1st Course
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PSP and PS2 not included. The list is also based on revenue so this mean bundled copies not included.
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Top 20 best selling video game series on console/PC for 2005-2013 (starts at 22M)
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PSP and PS2 not included. The list is also based on revenue so this mean bundled copies not included.
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
Another interesting little tidbit was on the AC Unity slide: "French Revolution setting as strong as American Revolution." And the Watch_Dogs slide bears no mention of the Wii U even having a release date.
It's a bit odd that they exclude Nintendo games on the slide, though I guess it makes their games look better
JetSetRadio
Banned
CoD really is a beast, they deserve it too. Ghosts is the first one I skipped though, I expect a decline from now on unless they get rid of all their bullshit in MP.
GTA is the real winner, good to know we'll get to enjoy Rockstar's magic for years and years..
GTA is the real winner, good to know we'll get to enjoy Rockstar's magic for years and years..
Chezzymann
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I have a feeling Mario won't even be on the list for 2013-2020
No portables and probably no bundles since Wii Sports is also absent.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Woow didn't realise handhelds and PS2 were excluded. Knew it was weird for GT to be missing.
Doesn't the sims only have 1?
1st Course
Member
Fatbody
Member
You would also have to subtract bundle copies of GT5.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
Another interesting little tidbit was on the AC Unity slide: "French Revolution setting as strong as American Revolution." And the Watch_Dogs slide bears no mention of the Wii U even having a release date.
Why is Resogun on there?
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Given "Mario" games (Nintendoland, NSMBU, NSLB, M3DW, Mario+Somic) are probably pushing 10 million sold on the WiiU alone I have a feeling you're wrong.
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
Another interesting little tidbit was on the AC Unity slide: "French Revolution setting as strong as American Revolution." And the Watch_Dogs slide bears no mention of the Wii U even having a release date.
excluding wii and wii u and casual titles
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Gears of War and Halo in the top 20. I figured at least one of Sony's games would be in there.
I didn't put much time into Gears 3 (think I played through the story and got like 9 achievements out of like 80..lol). I haven't even played Judgment. As for Halo...I still haven't beaten Halo 4 and I never beat ODST.
Why do I buy all these games and not finish them? Derp
I do like Halo and Gears, but I always get distracted by games like Dead Rising, Horizon, FM, The Show, etc...and forget to go back.
Pack-ins and $2 casual stuff doesn't really fit here. They should leave them all out. I'm surprised by the exclusion of Minecraft though. I'd consider it at least on level with Call of Duty as far as everyone (including Hard-Core) buying it.
I didn't put much time into Gears 3 (think I played through the story and got like 9 achievements out of like 80..lol). I haven't even played Judgment. As for Halo...I still haven't beaten Halo 4 and I never beat ODST.
Why do I buy all these games and not finish them? Derp
I do like Halo and Gears, but I always get distracted by games like Dead Rising, Horizon, FM, The Show, etc...and forget to go back.
Pack-ins and $2 casual stuff doesn't really fit here. They should leave them all out. I'm surprised by the exclusion of Minecraft though. I'd consider it at least on level with Call of Duty as far as everyone (including Hard-Core) buying it.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
The real reason Rayman Legends was delayed to become a mutliplat - to keep it eligible in a list and give them at least a title with a 90 or greater metacritic.
Well if we remove the PSP and PS2 games then we're below Gears.
PseudoViper
Member
Damn, nothing from Sony?
Fatbody
Member
Yep. And the reason why Watchdogs was delayed is because they need a boost for the next list in 2022. We'll all be debating the numbers in the Neogaf Oculus VR space.
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
This is stupid.
If you're going to randomly take out titles to make your games look better, heck, why even include any game that's not yours at all. Just have the entire graph of green games.
If Nintendo released a chart of "Best rated video games", and only included Nintendo games, people would say, "This is extremely stupid", and rightfully so.
Imperfected
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World of Warcraft and the expansions actually sold quite well at retail, and are probably charting where they are based almost entirely on that. (Keep in mind that it's an old game at this point; when it released Battle.net wasn't really a Steam-type games service, people still bought boxed copies of the game.)
dragonbane
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It's among the last 25 console titles released and has a MC of 85. Ubisoft doesn't consider it casual, so it's on there.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
interesting they dont consider skylanders, fifa or madden casual though.
Fifa and Madden are "core" games, cuz NPD said so.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Last of Us confirmed casual by Ubisoft?
BibiMaghoo
Member
'Mario' is it's own series? I thought it had several series to be honest. Lumping them all together kinda seems like reaching, not that they are not popular games.
