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Sales data via our good friends from InstallBase and NPD:

Placement	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1	Mortal Kombat III	Super Mario 64	Mario Kart 64	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Donkey Kong 64
2	Madden Nfl 96	Mortal Kombat Trilogy	Super Mario 64	007: Goldeneye (N64)	Pokemon: Red/Blue
3	Nba Jam Trnmt Edt	Madden NFL 97 [EA Sports]	Star Fox	WWE Warzone	Pokemon Red
4	All pre-2000 titles only	Donkey Kong Country 2	007: Goldeneye (N64)	NFL Blitz	Pokemon Snap
5	Mortal Kombat II	Madden Nfl 97	Diddy Kong Racing	WCW/NWO Revenge	Pokemon Yellow
6	Donkey Kong Country	Killer Instinct	Star Wars Shadow Of Empire	Resident Evil 2	Super Smash Bros.
7	Lion King	NBA Live 97	Final Fantasy VII	Banjo-Kazooie	WWE Attitude
8	Myst	Wave Race	Turok: Dinosaur Hunter	Gran Turismo	Pokemon: Pinball
9	Nba Live 96	Star Wars Shadow Of Empire	Cruisin USA	Madden NFL 99 [EA Sports]	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10	Killer Instinct	Nba Live 96	Wave Race	Super Mario 64	Mario Party
11	96 Nhl	Donkey Kong Country 3	NFL Qtrback Club 98	Tekken 3	Driver
12	Yoshi's Island	Myst	Madden NFL 98 [EA Sports]	Mario Kart 64	Final Fantasy VIII
13	Donkey Kong Country 2	All pre-2000 titles only	Tomb Raider 2	Metal Gear Solid	Madden NFL 2000 [EA Sports]
14	Toy Story [Disney's]	Resident Evil	NFL GameDay 98	Yoshi's Story	Star Wars: Episode I: Racer
15	NBA Live 95	Mortal Kombat III	Nba Live 98	1080 Snowboarding	NFL Blitz 2000
16	Primal Rage	Tekken 2	Madden Football 64	NFL GameDay 99	WWE Wrestlemania 2000
17	Donkey Kong Land	Toy Story	Riven: The Sequel to Myst	Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped	Ready 2 Rumble: Boxing
18	College Football Usa	Ultimate Mk3	Tomb Raider	Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft	007: Goldeneye (N64)
19	Doom II	Super Mario Rpg	NBA Hangtime	Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	Gran Turismo
20	Batman Forever	PilotWings	Flight Simulator For Windows 95	WCW Vs NWO:World Tour	Syphon Filter

Placement	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
1	Pokemon Gold/Silver	Madden NFL 2002 [EA Sports]	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Madden NFL 2004 [EA Sports]	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2	Pokemon Stadium	Grand Theft Auto III	Madden NFL 2003 [EA Sports]	Need for Speed: Underground	Halo 2
3	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Grand Theft Auto III	Pokemon: Ruby/Sapphire	Madden NFL 2005 [EA Sports]
4	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	Spider-Man: The Movie	Enter the Matrix	Need for Speed: Underground 2
5	Legend Zelda:Majora's	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Medal of Honor: Frontline	Tony Hawk's Underground	Spider-Man 2
6	Madden NFL 2001 [EA Sports]	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	The Sims	Pokemon: FireRed/LeafGreen
7	The Sims	Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	True Crime: Streets of LA	NCAA Football 2005 [EA Sports]
8	Diablo II	The Sims	Kingdom Hearts [Disney, Square Enix]	Medal of Honor: Rising Sun	Star Wars: Battlefront
9	Pokemon Yellow	Pokemon Gold/Silver	NCAA Football 2003 [EA Sports]	NCAA Football 2004 [EA Sports]	NBA Live 05 [EA Sports]
10	Perfect Dark	Pokemon Stadium 2	The Two Towers [The Lord of the Rings]	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	MVP Baseball 2004 [EA Sports]
11	Mario Party 2	NBA Live 02 [EA Sports]	007: Nightfire	NBA Live 04 [EA Sports]	Tony Hawk's Underground 2
12	WWE No Mercy	Pokemon: Crystal Version	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Need for Speed: Underground
13	WWE Smackdown	Max Payne	WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos	The Return of the King [The Lord of the Rings]	NFL Street
14	Gran Turismo 2	Halo: Combat Evolved	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Call of Duty: Finest Hour
15	007: The World is Not Enough	Final Fantasy X	Halo: Combat Evolved	SoulCalibur II	The Sims 2
16	Donkey Kong 64	Super Mario Advance	Max Payne	NBA Street Vol. 2	Shrek 2
17	WWE Smackdown 2	Madden NFL 2001 [EA Sports]	SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals	Splinter Cell [Tom Clancy's]	NFL 2K5 [ESPN]
18	RollerCoaster Tycoon	Super Smash Bros. Melee	Super Mario Sunshine	Rockstar Games Double Pack: Grand Theft Auto: Grand Theft Auto III + Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	The Incredibles
19	Final Fantasy IX	NBA Live 2001 [EA Sports]	The Sims	The Simpsons: Hit & Run	Fight Night 2004 [EA Sports]
20	NFL 2K1 [Sega Sports]	Luigi's Mansion	007: Agent Under Fire	Final Fantasy X-2	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie [Nickelodeon]

