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This is a list of video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies on a single platform (unless otherwise noted).

Contents

Consoles

Atari

Atari 2600

Atari 2600
Atari 2600 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies
TITLE Release Year Copies sold Comments
Pac-Man 1982 7 million12 Best-selling home video game up until that time.3
Pitfall! 1982 4 million45
Asteroids 1981 3.8 million6 Best-selling Atari 2600 game prior to Pac-Man.6
Missile Command 1980 2.5 million7
Space Invaders 1980 2 million8 First game to sell a million cartridges.9
Demon Attack 1982 2 million7
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1.5 million10
Adventure 1979 1 million5
Atlantis 1982 1 million4
Cosmic Ark 1982 1 million7
Kaboom! 1981 1 million11
Megamania 1982 1 million4
River Raid 1982 1 million11

Coleco

ColecoVision

ColecoVision games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Mattel

Intellivision

Intellivision

Intellivision games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Microsoft

Xbox

Xbox

Xbox games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Title Release Year Copies sold
Halo 2 2004 8 million17
Halo: Combat Evolved 2001 5 million18
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2002 3 million192021
Fable 2004 3 million22
Project Gotham Racing 2001 2.50 million23
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack 2003 1.70 million212425
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 1.58 million2425
Counter-Strike 2004 1.50 million2627
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2005 1.46 million2428
Need for Speed: Underground 2 2005 1.44 million2428
Madden NFL 2005 2004 1.42 million24
Madden NFL 06 2005 1.41 million24
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 2005 1.39 million24
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002 1.36 million24
ESPN NFL 2K5 2004 1.38 million24
Dead or Alive 3 2001 1.28 million2124
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004 1.22 million2425
Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005 1.13 million2425
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2001 1.13 million2124
Need for Speed: Underground 2004 1.10 million2425

Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Elite and Xbox 360 S consoles.
Main article: List of best-selling Xbox 360 video games

Xbox 360 video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Kinect Adventures 700124000000000000024 million[a] N/A
  • NA November 4, 2010
  • EU November 10, 2010
  • AUS November 18, 2010
 Sports game Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
Call of Duty: Black Ops 700112000000000000012 million29 N/A
  • WW November 9, 201030
  • JP November 18, 2010 (Sub)
  • JP December 16, 2010 (Dub)
 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Halo 3 70008100000000000008.1 million31 N/A
  • NA September 25, 2007
  • AUS September 25, 2007
  • EU September 26, 2007
 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 70007562000000000007.562 million NA 20091110November 10, 2009
PAL 20091110November 10, 2009
 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Minecraft[c] 70006100000000000006.1 million38 N/A
  • WW May 9, 201239
 Sandbox game Mojang/4J Studios Microsoft
Gears of War 70005000000000000005 million[b]40 N/A
  • NA November 7, 2006
  • EU November 17, 2006
  • AUS November 23, 2006
  • JP January 18, 2007
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
Gears of War 2 70005000000000000005 million41 N/A
  • WW November 7, 200842
  • JP July 30, 2009
 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft
  • ^ a: As of February 12, 2013, the Kinect sensor has sold 24 million units,43 each of which is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures.
  • ^ b: Gears of War sales may include PC version
  • ^ c: Xbox Live Arcade game

Total Xbox 360 games sold as of December 2009: 353.8 million.44

Nintendo

Total games Nintendo has sold as of March 31, 2013: 4.10 billion.45

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System
Main article: List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System games

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)/Family Computer (Famicom) video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

Total Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of March 31, 2013: 500.01 million.45

Family Computer Disk System
Family Computer Disk System attached to a Famicom

Disk System games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The system was only available in Japan, so all listed sales are Japan only.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Main article: List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games
North American Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games that have sold or shipped at least four million copies.

Total Super Nintendo Entertainment System games sold as of March 31, 2013: 379.06 million.45

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64
Main article: List of best-selling Nintendo 64 video games

Nintendo 64 video games that have sold or shipped at least three million copies.

