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What Is The Bestselling Video Game Of All Time?
I actually saw this article in Yahoo a few weeks ago but I thought it was worth repeating, good stuff:
What's the bestselling video game of all time?
That depends -- are you talking arcade, console, or PC? According to Time Magazine, The Sims is the bestselling PC game of all time. It passed perennial powerhouse MYST in 2002.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Super Mario Brothers is the bestselling video game of all time, with over 40 million units sold. The 26 Mario games have sold an astounding 152 million copies since Donkey Kong came out in 1983. However, Super Mario Brothers came bundled with the Nintendo's NES gaming system, so it had a Microsoft-like advantage in that respect.
But Mario is still sitting pretty, as Super Mario Brothers 3 has sold 18 million unbundled copies since its release. And the bestselling video game console? That would be Sony PlayStation. The bestselling coin-operated arcade game appears to be the one and only Pac-Man.
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That's because Mario is hard-core.
Posted by TheShark at February 13, 2006 07:35 PMInformation may be outdated. Mario games sold already over 180m copies. Pokemon games already passed the 143m mark.
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Posted by ReyBrujo at February 14, 2006 01:00 AMTrue mario is hardcore but sonic would still kick the s##t out of him anyday
Posted by rico at February 14, 2006 07:48 AMI know it's probably impossible to quantify but what do you think is the most played game of all time (no. of unique people) Tetris? or do you think Mario would still win?
I'd guess Tetris just because you don't have to be a gamer to be able to pick that up and play? Even my Mum and Dad used to play that on my old gameboy when I lived at home, when they wouldn't even give a second glance to any other games.
or maybe Snake? After all it was probably the first game that made it onto mobile phones and I'd guess more people have mobile phones than video game systems.
Posted by swerv at February 14, 2006 11:06 AMWouldn't the number one selling game be Minesweeper and/or Solitare?
Posted by ChrisCasey at February 14, 2006 01:11 PMNononononono
Nobody BOUGHT Minesweeper and/or Solitaire. That being said, they never said those titles were the most PLAYED, just the most sold.
Posted by belchar at February 14, 2006 02:18 PMMario RULES!!! But nothing (i repeat) NOTHING, is bether than "The Legen Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time). (Drewling)
Posted by Marius Drabløs at February 14, 2006 04:04 PMdefinately Solitaire, and yes - it's purchased with windows, just like mario was purchased with NES, so is guinness accurate?
Posted by BlizzNub at February 14, 2006 06:31 PM= Chrono Trigger was botched by Sony Playstation.
THEY A POOPS. D:
So, I love Mario. He brought me into the gaming world. <3
Posted by Frank at February 20, 2006 09:02 PMs. uc .,k my f.., u,.., cking d.,. ick PS1
Posted by Qu eer at March 5, 2006 08:52 PM