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Top 20 best selling games of 2016 in the US, also genre split

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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Thanks to Saty for noticing this.

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Source: http://essentialfacts.theesa.com/mobile/
 
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Krakn3Dfx

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Bloodborne robbed.

Not a single exclusive actually. That's kind of weird.

Edit: Well, except Pokemon. That's to be expected.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
I've always wondered why "Adventure" is a name for a genre... isn't almost everything technically an "adventure" EXCEPT sport games? And even that could be argued because of story mode in basketball games.

I just think Adventure should fall under Role-Playing...
 
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border

Member
#15 Final Fantasy XV
#16 Titanfall 2


That is either really great news for Titanfall 2, or really terrible news for Final Fantasy XV.
 
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Velkyn

Member
Absolutely fascinating infographic. I didn't realize FFXV had sold so well!

Also; Madden is no surprise, but to see NBA2k17 hot on its heels is pretty shocking to me.
 
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Kill3r7

Member
mrmickfran said:
Infinite Warfare taking #1 despite releasing in November and having lower sales than all other CODs

holy fuck
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Yes, COD is that big.

Velkyn said:
Absolutely fascinating infographic. I didn't realize FFXV had sold so well!

Also; Madden is no surprise, but to see NBA2k17 hot on its heels is pretty shocking to me.
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Not really. NBA has been doing really well the last few years while Madden has slowed down significantly.

Surprised that The Division is below both of them.
 
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Makonero

Member
Where would Pokemon be if they counted both versions as a single game (since they basically are, an insignificant group of people bought both)?
 
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NinjaCoachZ

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border said:
#15 Final Fantasy XV
#16 Titanfall 2


That is either really great news for Titanfall 2, or really terrible news for Final Fantasy XV.
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FFXV did what 1-2 million in the US, I think?

I was honestly surprised Titanfall 2 was that high after how much I heard about it bombing. I guess some of those discounts must've really helped.

Makonero said:
Where would Pokemon be if they counted both versions as a single game (since they basically are, an insignificant group of people bought both)?
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Yeah, I wish we could know this.
 
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Alex_Mexico

Member
For anyone thinking Rockstar should annualized GTA just as Activision annualizes their buggest franchises you only need to see the three year old GTAV at #3.
 
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blakep267

Member
NinjaCoachZ said:
FFXV did what 1-2 million in the US, I think?

I was honestly surprised Titanfall 2 was that high after how much I heard about it bombing. I guess some of those discounts must've really helped.



Yeah, I wish we could know this.
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It was relative to what Titanfall 1 opened with and did.
 
Kingpin Rogers

Kingpin Rogers

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What makes shooters so popular as a genre? This is anecdotal but it seems like every person I've met who just games more casually and isn't super into it like us tends to play FPS games either the most or pretty much exclusively.
Is it just because they're easy to pick up and play with buddies or is it something else?
 
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MegaSackman

Member
Dark Souls III sold more than Uncharted 4? Mmm... is that accurate? I didn't know Dark Souls was that big I mean... it means it sold more than 8m copies.

Also Titanfall 2... I thought that game bombed.

Edit: Oh it's just US... still weird I guess.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
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Someone should go to jail for committing this crime of graphic design.

EDIT: I thought TF2 bomba'd. I guess not!
 
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pretty done

Member
MegaSackman said:
Dark Souls III sold more than Uncharted 4? Mmm... is that accurate? I didn't know Dark Souls was that big I mean... it means it sold more than 8m copies.

Also Titanfall 2... I thought that game bombed.

Edit: Oh it's just US... still weird I guess.
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Dark Souls is huge and on three platforms. Game is at 1.5m on Steam alone. You've gotta imagine PS4 is way above that maybe even double since PS is the original home of Souls. Who knows about Xbox.
 
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KillerMan91

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border said:
So Dark Souls 3 outsold Uncharted 4?

I never would have imagined it had the bigger audience.
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Uncharted was bundled a lot and I am guessing this chart doesn't count bundled games. Otherwise it's rather impossible it to be behind DS III as we know Uncharted reached 8.7 million globally as of 21th december and that is way way more than Dark Souls III.
 
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Steveo

Banned
Velkyn said:
I'm surprised it sold that well; given all the negative word-of-mouth around it.
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There's a very large group of people who only play Call of Duty and nothing else. If Call of Duty went away, they probably wouldn't play video games anymore.
 
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