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For the first time in 15 years, the best-selling video game in the US was not a game from Activision or Rockstar Games. However, due to the NPD being unable to track Nintendo digital sales data, only physical sales are counted for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . [ 44 ]
The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a 2011 sandbox game released by Mojang for multiple platforms, eventually selling more than 300 million copies in 2023. Grand Theft Auto V is the only other video game known to have sold over 100 million and 200 million copies.
The highest selling arcade game of the year is F-1. 1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game console. [5] 1978 – Space Invaders is released, popularizing the medium and beginning the golden age of arcade video games. [6]
This is the sales charts subsection of WikiProject Video games' Reference library. Since the 1980s, many market research firms around the world (such as the NPD Group) have tracked and published data regarding the sales of video games. This page archives and organizes the charts released by such firms, to give Wikipedians easy access to ...
For best-selling individual video games, see the list of best-selling video games. The sales figures given below also do not include arcade video game sales, which can be found at the list of highest-grossing arcade games. The Mario franchise is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, with over 879 million units sold worldwide.
The holidays won't save the game industry from its terrible year. Video game sales around the world have slumped in 2022, and experts predict that even the holiday shopping season won't rescue the ...
Video game deals for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC and more are at some of their lowest prices right now — and many are still available. Worthwhile deals on video games and gaming ...
Video game stocks are set to surge in 2025 amid a slew of major releases, says Ned Davis Research. Grand Theft Auto VI and the Nintendo Switch 2 are expected to drive sales growth for the industry.