Total Nintendo 64 games sold as of March 31, 2013: 224.97 million.45

Nintendo GameCube

GameCube
Main article: List of best-selling Nintendo GameCube video games

Nintendo GameCube video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

Total Nintendo GameCube games sold as of March 31, 2013: 208.57 million.45

Wii

Wii
Main article: List of best-selling Wii video games

Wii video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Nintendo Wii games which have sold or shipped at least five million copies edit this table
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Wii Sports 81.64 million76[b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Mario Kart Wii 34.01 million76[a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort 31.54 million76[a][b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
Wii Play 28.02 million7778[a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 2) Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 27.61 million76[b] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 4) Nintendo
Wii Fit 22.67 million77[a] N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Wii Fit Plus 20.48 million79 N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 5) Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10.79 million77 N/A Ad hoc development team Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy 10.68 million79 N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
Wii Party 7.94 million79 N/A Nd Cube, Nintendo SPD (Group 4) Nintendo
Mario Party 8 7.6 million80 N/A Hudson Soft Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 7.09 million81 N/A Sega Sports R&D Nintendo (Japan)
Sega (North America, Europe)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 6.36 million82 N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 1) Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 5.82 million83 N/A Nintendo EAD (Group 3) Nintendo
Just Dance 2 5 million84 N/A Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft
  • ^ a: Bundled with a popular accessory (e.g. additional Wii-mote, MotionPlus, Wii Zapper, Wii Wheel).
  • ^ b: Bundled with a version of the console. The white console was commonly bundled with Wii Sports at launch; since the release of MotionPlus, the Wii Sports bundle with either the white or black console also includes Wii Sports Resort. In addition, since the launch of the corresponding games, the white console has been commonly bundled with Mario Kart Wii (and the Wii Wheel), and the black console has been commonly bundled with New Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Total Wii games sold as of March 31, 2013: 869.06 million.45

Total Virtual Console games sold as of December 31, 2007: over 10 million85

Wii U

Wii U
Main article: List of best-selling Wii U video games

Wii U video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total Wii U games sold as of March 31, 2013: 13.42 million.45

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Original Game Boy
Main article: List of best-selling Game Boy video games

Game Boy and Game Boy Color video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Total Game Boy and Game Boy Color games sold as of March 31, 2013: 501.11 million.45

Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance SP
Main article: List of best-selling Game Boy Advance games

Game Boy Advance video games that have sold or shipped at least two million copies.

Total Game Boy Advance games sold as of March 31, 2013: 377.42 million.45

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS Lite
Main article: List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games

Nintendo DS video games that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Total Nintendo DS games sold as of March 31, 2013: 933.69 million.45 76

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS
Main article: List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games

Nintendo 3DS video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Nintendo 3DS games which have sold or shipped at least one million copies edit this table
Title Total copies sold Sales Breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Super Mario 3D Land 70008289999999999998.29 million76 70001560000000000001.56 million in Japan101

70002100000000000002.1 million in US102

 JP 20111103November 3, 2011
NA 20111113November 13, 2011
EU 20111118November 18, 2011
AU 20111124November 24, 2011
 Platforming Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
Mario Kart 7 70008080000000000008.08 million76 70001700000000000001.7 million in Japan101

70002160000000000002.16 million overseas76

 JP 20111201December 1, 2011
EU 20111202December 2, 2011
AU 20111203December 3, 2011
NA 20111204December 4, 2011
 Racing video game Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. 2 70006420000000000006.42 million76 70002050099999999992.05 million in Japan76

70003910000000000003.91 million overseas76

 JP 20120728July 28, 2012
EU 20120817August 17, 2012
AU 20120818August 18, 2012
NA 20120819August 19, 2012
 Platforming Nintendo Nintendo
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 70003860000000000003.86 million76 70003860000000000003.86 million in Japan76 JP 20121108November 8, 2012
 Social simulation Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Nintendogs + Cats 70003280000000000003.28 million103 N/A JP February 26, 2011104
EU March 25, 2011105
NA 20110327March 27, 2011
 Pet-raising simulation Nintendo EAD Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 70002950000000000002.95 million103 70001000000000000001 million in US102 JP 20110616June 16, 2011
EU June 17, 2011106
NA 20110619June 19, 2011
AU June 30, 2011107
 Action-adventure Grezzo Nintendo
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 70001970000000000001.97 million76 69995400000000000000.54 million in Japan76

