List of best-selling video games (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of best-selling video games" in Simple English language version.

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45web.archive.org

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8nintendo.co.jp

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7ign.com

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3books.google.com

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2venturebeat.com

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1,409^th place

1windowscentral.com

4,677^th place

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1ea.com

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1theverge.com

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1bloomberg.com

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128^th place

1curvegames.com

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1bbc.co.uk

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1huffingtonpost.com

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130^th place

1terraria.org

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1atarimuseum.com

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1worldcat.org

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1digitpress.com

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1sites.google.com

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1garaph.info

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1bandainamco.co.jp

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1archive.org

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1businesswire.com

615^th place

1,296^th place

1comicbook.com

177^th place

84^th place

1polygon.com

180^th place

685^th place

1nintendosoup.com

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1complex.com

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1itv.com

494^th place

633^rd place

1take2games.com

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1gizmodo.co.uk

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1gamesindustry.biz

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3,750^th place

1gizbot.com

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1independent.co.uk

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1gamesradar.com

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1retrododo.com

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1playstation.com

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1businessinsider.com

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1youtube.com

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1gamasutra.com

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1mcvuk.com

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archive.org

Worley, Joyce (December 1989). "Mega Hits: The Best of the Best". Video Games & Computer Entertainment (11): 130–132, 137, 138.

atarimuseum.com

Vendel, Curt (May 28, 2009). "Site News". Atari Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

bandainamco.co.jp

"Namco Fiscal Quarter Report" (PDF). Japan: Bandai Namco Holdings. August 8, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

bbc.co.uk

Director/Producer: Magnus Temple; Executive Producer: Nick Southgate (2004). "Tetris: From Russia With Love". BBC Four. Event occurs at 51:23. BBC. BBC Four. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2020. The real winners were Nintendo. To date, Nintendo dealers across the world have sold 8 million Tetris cartridges on the Nintendo Entertainment system.

bloomberg.com

D'Anastasio, Cecilia (April 29, 2022). "Activision's Overwatch 2 Is Redefining the Sequel". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

books.google.com

Top 10 of Everything 2017. London, England: Hachette UK. October 6, 2016. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-600-63374-7. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Kao, John J. (1989). Entrepreneurship, creativity & organization: text, cases & readings. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 45. ISBN 0-13-283011-6. Estimates counted 7 billion coins that by 1982 had been inserted into some 400,000 Pac Man machines worldwide, equal to one game of Pac Man for every person on earth. US domestic revenues from games and licensing of the Pac Man image for T-shirts, pop songs, to wastepaper baskets, etc. exceeded $1 billion.
Shea, Tom (20 December 1982). "Shrinking Pac-Man leads game-wristwatch market". InfoWorld. Vol. 4, no. 50. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. pp. 44–5. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

businessinsider.com

Weinberger, Matt (September 9, 2015). "The downfall of Kinect: Why Microsoft gave up on its most promising product". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

businesswire.com

"Namco Networks' Pac-Man Franchise Surpasses 30 Million Paid Transactions in the United States on Brew". AllBusiness.com. 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

comicbook.com

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Sells 30 Million Copies". ComicBook.com. September 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

complex.com

Welch, Hanuman (April 23, 2013). "1984: Duck Hunt – The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977". Complex. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

curvegames.com

"Human: Fall Flat surpassed 50 million units worldwide". PC Gamer. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

digitpress.com

"Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Gold" (PDF). Arcade Express. 1 (1): 4. August 15, 1982. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.

ea.com

"Tetris Game Surpasses 100 Million Paid Mobile Downloads, Was the Best-Selling Mobile Phone Game of All Time". Electronic Arts. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.

gamasutra.com

Langley, Ryan (January 20, 2012). "Xbox Live Arcade by the numbers – the 2011 year in review". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

gamesindustry.biz

Vincent, James (September 5, 2018). "FIFA 18 sells over 24 million copies". Gamesindustry.biz. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

gamesradar.com

Gilbert, Henry (October 23, 2013). "25 things we still love about Super Mario Bros. 3 25 years later". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

garaph.info

"Namco (Japan sales, 2000–2006)". Garaph (based on Famitsu data). July 28, 2005. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2012.