Placement	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Madden NFL 06 [EA Sports]	Madden NFL 07 [EA Sports]	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	Rock Band	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Gears of War	Madden NFL 08 [EA Sports]	Guitar Hero: World Tour	Wii Fit
3	Call of Duty 2	NCAA Football 07 [EA Sports]	Guitar Hero II	Wii Fit	New Super Mario Bros.
4	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	Guitar Hero II	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	Madden NFL 10 [EA Sports]
5	Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	Halo 3	Madden NFL 09 [EA Sports]	Wii Fit Plus
6	NCAA Football 06 [EA Sports]	Call of Duty 3	Wii Play	Wii Play	Wii Sports Resort
7	Gran Turismo 4: The Real Driving Simulator	Cars	Rock Band	Call of Duty: World at War	Guitar Hero: World Tour
8	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Need for Speed: Carbon	Assassin's Creed	Grand Theft Auto IV	Halo 3
9	NBA Live 06 [EA Sports]	Kingdom Hearts II [Disney, Square Enix]	Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl	Mario Kart: Wii	Rock Band 2
10	LEGO Star Wars	Fight Night: Round 3 [EA Sports]	Super Mario Galaxy	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Mario Kart: Wii
11	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Mario Party 8	Rock Band 2	Wii Play
12	Pokemon: Emerald Version	Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter [Tom Clancy's]	NCAA Football 08 [EA Sports]	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Assassin's Creed II
13	The Sims 2	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008: Featuring ECW	Gears of War 2	Resident Evil 5
14	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland	Call of Duty 2	World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Call of Duty: World at War
15	MVP Baseball 2005 [EA Sports]	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	Transformers: The Game	Guitar Hero: Aerosmith	UFC 2009: Undisputed
16	Resident Evil 4	New Super Mario Bros.	Spider-Man 3	Fallout 3	The Beatles: Rock Band
17	Nintendogs	Final Fantasy XII	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures	DJ Hero
18	Need for Speed: Underground 2	Nintendogs	God of War II	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Batman: Arkham Asylum
19	World of Warcraft	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007	Nintendogs	NCAA Football 09 [EA Sports]	Left 4 Dead 2
20	Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory [Tom Clancy's]	Guitar Hero	Bioshock	Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 [Tom Clancy's]	NCAA Football 10 [EA Sports]