70001280000000000001.28 million overseas76

 NA 20121111November 11, 2012
JP 20121206December 6, 2012
EU 20121207December 7, 2012
AU 20121208December 8, 2012
 Role-playing Intelligent Systems Nintendo
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 70001600000000000001.60 million108 N/A JP 20111210December 10, 2011
 Action RPG Capcom, Eighting Capcom
Pokémon Rumble Blast 70001290000000000001.29 million103 N/A JP August 11, 2011109
NA 20111024October 24, 2011
EU December 2, 2011109
 Action RPG Ambrella Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 70001220000000000001.22 million 69995000000000000000.5 million in Japan

69994000000000000000.4 million in North America

 NA 20130324March 24, 2013
JP 20130320March 20, 2013
EU 20130328March 28, 2013
AU 20130328March 28, 2013
 Action-adventure Next Level Games Nintendo
Dragon Warrior VII 70001210000000000001.21 million110 70001210000000000001.21 million in Japan JP 20130207February 7, 2013
 Role-playing Heartbeat, ArtePiazza Square Enix
Kid Icarus: Uprising 70001180000000000001.18 million111 N/A NA 20120323March 23, 2012
JP 20120322March 22, 2012
EU 20120323March 23, 2012
AU 20120329March 29, 2012
 Third-person shooter, rail shooter Project Sora Nintendo
Mario Tennis Open 70001110000000000001.11 million76 69993400000000000000.34 million in Japan76

69997400000000000000.74 million overseas76

 NA 20120520May 20, 2012
JP 20120524May 24, 2012
AU 20120524May 24, 2012
EU 20120525May 25, 2012
 Sports Camelot Nintendo
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition 70001100000000000001.10 million108 N/A JP February 26, 2011112
EU March 25, 2011112
NA March 27, 2011112
AU 20110331March 31, 2011
 Fighting game Capcom, Dimps Capcom

Total Nintendo 3DS games sold as of March 31, 2013: 95.03 million.45


Sega

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sega Genesis

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Dreamcast

Dreamcast

Dreamcast games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Sony

PlayStation

Sony PlayStation
Main article: List of best-selling PlayStation video games

PlayStation video games which have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

PlayStation games which have sold or shipped five million copies edit this table
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Gran Turismo 10.85 million shipped128129 N/A
Gran Turismo 2 9.97 million shipped128129 N/A
Final Fantasy VII 9.72 million130 N/A
Tomb Raider II 8 million131 N/A
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 8 million131 N/A
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped 7.13 million132 N/A
Tomb Raider 7 million133 N/A
Metal Gear Solid 7 million134 N/A
Crash Bandicoot 6.82 million132 N/A
Tomb Raider III 6 million135 N/A
Final Fantasy IX 5.30 million55 N/A
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 5.17 million
  • 3.87 million in the US24
  • 1.3 million in Japan51
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation 5 million135 N/A

Total PlayStation games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 962 million.136

PlayStation 2

Original (left) and slim (right) PlayStation 2
Main article: List of best-selling PlayStation 2 video games
PlayStation 2 games which have sold or shipped five million copies edit this table
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Release date Genre Developer Publisher
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 700717330000000000017.33 million137 N/A Action-adventure/sandbox game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 700714890000000000014.89 million139
  • 7.14 million in North America139
  • 1.89 million in Japan139
  • 5.85 million in Europe139
 Driving simulation Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Gran Turismo 4 700710760000000000010.76 million139
  • 2.97 million in North America139
  • 6.36 in million Europe139
  • 1.26 in million Japan139
 Driving simulation Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 70069610000000000009.61 million
  • 8.2 million in the US24
  • 410,293 in Japan140
  • 1 million in the UK36
 Action-adventure/sandbox game Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto III 70067900000000000007.9 million
  • 6.55 million in the US24
  • 358,917 in Japan140
  • 1 million in the UK36
 Action-adventure/sandbox game DMA Design (now Rockstar North) Rockstar Games
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 70067000000000000007 million141 N/A Stealth Action KCEJ Konami
Final Fantasy X 70066600000000000006.6 million142 N/A Role-playing video game Square JP Square
NA Square EA
PAL SCEE
Final Fantasy XII 70065200000000000005.2 million shipped143
  • 2.4 million in Japan144
  • 1.7 million in the US24
  • 1.1 million in Europe145
 Role-playing video game Square Enix Product Development Division 4 Square Enix

Total PlayStation 2 games shipped as of March 31, 2007: 1.24 billion.146 Total PlayStation 2 games sold between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2012: 297.5 million.147 Note that since the former figure refers to shipments and the latter refers to sales, there may be some overlap between the two figures.

