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Top 20 Grossing Console/PC Franchises at Retail of the Last 10 Years
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Storm Kyleis
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No handhelds?
Very interesting data though.
Very interesting data though.
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Was shocked about no pokemon but then I saw it was consoles + pc only. Didn't expect Sonic to be on there.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Kids love Sonic.
Storm Kyleis
Member
1. Call of Duty
2. Mario
3. FIFA
4. GTA
5. Assassin's Creed
6. Wii Fit
7. Madden
8. The Sims
9. Guitar Hero
10. Battlefield
11. Halo
12. Need for Speed
13. Just Dance
14. LEGO
15. NBA 2K
16. Warcraft
17. Sonic
18. Rock Band
19. Elder Scroll
20. Skylanders
Frostinferno
Member
GTA is 4th with only two games. Damn.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Kind of amazing how im only interested in 1 franchise on that list.
In the last 10 years, we only had 2 elder scrolls games, where as we have had more than 10 sonic games
Thank you. Looks about right. I expect some of these franchises to get off the list within the next few years, particularly Wii Fit and Guitar Hero.
Shadow Hog
Member
As mentioned, kids eat up Sonic games. Even the garbage ones like 2006 (and probably Boom: Rise of Lyric).
It helps that Colors and Generations (and to some extent Unleashed) were genuinely pretty good.
astrogamer
Member
Combined, Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus is a little less than 44 million
Welfare
Member
Skyrim passed 20 million sales back in January 2014. An extra year plus Oblivion should be bigger.
Ah well.
johnsavage
Member
If they added DS/3DS/PSP/Vita, what would happen to that list?
Sonic is assuredly gone as well.
Pokemon would be one of the top sellers for sure.
Does Mario include any Nintendo title with Mario somehow involved? Or only mainline releases?
Glad to see Halo reasonably high as well.
CoD is truly a beast in sales. Also impressive how franchises that have been dead for 5 years (i.e. Guitar Hero) still hold on because they sold so much in the past. It is very hard for even great new franchises, such as Gears of War and Uncharted, to even make it to this kind of chart.
Glad to see Halo reasonably high as well.
CoD is truly a beast in sales. Also impressive how franchises that have been dead for 5 years (i.e. Guitar Hero) still hold on because they sold so much in the past. It is very hard for even great new franchises, such as Gears of War and Uncharted, to even make it to this kind of chart.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
LOL @ strong communities 
Yeah Ubi you really know how to treat your community
Yeah Ubi you really know how to treat your community
I haven't been following Sonic sales lately, but don't Sonic games generally sell well? Unless you're referring to Sega's lack of focus on the console market, meaning less Sonic console titles.
San Andreas was released in late '04 for PS2 only, I'm pretty sure major chunk of SA sales factor into that period too.
Guitar Hero is 9th and it's been dead for half the last decade.
More Nintendo franchises, Mario first?
They were doing about 2 million an entry with Mario & Sonic pumping around 5-10 million (this is what was really getting them places), but these days it's more like 500K-1 million.
Elder Scrolls is on the list with about 16 million at retail or so (a lot of Skyrim's 20+ million at 8 million PC digital sales and Oblivion was only around 3-5 million).
They're need a very strong brand revival to get back on.
Edit:
Actually given Europe's PC retail situation, Elder Scrolls could still conceivably be around 20 million at retail. Retail for PC was still notable in the US when Oblivion came out even.
I would assume it is everything with Mario in the title, otherwise Mario Kart (MKWii sold 20 million some copies) would be on the list
Wii Fit series is roughly at 44 million units shipped:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=963700
EDIT:
Beaten.
Leafhopper
Banned
Skylanders is the one that surprises me on this list. Relatively new and the whole figure and portal thing did wonders for them.
I am just wondering how much longer Skylanders will be able to keep up with Disney going deep as hell on it and Lego getting into it this fall.
Sonic games still sell. If they didn't even, even as crazy as Sega is, they would stop or take a break.
I am just wondering how much longer Skylanders will be able to keep up with Disney going deep as hell on it and Lego getting into it this fall.
Sonic games still sell. If they didn't even, even as crazy as Sega is, they would stop or take a break.
You forget Mario & Sonic games were big hit (bigger than the "mainline" games).
It exploded around the year NBA Live imploded, and actually ended up selling significantly better than both games did combined the previous year.
Has been growing and holding strong ever since.
Storm Kyleis
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Yup. Pokémon would probably be in the top 5 with roughly 100 million copies sold on DS/3DS (between 13 milion sellers).
Brain Training and Nintendogs somewhere in the top 20 maybe.
Welfare
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All regions covered by the NPD and GFK groups.
Probably Mario Kart over Mario, but still pretty high on the list.
I see, thanks.
Leafhopper
Banned
Newer IPs don't have the audience that some of these older ones have (Sonic and Mario) and the fact competing with games that are on everything.
Makes sense given that the Wii U hasn't been hot. I'd be surprised if they don't release a bunch of Sonic titles for the PS4/Xbox One/Wii U this gen.
A mostly familiar roundup featuring an assortment of franchises I generally don't care about tbh
Would be cool to see a +3DS version. Must be something like Pokemon, Monster Hunter
I'm actually not sure that Sega feels particularly worried about Sonic especially if it falls slightly. They want the franchise to do well because it has such a stranglehold on a certain demographic, but they can fall back on other spheres. But of course if Sonic started to bomb, they'd hate it.
Would be cool to see a +3DS version. Must be something like Pokemon, Monster Hunter
I'm actually not sure that Sega feels particularly worried about Sonic especially if it falls slightly. They want the franchise to do well because it has such a stranglehold on a certain demographic, but they can fall back on other spheres. But of course if Sonic started to bomb, they'd hate it.
Newtype-001
Member
Completely surprised at halo charting so high.
astrogamer
Member
Based on the above parameters (though I'm also including the first 3 months of 2015 as several of these weren't updated at the end of 2014)
Mario Kart: 41.49 (76.78 including handhelds)
NSMB: 36.38 (76.38 including handhelds)
3D Mario: 24.01 (34.01 including handhelds but excluding Super Mario 64 DS since it released in 2004)
Mario Party: 11.96 (22.41 including handhelds)
Chû Totoro
Member
Ok so no PC, no handhelds and no Japanese market lol
I now understand why I don't like Ubi games. They're focused on things that don't appeal to me, they can try harder but only their "little" games could have my attention.
Ubi, EA and Activision are shaping a western only gaming vision. Fuck you all (with love).