twilo99
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Especially considering how influential it was for the whole genre
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Especially considering how influential it was for the whole genre
crackajack
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Most of the list is leaning towards more recent releases. Selling one million was a success for every game in the past and above 5 or even 10 exceptional. In the case of id, probably some engine sales as cherry on top.
Now Krafton supposedly expected 5mio for Calisto Protocoll, same as Square and Tomb Raider.
electricmastro
Member
Regarding James Bond, the estimated sales of the FPS games:
GoldenEye 007 (1997) - 8,090,000
007: The World is Not Enough (2000) - 2,470,000
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (2001) - 5,150,000
James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002) - 5,060,000
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) - 1,600,000
007: Quantum of Solace (2008) - 3,860,000
Goldeneye 007: Reloaded (2010) - 2,720,000
007 Legends (2012) - 760,000
One can just get the sense of burnout people had by 2012, despite the franchise's earlier success.
GoldenEye 007 (1997) - 8,090,000
007: The World is Not Enough (2000) - 2,470,000
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire (2001) - 5,150,000
James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002) - 5,060,000
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) - 1,600,000
007: Quantum of Solace (2008) - 3,860,000
Goldeneye 007: Reloaded (2010) - 2,720,000
007 Legends (2012) - 760,000
One can just get the sense of burnout people had by 2012, despite the franchise's earlier success.
EverydayBeast
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Halo was crucial to Xbox, all these other shooters are great multi platform games.
electricmastro
Member
Well, except for Killzone and Resistance. I believe those were only ever on Sony systems.
electricmastro
Member
Looks like Battlefield 6 is now at 10 million copies, meaning it has now surpassed Borderlands and is right behind Call of Duty.
nemiroff
Gold Member
Hmm, so why do I see people who have been playing it for 300,000 hours say it's really boring. I've also noticed many people playing a game called "BF6" instead because COD is so bad. They say "BF6" is incredible, so obviously it must be a completely different and more diverse experience.
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Grildon Tundy
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Ones that stood out:
1.) Call of Duty - 500 million - 5x the next-closest series. Damn!
3.) Borderlands - 96.5 million - Had no idea this was that successful. No wonder they thought they could release BL3 PC exclusively on Epic Games Store and not take a hit (but I bet they did).
10.) BioShock - 43 million - Didn't realize my boy Bioshock was doing this well for himself. Makes it even stranger they haven't put out a reboot or sequel in the past 12 years.
16.) Half-Life - 26.3 million - Pretty impressive for a PC-leading series. I'd bet ~1/4th of these sales are on console.
17.) Doom - 20 million -Surprisingly low. Each game in the modern reboot trilogy deserves more love. They tried something different on each one and delivered
18.) Metro - 16.2 million & 19.) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 15 million -The same 15-16M players buying both Metro and STALKER lol. Makes sense to me!
1.) Call of Duty - 500 million - 5x the next-closest series. Damn!
3.) Borderlands - 96.5 million - Had no idea this was that successful. No wonder they thought they could release BL3 PC exclusively on Epic Games Store and not take a hit (but I bet they did).
10.) BioShock - 43 million - Didn't realize my boy Bioshock was doing this well for himself. Makes it even stranger they haven't put out a reboot or sequel in the past 12 years.
16.) Half-Life - 26.3 million - Pretty impressive for a PC-leading series. I'd bet ~1/4th of these sales are on console.
17.) Doom - 20 million -Surprisingly low. Each game in the modern reboot trilogy deserves more love. They tried something different on each one and delivered
18.) Metro - 16.2 million & 19.) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 15 million -The same 15-16M players buying both Metro and STALKER lol. Makes sense to me!
electricmastro
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twilo99
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There will always be people who complain about something especially when you have such a large number of players
GoldenEye98
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Borderlands at No.3 is surprising.
Mayar
Member
This is perfectly logical. A lot depends on when and in what period the games were released. At the time of Doom, PCs weren't as widespread, and they were still quite expensive devices that few could afford. Half-Life came later, but the PC market still hadn't developed that much. Plus, newer games now have a huge advantage thanks to digital distribution. And other factors aside, the results Doom achieved at the time were simply phenomenal, considering the time of its release and the state of the market.
P.S - I also remember the time when the first Unreal came out, and I didn't have a single friend whose PC could run it normally, and 3DFX was far from everyone's thing back then.
nemiroff
Gold Member
Then you might be interested to hear that many of us think Borderlands 4 is a much appreciated improvement over Borderlands 3
amigastar
Member
Yep, i noticed that. i have to take a break since i finished BL3 not too long ago but i'm very curious about BL4.Then you might be interested to hear that many of us think Borderlands 4 is a much appreciated improvement over Borderlands 3
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I can understand Half-Life.......just.
But since the 90s Doom has been on PC, PS1, Saturn, N64, GBA, Xbox etc. Not to mention the new games on all systems possible and the re-release of the older games.
Based on that, I'm a little shocked to see it not higher up on the list.
Mayar
Member
Ports of Doom to other platforms weren't very successful (and sometimes downright bad - 3DO). Game's main success was on PC—10 million copies was an incredible result for the time. It was installed on virtually every PC available.
Ellis
Member
Uncharted would qualify for this. Would also be in top spot just above Gears by a couple of million.
If DOOM wasn't initially a shareware release, it would be much, much higher.
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Ports of Doom to other platforms weren't very successful (and sometimes downright bad - 3DO). Game's main success was on PC—10 million copies was an incredible result for the time. It was installed on virtually every PC available.
No. I refuse to accept this. I can't believe PayDay and James Bond FPS games have sold more than Doom.
electricmastro
Member
Doom's best-sold game so far was Doom 2016, so it would add up. https://brandon-chambers.github.io/charts/games/game_chart.html
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Doom's best-sold game so far was Doom 2016, so it would add up. https://brandon-chambers.github.io/charts/games/game_chart.html
No. I'm in denial
electricmastro
Member
I wasn't sure as to whether or not to count PUBG as one game or a franchise of multiple games with the original game and PUBG Mobile.
I can see that, mobile takes it's own fantastical approach but its core IP started the same.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Stop crying.I thought Battlefield would be way higher, like 200M. It's not even close.
Halo...
Unreal tournament used to be the shit .
Look at it
LOOK AT IT
Durin
Member
And yet Ubisoft won't touch this series beyond a single live-service multiplayer game.
Damn, rock & stone!
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electricmastro
Member
It is interesting to think that Deep Rock Galactic has already outsold all of Killzone even though Killzone has been around for much longer than Deep Rock Galactic.
kevboard
Member
PS3 exclusives didn't sell all that well. especially not early ones.
for perspective, Halo 3 sold as many copies in 2 weeks, as Uncharted 2 sold during the entire PS3 gen.
electricmastro
Member
Battlefield was actually in second for a bit due to Battlefield 6, but now Take-Two has released a presentation revealing that Borderlands is at 99 million, so now Battlefield is at third again: https://ir.take2games.com/static-files/2b782ec8-e583-4f7b-a213-86f2d1dbce40
kpopSuperstar
Member
Ready or Not and Hunt: Showdown should probably be on there. Escape From Tarkov as well. And as others mentioned, PUBG.
And I don't understand how it uses the metrics on the free-to-play games on the list.
But COD is surely a giant, only Mario eclipses it.
And I don't understand how it uses the metrics on the free-to-play games on the list.
But COD is surely a giant, only Mario eclipses it.
electricmastro
Member
Borderlands and Battlefield are basically duking it out in sales right now. We'll have to see who comes out as #2 by the end of the year.