gizbot.com

Sharma, Karan (February 26, 2019). "FIFA 19 sales saw a down fall because of FIFA 18, says EA sports". Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

gizmodo.co.uk

O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). "30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday". Gizmodo. Univision Communications. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2017.

huffingtonpost.com

"'Pokken Tournament' and Pokemon's $1.5 Billion Brand". The Huffington Post. AOL. March 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2017.

ign.com

"The History of Mario: A look in Mario's roots may help gamers see Nintendo's famous mascot within a bigger framework". IGN. September 30, 1996. Archived from the original on 2002-03-11. Retrieved 22 February 2021. Nintendo's first U.S. home videogame console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1985 with Mario starring in Super Mario Bros. The legendary title has gone on to sell more than 50 million units worldwide.
Hatfield, Daemon (February 23, 2010). "WiiWare, Virtual Console Sales Exposed". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
Yang, George (May 29, 2023). "The Witcher 3 Sales Officially Cross 50 Million". IGN. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Kim, Matt (December 13, 2019). "Telltale Games' Shut Down and 'Revival,' Explained". IGN. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
Dinsdale, Ryan (2023-10-05). "Cyberpunk 2077 Surpasses 25 Million Units Sold, Outpacing The Witcher 3". IGN. Retrieved 2023-10-05.

in.ign.com

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microsites.ign.com

"Call of Duty: A Short History". IGN. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

independent.co.uk

Vincent, James (October 7, 2013). "GTA 5 has already beaten GTA 4's lifetime sales". The Independent. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

itv.com

"From 1997–2013: How the Grand Theft Auto series has evolved". ITV. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

mcvuk.com

Parfitt, Ben (May 29, 2008). "Sonic rings mobile success". MCV. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

nintendo.co.jp

"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Wii Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Wii U Software". Nintendo. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
"Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2016". Nintendo. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Nintendo DS Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
"Top Selling Software Sales Units – Nintendo Wii U Software". Nintendo. September 30, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Nintendo 3DS Software". Nintendo. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
"Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2010" (PDF). Nintendo. May 7, 2010. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2010.

nintendosoup.com

"Pokemon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon Have Outsold Crystal And Emerald". NintendoSoup. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.

playstation.com

blog.playstation.com

van Beek, Jan-Bart (May 9, 2023). "20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

polygon.com

Sarker, Samit (August 4, 2015). "Diablo 3 lifetime sales top 30 million units". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.

retrododo.com

Santabarbara, Seb (March 29, 2022). "10 Best Selling GBA Games Of All Time". Retro Dodo. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

sites.google.com

"Game Search (based on Famitsu data)". Game Data Library. March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

take2games.com

ir.take2games.com

"Take-Two Interactive | Investor Presentation - November 2022". Take-Two Interactive. 2022-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

terraria.org

forums.terraria.org

"Terraria State of the Game – May 2022". Terraria Forums. May 23, 2022. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

theverge.com

Peters, Jay (2021-12-09). "The original PUBG is going free-to-play". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.

venturebeat.com

Takahashi, Dean (November 8, 2023). "Take-Two bookings drop 4% to $1.44B in September quarter as Rockstar teases next GTA". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
Takahashi, Dean (June 1, 2009). "After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

