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I thought it would be interesting to go back and look at some of the top selling PSX games back in the day. Some of the placements may even surprise you!
Top 50 PSX Games USA (NPD as of 2005)
For comparison here's the Japan list.
Top 50 Japanese PSX games (Media Create)
Nothing too surprising on the Japanese list outside hotshots golf. Also Horse racing, wasn't expecting that.
American list is pretty interesting, forgot how popular Rugrats was in the 90's, and that particular game was actually good (not so much the others.) so that's pretty neat. Also, Crash domination, only beaten by pack-in game Gran Turismo
(US sources are multiple threads on Neogaf/NPD data)(Japanese sales are based on Game Data Library archive.)
Top 50 PSX Games USA (NPD as of 2005)
- 3,261,557 PSX Gran Turismo (Sony)
- 3,156,882 PSX Gran Turismo 2 (Sony)
- 3,120,190 PSX Crash Bandicoot 2 (Sony)
- 3,056,691 PSX Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (Sony)
- 2,948,058 PSX Frogger (Atari)
- 2,756,288 PSX Spyro the Dragon (Sony)
- 2,751,213 PSX Crash Bandicoot (Sony)
- 2,701,372 PSX Tekken 3 (Namco)
- 2,628,911 PSX Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Activision)
- 2,623,706 PSX Driver (Activision)
- 2,513,441 PSX Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (Activision)
- 2,457,962 PSX Final Fantasy VII (SquareSoft)
- 2,435,785 PSX Metal Gear Solid (Konami)
- 2,197,590 PSX WWE Warzone (Acclaim)
- 2,056,246 PSX Driver 2 (Atari)
- 2,031,548 PSX Namco Museum Vol. 3 (Namco)
- 1,913,888 PSX Final Fantasy VIII (SquareSoft)
- 1,909,410 PSX Crash Team Racing (Sony)
- 1,885,919 PSX Resident Evil (Capcom)
- 1,872,640 PSX Tomb Raider (Eidos)
- 1,782,076 PSX Tomb Raider 2 (Eidos)
- 1,753,966 PSX Tekken 2 (Namco)
- 1,748,631 PSX Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- 1,743,961 PSX Twisted Metal 2 (Sony)
- 1,740,721 PSX Spyro the Dragon 2: Ripto's Rage (Sony)
- 1,699,910 PSX Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
- 1,657,490 PSX Namco Museum Vol. 1 (Namco)
- 1,570,440 PSX WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role (THQ)
- 1,545,974 PSX Syphon Filter (Sony)
- 1,534,029 PSX Tetris Plus (Jaleco)
- 1,505,485 PSX A Bug's Life (Sony)
- 1,495,792 PSX Spider-Man (Activision)
- 1,456,265 PSX Rugrats: Search Reptar (THQ)
- 1,450,096 PSX Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Midway)
- 1,423,771 PSX Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Sony)
- 1,420,846 PSX 007: Tomorrow Never Dies (Electronic Arts)
- 1,367,214 PSX Rayman (Ubisoft)
- 1,366,186 PSX WWF Smackdown! (THQ)
- 1,347,964 PSX Final Fantasy IX (SquareSoft)
- 1,311,955 PSX NFL Gameday 98 (Sony)
- 1,299,038 PSX Madden NFL 99 (Electronic Arts)
- 1,298,364 PSX Tomb Raider 3 (Eidos)
- 1,281,620 PSX Madden NFL 2000 (Electronic Arts)
- 1,273,027 PSX Spec Ops (Take 2 Interactive)
- 1,246,978 PSX Cool Boarders 3 (Sony)
- 1,245,866 PSX Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts)
- 1,219,671 PSX Cool Boarders 2 (Sony)
- 1,215,784 PSX Need for Speed: High Stakes (Electronic Arts)
- 1,210,246 PSX Madden NFL 2001 (Electronic Arts)
- 1,188,386 PSX Croc: Legend of Gobbos (Fox Interactive)
For comparison here's the Japan list.