Placement	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
1	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Grand Theft Auto V	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2	Halo: Reach	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Halo 4	Call of Duty: Ghosts	Destiny
3	Wii Fit Plus	Madden NFL 12 [EA Sports]	Madden NFL 13 [EA Sports]	Madden NFL 25: 1989 - 2014 [EA Sports]	Grand Theft Auto V
4	Madden NFL 11 [EA Sports]	Battlefield 3	Assassin's Creed III	Battlefield 4	Madden NFL 15 [EA Sports]
5	New Super Mario Bros.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Borderlands 2	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Watch Dogs
6	Red Dead Redemption	Just Dance 3	NBA 2K13	NBA 2K14	NBA 2K15
7	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Gears of War 3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Super Smash Bros. (2014)
8	Pokemon: HeartGold/SoulSilver	Batman: Arkham City	Just Dance 4	Pokemon X/Y	Titanfall
9	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Pokemon Black/White	Mass Effect 3	Disney Infinity	FIFA 15 [EA Sports]
10	NBA 2K11	Assassin's Creed: Revelations	Skylanders: Giants	Bioshock: Infinite	Minecraft
11	Battlefield: Bad Company 2	Mortal Kombat (2011)	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	FIFA 14 [EA Sports]	Far Cry 4
12	Just Dance 2	NBA 2K12	FIFA Soccer 13 [EA Sports]	Skylanders: Swap Force	Call of Duty: Ghosts
13	Super Mario Galaxy 2	New Super Mario Bros.	Diablo III	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Pokemon: Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
14	God of War III	NCAA Football 12 [EA Sports]	NCAA Football 13 [EA Sports]	The Last of Us	Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
15	Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty	Just Dance 2	New Super Mario Bros.	Minecraft	Dragon Age: Inquisition
16	Fallout: New Vegas	L.A. Noire	Battlefield 3	Batman: Arkham Origins	Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes
17	Wii Sports Resort	Zumba Fitness	NBA 2K12	Just Dance 2014	Mario Kart 8
18	Mario Kart: Wii	FIFA Soccer 12 [EA Sports]	Far Cry 3	NCAA Football 14 [EA Sports]	NBA 2K14
19	NCAA Football 11 [EA Sports]	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	NBA 2K13	Diablo III
20	Final Fantasy XIII	Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	Tomb Raider (2013)	Skylanders: Trap Team

Placement	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
1	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Call of Duty: WWII	Red Dead Redemption II	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
2	Fallout 4	Battlefield 1	NBA 2K18	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	NBA 2K20
3	Grand Theft Auto V	The Division [Tom Clancy's]	Destiny 2	NBA 2K19	Madden NFL 20 [EA Sports]
4	Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)	NBA 2K17	Madden NFL 18 [EA Sports]	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Pokemon: Sword/Shield
5	Madden NFL 16 [EA Sports]	Madden NFL 17 [EA Sports]	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Madden NFL 19 [EA Sports]	Borderlands 3
6	NBA 2K16	Grand Theft Auto V	Grand Theft Auto V	Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony)	Mortal Kombat 11
7	Mortal Kombat X	Pokemon: Sun/Moon	Ghost Recon: Wildlands [Tom Clancy's]	Far Cry 5	Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
8	Destiny	Overwatch	Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)	God of War (2018)	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
9	Halo 5: Guardians	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Super Mario Odyssey	Monster Hunter: World	Kingdom Hearts III [Disney, Square Enix]
10	Batman: Arkham Knight	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Mario Kart 8	Pokemon: Let's Go	The Division 2 [Tom Clancy's]
11	Battlefield: Hardline	FIFA 17 [EA Sports]	Assassin's Creed: Origins	Grand Theft Auto V	Mario Kart 8
12	FIFA 16 [EA Sports]	Final Fantasy XV	FIFA 18 [EA Sports]	Assassin's Creed: Odyssey	Grand Theft Auto V
13	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Doom (2016)	For Honor	Mario Kart 8	Red Dead Redemption II
14	Dying Light	Dark Souls III	Injustice 2	Fallout 76	Minecraft
15	Minecraft	Minecraft	Horizon: Zero Dawn	FIFA 19 [EA Sports]	Anthem
16	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Mass Effect: Andromeda	Battlefield V	FIFA 20 [EA Sports]
17	The Elder Scrolls: Online	Far Cry: Primal	Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	Super Mario Odyssey	Resident Evil 2 (2019)
18	Dragon Ball: Xenoverse	Titanfall 2	Rainbow Six: Siege [Tom Clancy's]	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Luigi's Mansion 3
19	LEGO: Jurassic World	Watch Dogs 2	Overwatch	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Days Gone
20	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Gears of War 4	Middle-Earth: Shadow of War	Call of Duty: WWII	New Super Mario Bros.