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total PlayStation 3 games sold as of March 31, 2012: 595 million.177

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

Total PlayStation Portable games sold as of March 31, 2012: 330.2 million.188

Bundled games

Games that were bundled for a significant portion of their shelf life and have sold or shipped at least ten million copies.

PC

Main article: List of best-selling PC video games

PC games for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms that have sold or shipped at least five million copies. Expansion packs are not used in calculation of the sales figure for the original game (with the exception of StarCraft and Guild Wars). Also, sales from digital distribution stores (such as Steam, Direct2Drive, etc.) are omitted since these figures are not generally released to the public, and the NPD Group and similar organisations being unable to accurately track these sales.

PC games which have sold or shipped five million copies edit this table
Title Total copies sold Sales breakdown Series Release date Genre Developer Publisher
The Sims 2 20 million190 N/A The Sims 02004-09-14September 14, 2004 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
The Sims 16 million191 N/A The Sims 02000-02-04February 4, 2000 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
Diablo III 12 million[note 2]192 N/A Diablo 02012-05-15May 15, 2012 Action RPG, hack and slash dungeon crawl Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
Half-Life 2 12 million193 N/A Half-Life 02004-11-16November 16, 2004 First-person shooter Valve corporation Valve corporation (digital distribution)
Sierra Entertainment (retail)
Battlefield 2 11 million194 N/A Battlefield 02005-06-21June 21, 2005 Squad-based first-person shooter Digital Illusions CE (DICE) EA Games
StarCraft 11 million195 N/A StarCraft 01998-03-31March 31, 1998 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Minecraft 10.5 million196 N/A N/A 02011-11-18November 18, 2011[note 1] Sandbox, survival Mojang Mojang
The Sims 3 10 million197 N/A The Sims 02009-06-02June 2, 2009 Simulation The Sims Studio Electronic Arts
Half-Life 9.3 million2627 N/A Half-Life 01998-11-19November 19, 1998 First-person shooter Valve corporation Sierra Entertainment
Guild Wars 6.5 million 6.5 million in North America, Europe and Asia198 Guild Wars 02005-04-28April 28, 2005 Co-operative online RPG ArenaNet NCsoft
Myst 6 million199 N/A Myst 01993-09-24September 24, 1993 Graphic adventure, puzzle Cyan
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 6 million200 N/A StarCraft 02010-07-27July 27, 2010 Real-time strategy Blizzard Entertainment Activision Blizzard
SimCity 3000 (including re-release versions) 5 million201 N/A SimCity 01999-01-31January 31, 1999 Simulation Maxis Electronic Arts
  • ^1 While the full version of Minecraft was made available on November 18, 2011, alpha (and later beta) versions of the game had been publicly available since May 17, 2009, and 4 million of the sales were made prior to November 7, 2011.202
  • ^2 This includes the 1.2 million copies given away as part of World of Warcraft's Annual Pass offer.


Mobile phone

See also: Mobile game

Freemium downloads

See also: Freemium

Mobile games that use a freemium model. This list includes freemium mobile games with at least 10 million downloads.

Arcade

Main article: List of highest-grossing arcade games
See also: Golden age of arcade video games

This list includes arcade games that have sold at least 10,000 or more arcade hardware units.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Street Fighter II:
  2. ^ StarHorse2:
    • From April 2005 to March 2007: 18,079 units
      • StarHorse2: New Generation – 7,819 units from April 2005 to June 2006 (6,020 units in fiscal year ended March 2006,241 and 1,799 units during April–June 2006)242
      • StarHorse2: Second Fusion - 10,260 units from April 2006 to March 2007 (8,105 conversion kits during April–December 2006,243 and 2,155 body and satellite units in fiscal year ending March 2007)244
    • From April 2007 to March 2008: 10,275 units (756 body and satellite units of StarHorse2: Second Fusion during April–September 2007,245 and 9,519 conversion kits in fiscal year ended March 2008)246
    • From April 2009 to December 2009: 10,657 units of StarHorse2: Fifth Expansion247
  3. ^ Sega Network Mahjong MJ4:
    • Fiscal year ended March 2008: 10,427246
    • Fiscal year ended March 2009: 2,465262

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