Forza released *four* (five if you count Horizon) and still didn't make it. I find that kinda surprising, really. But then look at the bottom one... Gears definitely appealed to the more mainstream gamer. So there ya go.
Exterminieren
Banned
he's been in....a lot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Mario
All this list does is really highlight how massive GTA is.
A huge chunk of those don't count, as this list doesn't incorporate handhelds or Gamecube. If they were included, there's a very decent chance that Mario would be top.
Triggerhappytel
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Or Wii Sports, apparently.
EDIT - or Smash Bros. Or Mario Kart. Ha ha, what a fucking useless, cherry-picked, tales from my my arse list.
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Ha ha, this is beautiful! Maybe they thought it was on the Wii U?
If they don't lump them together it takes up more space in the top 10 and gives them less opportunity to lie and nab the top spots!
flatearthpandas
Member
Seriously.
Can someone make a list including Wii and Wii U titles? And casual titles, whatever the hell that means since Skylanders is on there.
Triggerhappytel
Member
No The Last of Us
No Tearaway
No Killzone Mercenary
No Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster
No Luftrausers
No Puppeteer
No TxK
No Ys: Memories of Celceta
No Fez
No Steamworld Dig
No Towerfall Ascension
No Gran Turismo 6
All above 75 metascore, according to Metacritic, and I found those just spending a few minutes looking. What a hilariously, insultingly stupid list.
SwiftDeath
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It's interesting that Guitar Hero and Rock band are on that list and now dead in the water
From a quick search you can add
Skulls of Shogun(iOS)-93
Super Mario 3D World(Wii U)-93
Papa Sangre II(iOS)-92
Device 6(iOS)-92
Asphalt 8:Airborne(iOS)-91
Fez(PC)-91
The Legend of Zelda-A Link Between Two Worlds(3DS)-91
And many more. There's too many to list.
I'm going to go ahead and say COD is the real winner. Release the same shit every year since 2008 and still sell gangbusters? Winning.
Triggerhappytel
Member
There's your answer then; if they did a real list it would push any of their games out of the top 10 and thus make themselves look worse. I wonder if investors could claim any accountability that the information being presented to them is lies.
phxxBullet
Banned
Of that list, the only "Mario" games that might apply are:he's been in....a lot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Mario
All this list does is really highlight how massive GTA is.
- Super Paper Mario
- Mario Party 8
- Mario Strikers Charged
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Super Sluggers
- Mario Power Tennis (New Play Control! series)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition
- Mario Sports Mix
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
- Fortune Street
- Mario Party 9
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Super Mario 3D World
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
- Dr. Luigi
LOL@"Wii, WiiU, Casual don't count"
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
Another interesting little tidbit was on the AC Unity slide: "French Revolution setting as strong as American Revolution." And the Watch_Dogs slide bears no mention of the Wii U even having a release date.
These lists are so blatantly cherry picked it's embarrassing.
When does Fiscal Year start for Ubisoft? And are there any other criteria for omitting titles other than "Wii, Wii U, & casual" because at a minimum I know Atelier Escha & Logy came out the same day as DSII and got 79 metacritic, yet is absent there. Even disregarding them as a small publisher there's still a lack of Final Fantasy X|X-2 though that IS a remake.
Slide 8 is an interesting slide as well.
Another interesting little tidbit was on the AC Unity slide: "French Revolution setting as strong as American Revolution." And the Watch_Dogs slide bears no mention of the Wii U even having a release date.
EDIT: And with Saints Row IV there A Realm Reborn should be unless their FY started literally in between those two games. That list is a farce.
BananaSprinkles
Banned
I wasn't aware mobile games were even on metacritic.
Admittedly I think I can see why mobile gets cut out altogether (presumably as casual) with the scores some of those games get and the number of reviews they actually get. You could easily populate most of that list with just iOS/Android that way. But that still really doesn't justify Wii/Wii U/probably handhelds, and even without those IF it's from April 2013 to March 2014 then... yeah, there's plenty of unambiguous hardcore omissions, period. Most notably The Last of Us, what the fuck?
I'm sure someone's already mentioned this, but Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.
Have you seen Advanced Warfare? That game has the chance to be this gens COD4.
He's number 2 and they're not even counting handhelds.
If they did, Mario and Pokemon would be 1 and 2, and it wouldn't even be close. He'll be on that 2013-2020 list.
And, oh hai sanic.
PotionBleue
Member
After yesterday's Polygon stupid graphs, we now have Ubisoft's stupid lists. I wonder how they'd look together.