Placement	2020	2021	2022
1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)	NBA 2K22	Elden Ring
3	NBA 2K21	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	NBA 2K23
4	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Madden NFL 22 [EA Sports]	Madden NFL 23 [EA Sports]
5	Madden NFL 21 [EA Sports]	Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl	God of War: Ragnarok
6	Assassin's Creed: Valhalla	Battlefield 2042	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
7	The Last of Us: Part II	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)	Pokemon: Scarlet/Violet
8	Grand Theft Auto V	Mario Kart 8	FIFA 23 [EA Sports]
9	Ghost of Tsushima	Grand Theft Auto V	Pokemon Legends: Arceus
10	Doom Eternal	Resident Evil: Village	Horizon II: Forbidden West
11	Mario Kart 8	MLB: The Show 21	Grand Theft Auto V
12	Super Mario 3D All-Stars	Far Cry 6	WWE 2K22
13	Final Fantasy VII: Remake	Super Mario 3D World	Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
14	Marvel's Avengers	FIFA 22 [EA Sports]	MLB: The Show 22
15	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony)	Minecraft	Mario Kart 8
16	Minecraft	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Call of Duty: Vanguard
17	NBA 2K20	NBA 2K21	NBA 2K22
18	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Assassin's Creed: Valhalla	Gran Turismo 7
19	FIFA 21 [EA Sports]	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Red Dead Redemption II
20	Red Dead Redemption II	Back 4 Blood	Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Digital Leader Panel Participating Publishers	Nintendo eShop Digital Full Games	PlayStation Digital Full Games	STEAM Digital Full Games	Xbox Digital Full Games
Activision Blizzard (Corp)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Atlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bandai Namco Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Capcom USA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Crystal Dynamics	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Disney Interactive Studios	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eidos	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electronic Arts	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
GameMill	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gearbox Publishing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Konami Digital Ent.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Krafton Games Union	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marvelous Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft (Corp)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
NCsoft	No	No	Yes	No
Plaion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sega	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sony (Corp)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Splash Damage	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Square Enix Inc (Corp)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Take-Two Interactive (Corp)*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubisoft	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Warner Bros. Games	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wizards of the Coast	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

* Digital revenues not included for Sep 2023 through Nov 2023

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Call of Duty, what the hell.

 

[twilo99]

CoD ... probably because it's a horrible game and all

 

[Mr Moose]

* Digital revenues not included for Sep 2023 through Nov 2023
Where is 2023?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

* Digital revenues not included for Sep 2023 through Nov 2023
Where is 2023?

Actually nvm, I'm wrong. There's no 2023 data yet.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Gosh, I haven't bought a CoD since Black Op 2 I think. Crazy how much weight that series has moved.

 

[adamsapple]

CoD is a fucking BEAST.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

DK64 above Pokémon can’t be right.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

DK64 above Pokémon can’t be right.

Well Pokemon Red/Blue, Pokemon Red and Pokemon Yellow are counted separately so probably that's the reason why DK64 is on top.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

COD Vanguard still #1. lol

And going back to the first list, I never knew NHL did that well. #11 is pretty darn good.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Well Pokemon Red/Blue, Pokemon Red and Pokemon Yellow are counted separately so probably that's the reason why DK64 is on top.

What even is Pokémon Red/Blue if there’s a separate slot for Red??

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

What even is Pokémon Red/Blue if there’s a separate slot for Red??

Yeah, not sure what's up with that. Probably Red/Blue is just Blue.

 

[Roufianos]

Seeing games like Metal Gear and Socom charting so high makes me think those were the good old days.

 

[Iced Arcade]

It's kind of bizarre that Playstation did not have a title in the top 5 until 2022 with God of War: Ragnarok coming in at #5 given how dominant they have been.


some of the placements are surprising

 

[Horseganador]

Those lists make me feel very old, those afternoons with friends playing N64 Goldeneye with proximity mines xDD.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Seeing games like Metal Gear and Socom charting so high makes me think those were the good old days.

I was chatting with a friend recently about Xenogears, and we joked about how ugly the greatest hits labels were, but then it sort of hit me - can you believe at one point Xenogears sold well enough to be considered a greatest hit? XENOGEARS.

 

[onQ123]

Then Call of Duty happened