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*{{note|Kinect}}'''a:''' As of February 12, 2013, the ] sensor has sold 24 million units,<ref name="24-million">{{cite web |url=http://bgr.com/2013/02/12/microsoft-xbox-360-sales-2013-325481/ |title=MICROSOFT SAYS XBOX 360 SALES HAVE SURPASSED 76 MILLION UNITS, KINECT SALES TOP 24 MILLION|first=Zach |last=Epstein |publisher=BGR.com |date=February 12, 2013 |accessdate=February 15, 2013}}</ref> each of which is bundled with a copy of ''Kinect Adventures''.
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Total Xbox 360 games sold as of March 31, 2012: 618.24 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/Kpi/FY12/Q3/Detail.aspx|title=Microsoft Investor Relations|accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref>


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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).

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 million Best-selling home video game up until that time.
Pitfall! 1982 4 million
Asteroids 1981 3.8 million Best-selling Atari 2600 game prior to Pac-Man.
Missile Command 1980 2.5 million
Space Invaders 1980 2 million First game to sell a million cartridges.
Demon Attack 1982 2 million
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1.5 million
Adventure 1979 1 million
Atlantis 1982 1 million
Cosmic Ark 1982 1 million
Kaboom! 1981 1 million
Megamania 1982 1 million
River Raid 1982 1 million

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

Xbox 360

Main article: List of best-selling Xbox 360 video games

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

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This is a list of video games for the Xbox 360 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling Xbox 360 game is Kinect Adventures!, which was bundled with the Kinect accessory, selling 24 million units.

As of December 2009, over 353.8 million total copies of games had been sold for the Xbox 360.

List

Game Copies sold Release date Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Kinect Adventures! 24 million November 4, 2010 Good Science Studio Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto V 22.95 million September 17, 2013 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 22 million May 9, 2012 4J Studios Microsoft Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 14.72 million November 8, 2011 First-person shooter Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops 14.55 million November 9, 2010 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Halo 3 14.5 million September 25, 2007 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 13.7 million November 13, 2012 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 13.7 million November 11, 2011 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 13.49 million November 10, 2009 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Grand Theft Auto IV 11.1 million April 29, 2008 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Call of Duty: Ghosts 10.16 million November 5, 2013 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Halo: Reach 9.87 million September 14, 2010 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 4 9.41 million
 November 6, 2012 First-person shooter 343 Industries Microsoft Studios
Forza Motorsport 3 5.5 million October 23, 2009 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Gears of War 5 million November 7, 2006 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Gears of War 2 5 million November 7, 2008 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Batman: Arkham City 4.73 million October 18, 2011 Action-adventure Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Forza Motorsport 4 4.6 million October 11, 2011 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 4.211 million November 5, 2007 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Forza Motorsport 2 4.05 million May 29, 2007 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Fable II 3.5 million October 21, 2008 Action role-playing Lionhead Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Batman: Arkham Asylum 3.48 million August 25, 2009 Action-adventure Rocksteady Studios Square Enix
Call of Duty: World at War 3.35 million November 11, 2008 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Sneak King 3.2 million November 19, 2006 Stealth-action, advergame Blitz Games Studios King Games
Gears of War 3 3 million September 20, 2011 Third-person shooter Epic Games Microsoft Studios
Halo 3: ODST 3 million September 22, 2009 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Kinect Sports 3 million October 9, 2010 Sports Rare Microsoft Game Studios
Battlefield 3 2.73 million
 October 25, 2011 First-person shooter EA DICE Electronic Arts
Assassin's Creed 2.585 million November 13, 2007 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Dance Central 2.5 million November 4, 2010 Harmonix MTV Games
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2.36 million November 6, 2007 Action-adventure Traveller's Tales LucasArts
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.08 million October 24, 2006 Action role-playing Raven Software
Uno 2.068 million May 9, 2006 Card game Carbonated Games Microsoft Game Studios
Final Fantasy XIII 2 million March 9, 2010 Role-playing Square Enix 1st Production Department Square Enix
Guitar Hero II 2 million April 3, 2007 Harmonix Activision
Saints Row 2 million August 29, 2006 Action-adventure Volition THQ
Trials HD 2 million August 12, 2009 RedLynx Microsoft Game Studios
Forza Horizon 1.94 million October 23, 2012 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Assassin's Creed II 1.917 million November 17, 2009 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 1.872 million March 20, 2006 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios
Madden NFL 09 1.87 million August 12, 2008 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Red Dead Redemption 1.865 million May 18, 2010 Action-adventure Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
Dead Rising 1.8 million August 8, 2006 Capcom Production Studio 1 Capcom
Rock Band 1.75 million November 20, 2007 Harmonix MTV Games
Madden NFL 07 1.72 million August 22, 2006 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 1.652 million October 28, 2007 Neversoft Activision
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 1.6 million December 21, 2006 Third-person shooter Capcom Capcom
Mass Effect 1.6 million November 20, 2007 Action role-playing BioWare Microsoft Game Studios
Mass Effect 2 1.6 million January 26, 2010 BioWare Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 1.591 million November 22, 2006 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Call of Duty 3 1.534 million November 7, 2006 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
Fallout 3 1.51 million October 28, 2008 Action role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Madden NFL 08 1.51 million August 14, 2007 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
BioShock 1.5 million August 21, 2007 First-person shooter 2K Games
Crackdown 1.5 million February 20, 2007 Action-adventure Realtime Worlds Microsoft Game Studios
Perfect Dark Zero 1.5 million November 22, 2005 Rare Microsoft Game Studios
Resident Evil 5 1.423 million March 5, 2009 Third-person shooter Capcom Capcom
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1.411 million March 9, 2006 Tactical shooter Ubisoft
Call of Duty 2 1.4 million November 22, 2005 First-person shooter Infinity Ward Activision
Fight Night Round 3 1.29 million February 20, 2006 Sports EA Chicago EA Sports
UFC 2009 Undisputed 1.23 million May 19, 2009 Sports Yuke's THQ
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.124 million October 26, 2008 Neversoft Activision
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1.123 million September 16, 2008 LucasArts LucasArts
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 1.07 million March 18, 2008 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 1.05 million March 2, 2010 First-person shooter EA DICE Electronic Arts
Rock Band 2 1.02 million September 14, 2008 Harmonix MTV Games
Dead or Alive 4 1 million December 29, 2005 Fighting Team Ninja Tecmo
Halo Wars 1 million February 26, 2009 Real-time strategy Ensemble Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Left 4 Dead 1 million November 18, 2008 Valve South Valve
Ninja Gaiden II 1 million June 3, 2008 Team Ninja Microsoft
The Orange Box 1 million October 10, 2007 Valve Valve
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 1 million March 6, 2007 Tactical shooter Ubisoft
Viva Piñata 1 million November 9, 2006 Life simulation Rare Microsoft Game Studios
Trials Evolution 1 million April 18, 2012 Racing RedLynx Microsoft Studios

