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Million selling PS1 and PS2 games in the USA - More than 190 titles
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Ivan Amiibo
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Frogger tha god
Tekken 3 was the shit. Everyone I knew had a copy and I bought two myself.
Yeah, what's the deal with Frogger?
Herman Cain
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This thread seems unnecessary given this post is already in a thread and talked about that's across multiple older consoles, and mostly, primarily, there's no PS3 and PSP numbers.
sir_kevith
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friskykillface
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twisted metal 3 and 4 both sold a million each
0_o shit
0_o shit
nrvalleytime
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- The Legend of Dragoon - 0.96 million
And it's not worthy of a sequel. C'mon, Sony!
What's fascinating is Chrono Cross isn't on this list. Would have guessed it sold at least one million copies.
Count how many of those titles would sell today.
Instead we'd get like 10 titles selling 9+ million.
Herman Cain
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^But it will help fix those people who believe that in NA gaming was owned by Japan in the 90's and 00's when that wasn't the case at all. So that saves me some work if I ever get into a debate like that on a random website or here.
SolidSnakex
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The PSone chart is just a reminder of what could've been for Driver. It could've been GTA3 had the sequel not been rushed out on the PSone.
MrCunningham
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Herman Cain
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Wait GTA 2 outsold GTA 1?
GTA 2 is like one of the harder games to find weird.
Anyway Interesting to See how Spyro dropped off after the first game. I always knew it did, but it seems strange how 2 did worse than 3. But then again skate boarding with cheetahs was class.
GTA 2 is like one of the harder games to find weird.
Anyway Interesting to See how Spyro dropped off after the first game. I always knew it did, but it seems strange how 2 did worse than 3. But then again skate boarding with cheetahs was class.
Madden's sales haven't really changed all that much. Other series have just gotten bigger to the point that 4-5 million isn't that big anymore.
Since nobody cares about posting old NPD data anymore, here are N64's million sellers as of 2003, for kicks:
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N64 SUPER MARIO 64 5,943,556
N64 GOLDENEYE 007 5,019,092
N64 MARIO KART 64 4,796,623
N64 ZELDA: OCARINA TIME 3,543,388
N64 SUPER SMASH BROTHERS 2,546,810
N64 POKEMON STADIUM 2,501,915
N64 DIDDY KONG RACING 2,500,609
N64 DONKEY KONG 64 2,336,132
N64 POKEMON SNAP 1,916,105
N64 STAR FOX 64 W/RMBL PK 1,903,652
N64 STAR WARS SHDW OF EMP 1,731,758
N64 WAVE RACE 64 1,706,024
N64 LEGEND ZELDA:MAJORA'S 1,632,897
N64 WCW/NWO REVENGE 1,628,721
N64 BANJO-KAZOOIE 1,616,250
N64 SW EPISODE 1: RACER 1,499,017
N64 CRUISIN USA 1,486,612
N64 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATER 1,406,132
N64 SW ROGUE SQUADRON 1,380,864
N64 PERFECT DARK 1,297,490
N64 TUROK 2:SEEDS OF EVIL 1,149,182
N64 WCW VS NWO:WRLD TOUR 1,139,096
N64 YOSHI'S STORY 1,105,117
N64 MARIO PARTY 2 1,102,867
N64 1080 SNOWBOARDING 1,077,769
N64 MARIO PARTY 1,076,733
N64 NAMCO MUSEUM 64 1,040,093
N64 WWE NO MERCY 1,004,719
N64 WWE WRESTLEMANIA 2000 998,632
N64 TUROK: DINOSAUR HUNTR 973,167As of 2008, NPD adjusted a lot of numbers and include all releases including bundles etc....
John Bender
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THE LEGEND OF DRAGOON !!!!
God... Sony... you had a damn good JRPG team (with a million seller IP) and you blew it.
Now you have nothing at all.
Even Nintendo has a JRPG team with Monolith Software.
God... Sony... you had a damn good JRPG team (with a million seller IP) and you blew it.
Now you have nothing at all.
Even Nintendo has a JRPG team with Monolith Software.
Ivan Amiibo
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I think it was a budget release that was in every store, but still...pretty weird.
As of 2008, NPD adjusted a lot of numbers and include all releases including bundles etc....
not a single 3rd party game cracked 2 million lol
SolidSnakex
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BlackBuzzard
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Lol Croc the system seller. KAPOW SPLAT!
As of 2008.
Neff
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Selling a million back then was a pretty shit-hot achievement, though.
Most wouldn't even get made today, which in part is related to the sales of course.Count how many of those titles would sell today.
Ivan Amiibo
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SolidSnakex
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It also explains why Sony won't fund games now unless they own the IP.
not a single PS1 game sold more than 4 million lol
And half of those would all be from the same yearly series.
Ivan Amiibo
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still, compare it to the PS1 list. PS1/N64 was the gen where 3rd parties fled from nintendo en masse.
Ivan Amiibo
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yep, what a failure of a system. :^)
Jawmuncher
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Dino Crisis isn't on there?
Everything I knew was a lie.
Everything I knew was a lie.
mcz117chief
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And I am amazed that neither 5 or 0 is there on the list. Either people didn't like 4 so they didn't bother with the sequels or I don't know. It is strange since both 5 and 0 are better than 4 in every aspect.
Count how many of those titles would sell today.
I'd actually guess that a lot of those titles would sell more today than they did then, but they'd be significantly less profitable. It sucks.
Those are very interesting numbers for the PS1. Final Fantasy IX's sales aren't surprising since pretty much everyone was getting hyped for the PS2. Also cool to see a lot of platformers I grew up with on the list. Croc charting that much actually isn't surprising either, a lot of friends I knew had the game.
Neff
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With such a huge userbase comprising different tastes, and such a broad selection of software, the PSone numbers are really good. They only look slight against the N64's heavy hitters because the N64 userbase and software range was smaller, meaning less people with less games to choose from, and also because the quartet of SM64, Goldeneye 007, Mario Kart 64 and Ocarina were that good.
It's also a good argument as to why you don't always need big install bases for strong software sales (although it inevitably helps). For example, Mario Kart 8 has almost reached MK64's sales, and will probably surpass it, on a platform which currently represents less than a third of the N64's footprint.
Many players did too.
It was a sarcastic post.
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