Top 50 Japanese PSX games (Media Create)
1 | Final Fantasy VII [All Versions] | 2.034.879 | 3.937.899 | Square | 31/01/1997 |
2 | Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past | 1.862.065 | 3.893.293 | Enix | 26/08/2000 |
3 | Final Fantasy VIII | 2.504.044 | 3.501.588 | Square | 11/02/1999 |
4 | Final Fantasy VII | 2.034.879 | 3.277.776 | Square | 31/01/1997 |
5 | Final Fantasy IX | 1.954.421 | 2.707.301 | Square | 07/07/2000 |
6 | Resident Evil 2 [All Versions] | 1.389.733 | 2.456.651 | Capcom | 29/01/1998 |
7 | Gran Turismo [All Versions] | 648.650 | 2.379.059 | SCE | 23/12/1997 |
8 | Gran Turismo | 648.650 | 2.186.375 | SCE | 23/12/1997 |
9 | Resident Evil 2 | 1.389.733 | 2.154.975 | Capcom | 29/01/1998 |
10 | Hot Shots Golf [All Versions] | 117.383 | 2.018.365 | SCE | 17/07/1997 |
11 | Resident Evil [All Versions] | 148.904 | 1.806.206 | Capcom | 22/03/1996 |
12 | Hot Shots Golf | 117.383 | 1.777.895 | SCE | 17/07/1997 |
13 | Derby Stallion | 920.565 | 1.737.819 | ASCII | 17/07/1997 |
14 | Gran Turismo 2 | 748.581 | 1.460.687 | SCE | 11/12/1999 |
15 | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | 1.005.020 | 1.383.282 | Capcom | 22/09/1999 |
16 | Final Fantasy Tactics [All Versions] | 641.073 | 1.287.188 | Square | 20/06/1997 |
17 | Final Fantasy Tactics | 641.073 | 1.270.806 | Square | 20/06/1997 |
18 | Hot Shots Golf 2 [All Versions] | 273.260 | 1.250.362 | SCE | 29/07/1999 |
19 | PaRappa the Rapper [All Versions] | 28.082 | 1.244.237 | SCE | 06/12/1996 |
20 | Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen [All Versions] | 620.802 | 1.232.071 | Enix | 22/11/2001 |
21 | Resident Evil | 148.904 | 1.194.779 | Capcom | 22/03/1996 |
22 | Tekken 3 | 671.886 | 1.186.119 | Namco | 26/03/1998 |
23 | Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen | 620.802 | 1.173.671 | Enix | 22/11/2001 |
24 | Chocobo's Dungeon | 648.901 | 1.165.796 | Square | 23/12/1997 |
25 | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back [All Versions] | 172.253 | 1.099.708 | SCE | 18/12/1997 |
26 | Tekken 2 [All Versions] | 367.666 | 1.096.152 | Namco | 29/03/1996 |
27 | SaGa Frontier [All Versions] | 572.466 | 1.095.226 | Square | 11/07/1997 |
28 | Arc the Lad | 311.236 | 1.090.000 | SCE | 30/06/1995 |
29 | SaGa Frontier | 572.466 | 1.088.414 | Square | 11/07/1997 |
30 | Tekken 2 | 367.666 | 1.088.069 | Namco | 29/03/1996 |
31 | Dance Dance Revolution | 207.875 | 1.023.821 | Konami | 10/04/1999 |
32 | Parasite Eve | 422.985 | 994.420 | Square | 29/03/1998 |
33 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '99 [All Versions] | 324.751 | 970.345 | Konami | 22/07/1999 |
34 | Hot Shots Golf 2 | 273.260 | 951.931 | SCE | 29/07/1999 |
35 | Densha de Go! | 272.476 | 949.947 | Taito | 18/12/1997 |
36 | PaRappa the Rapper | 28.082 | 937.976 | SCE | 06/12/1996 |
37 | BeatMania | 221.675 | 923.585 | Konami | 01/10/1998 |
38 | Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped | 294.718 | 917.105 | SCE | 17/12/1998 |
39 | Xenogears [All Versions] | 513.525 | 916.891 | Square | 11/02/1998 |
40 | Tales of Destiny [All Versions] | 450.099 | 895.524 | Namco | 23/12/1997 |
41 | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | 172.253 | 894.355 | SCE | 18/12/1997 |
42 | Xenogears | 513.525 | 891.674 | Square | 11/02/1998 |
43 | Derby Stallion 99 | 451.981 | 871.059 | ASCII | 30/09/1999 |
44 | XI | 131.815 | 864.844 | SCE | 18/06/1998 |
45 | Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMix | 194.866 | 862.866 | Konami | 26/08/1999 |
46 | Metal Gear Solid [All Versions] | 316.833 | 853.019 | Konami | 03/09/1998 |
47 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '98 [All Versions] | 207.426 | 835.730 | Konami | 23/07/1998 |
48 | I.Q Intelligent Cube [All Versions] | 24.531 | 834.677 | SCE | 31/01/1997 |
49 | Tekken | 292.551 | 830.000 | Namco | 31/03/1995 |
50 | Tales of Destiny | 450.099 | 829.618 | Namco |
Nothing too surprising on the Japanese list outside hotshots golf. Also Horse racing, wasn't expecting that.
American list is pretty interesting, forgot how popular Rugrats was in the 90's, and that particular game was actually good (not so much the others.) so that's pretty neat. Also, Crash domination, only beaten by pack-in game Gran Turismo
(US sources are multiple threads on Neogaf/NPD data)(Japanese sales are based on Game Data Library archive.)