See also

Notes

  1. Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. As of February 12, 2013, the Kinect sensor has sold 24 million units, each of which is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures.
  3. Of the 90 million total units sold by April 2018, 25.5% of that total were for the Xbox 360 version.
  4. ^ Xbox Live Arcade game
  5. 59% of 23,270,000 total units sold were for Xbox 360.
  6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 87,374 (original) and 3,944 (Platinum Collection)
    • United Kingdom – 1 million
    • United States – 6.471 million
  7. Grand Theft Auto IV sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 65,486 (original) and 6,453 (Platinum Collection)
    • United Kingdom – 1 million
    • United States – 3.29 million
  8. Halo: Reach sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 53,126
    • North America – 5.74 million
  9. Halo 4 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 0.04 million
    • United Kingdom – 2.22 million
    • United States – 6.44 million
    • Other regions – 0.70 million
  10. Gears of War sales may include PC version.
  11. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sales breakdown:
    • Canada – 78,000
    • Japan – 54,742 (original) and 39,222 (Platinum Collection)
    • United Kingdom – 1 million
    • United States – 3.04 million
  12. Call of Duty: World at War sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 600,000
    • United States – 2.75 million
  13. Battlefield 3 sales breakdown:
    • Europe – 730,000
    • Japan – 14,000
    • United States – 1.63 million
  14. Assassin's Creed sales breakdown:
    • Canada – 60,000
    • Japan – 55,261
    • United Kingdom – 600,000
    • United States – 1.87 million
  15. Only digital sales have been recorded.
  16. Assassin's Creed II sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 40,837
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.577 million
  17. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 72,274 (original) and 10,025 (Game of the Year Edition)
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.49 million
  18. ^ Sales data only reported for the United States.
  19. Red Dead Redemption sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 37,984
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.528 million
  20. Rock Band sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 100,000
    • United States – 1.65 million
  21. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock sales breakdown:
    • Canada – 32,000
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.32 million
  22. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 18,592 (original) and 2,731 (Platinum Collection)
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.27 million
  23. Call of Duty 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 14,194
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 1.22 million
  24. Fallout 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 63,548 (original), 6,681 (Game of the Year Edition) and 4,262 (Platinum Collection)
    • North America – 1.14 million
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
  25. Resident Evil 5 sales breakdown:
    • France – 40,135
    • Japan – 123,817
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 1.06 million
  26. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 8,903 (original) and 1,622 (Platinum Collection)
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 1.2 million
  27. Fight Night Round 3 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 1,132
    • United Kingdom – 100,000
    • United States – 1.19 million
  28. UFC 2009 Undisputed sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 1.03 million
  29. Guitar Hero World Tour sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 924,000
  30. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 923,000
  31. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 sales breakdown:
    • United Kingdom – 300,000
    • United States – 752,300
    • Japan – 18,533
  32. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 24,539
    • United Kingdom – 200,000
    • United States – 825,500

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Nintendo

Total games Nintendo has sold as of December 31, 2012: 4.08 billion.

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 December 31, 2012: 500.01 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 379.06 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 224.97 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 208.57 million.

Wii

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

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

Total Wii games sold as of December 31, 2012: 863.53 million.

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

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 December 31, 2012: 11.69 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 501.11 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 377.42 million.

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 December 31, 2012: 930.55 million.

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.

Total Nintendo 3DS games sold as of December 31, 2012: 84.99 million.

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.

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

PlayStation 2

Slim and original PlayStation 2
Main article: List of best-selling PlayStation 2 video games

PlayStation 2 video games which have sold or shipped at least five million copies.

Total PlayStation 2 games sold as of March 31, 2012: 1.53 billion.

PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

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

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

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.

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 as a result of the NPD Group and similar organisations being unable to accurately track these sales.

Mobile phone

See also: Mobile game

Paid downloads

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, and 1,799 units during April–June 2006)
      • StarHorse2: Second Fusion - 10,260 units from April 2006 to March 2007 (8,105 conversion kits during April–December 2006, and 2,155 body and satellite units in fiscal year ending March 2007)
    • From April 2007 to March 2008: 10,275 units (756 body and satellite units of StarHorse2: Second Fusion during April–September 2007, and 9,519 conversion kits in fiscal year ended March 2008)
    • From April 2009 to December 2009: 10,657 units of StarHorse2: Fifth Expansion
  3. Sega Network Mahjong MJ4:
    • Fiscal year ended March 2008: 10,427
    • Fiscal year ended March 2009: 2,465

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