty sure) btw mayn noice vid keep up tha gud wrk
No Mortal Kombat, Diablo II, Counter Strike ?!
Fascinating that it took 11 years for Tetris to reach #1 and it held that spot …. but only 5 years for MineCraft to do it. 😛
While we all might love constructing things as the blocks fall (Tetris) …. there’s nothing better than blowing blocks up with blocky dynamite (Minecraft). All it took was someone to figure that out to upsurp Tetris from the top spot.
no Starcraft?
5 Year old kids: WHERES DAMN ROBLOX
I guess I was more into the niche games as a 90s kid.
CS 1.6?Dota 2?WOT?
Where is lol tho