web.archive.org

Takahashi, Dean (November 8, 2023). "Take-Two bookings drop 4% to $1.44B in September quarter as Rockstar teases next GTA". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
"Tetris Game Surpasses 100 Million Paid Mobile Downloads, Was the Best-Selling Mobile Phone Game of All Time". Electronic Arts. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Wii Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
Peters, Jay (2021-12-09). "The original PUBG is going free-to-play". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Wii U Software". Nintendo. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
"The History of Mario: A look in Mario's roots may help gamers see Nintendo's famous mascot within a bigger framework". IGN. September 30, 1996. Archived from the original on 2002-03-11. Retrieved 22 February 2021. Nintendo's first U.S. home videogame console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in 1985 with Mario starring in Super Mario Bros. The legendary title has gone on to sell more than 50 million units worldwide.
Hatfield, Daemon (February 23, 2010). "WiiWare, Virtual Console Sales Exposed". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
D'Anastasio, Cecilia (April 29, 2022). "Activision's Overwatch 2 Is Redefining the Sequel". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
Yang, George (May 29, 2023). "The Witcher 3 Sales Officially Cross 50 Million". IGN. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Takahashi, Dean (June 1, 2009). "After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
Director/Producer: Magnus Temple; Executive Producer: Nick Southgate (2004). "Tetris: From Russia With Love". BBC Four. Event occurs at 51:23. BBC. BBC Four. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2020. The real winners were Nintendo. To date, Nintendo dealers across the world have sold 8 million Tetris cartridges on the Nintendo Entertainment system.
"'Pokken Tournament' and Pokemon's $1.5 Billion Brand". The Huffington Post. AOL. March 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Top 10 of Everything 2017. London, England: Hachette UK. October 6, 2016. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-600-63374-7. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
"Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2016". Nintendo. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
"Terraria State of the Game – May 2022". Terraria Forums. May 23, 2022. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
Vendel, Curt (May 28, 2009). "Site News". Atari Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
Shea, Tom (20 December 1982). "Shrinking Pac-Man leads game-wristwatch market". InfoWorld. Vol. 4, no. 50. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. pp. 44–5. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
"Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Gold" (PDF). Arcade Express. 1 (1): 4. August 15, 1982. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
"Game Search (based on Famitsu data)". Game Data Library. March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
"Namco (Japan sales, 2000–2006)". Garaph (based on Famitsu data). July 28, 2005. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
"Namco Fiscal Quarter Report" (PDF). Japan: Bandai Namco Holdings. August 8, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
"Namco Networks' Pac-Man Franchise Surpasses 30 Million Paid Transactions in the United States on Brew". AllBusiness.com. 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Nintendo DS Software". Nintendo. March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Sells 30 Million Copies". ComicBook.com. September 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
Sarker, Samit (August 4, 2015). "Diablo 3 lifetime sales top 30 million units". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
"Pokemon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon Have Outsold Crystal And Emerald". NintendoSoup. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
Welch, Hanuman (April 23, 2013). "1984: Duck Hunt – The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977". Complex. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
Kim, Matt (December 13, 2019). "Telltale Games' Shut Down and 'Revival,' Explained". IGN. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
"From 1997–2013: How the Grand Theft Auto series has evolved". ITV. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
"Take-Two Interactive | Investor Presentation - November 2022". Take-Two Interactive. 2022-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). "30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday". Gizmodo. Univision Communications. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
"Call of Duty: A Short History". IGN. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
Vincent, James (September 5, 2018). "FIFA 18 sells over 24 million copies". Gamesindustry.biz. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
Sharma, Karan (February 26, 2019). "FIFA 19 sales saw a down fall because of FIFA 18, says EA sports". Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
"Top Selling Software Sales Units – Nintendo Wii U Software". Nintendo. September 30, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
"Sales Data – Top Selling Title Sales Units – Nintendo 3DS Software". Nintendo. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
Vincent, James (October 7, 2013). "GTA 5 has already beaten GTA 4's lifetime sales". The Independent. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
"Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2010" (PDF). Nintendo. May 7, 2010. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
Gilbert, Henry (October 23, 2013). "25 things we still love about Super Mario Bros. 3 25 years later". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
Santabarbara, Seb (March 29, 2022). "10 Best Selling GBA Games Of All Time". Retro Dodo. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
Weinberger, Matt (September 9, 2015). "The downfall of Kinect: Why Microsoft gave up on its most promising product". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 3/4 (YouTube). GameTap (user gametap). February 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
Langley, Ryan (January 20, 2012). "Xbox Live Arcade by the numbers – the 2011 year in review". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
Parfitt, Ben (May 29, 2008). "Sonic rings mobile success". MCV. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

windowscentral.com

Zachary Boddy (2023-10-15). "Minecraft crosses 300 million copies sold as it prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary". Windows Central. Retrieved 2023-10-15.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Shea, Tom (20 December 1982). "Shrinking Pac-Man leads game-wristwatch market". InfoWorld. Vol. 4, no. 50. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. pp. 44–5. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

youtube.com

Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 3/4 (YouTube). GameTap (user gametap). February 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2014.