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Crash Bandicoot is a video game series created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. [1] It is published by Activision, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games, Konami, Universal Interactive Studios, King, and Sony Computer Entertainment, with entries developed by Polarbit, Toys for Bob, Beenox, Radical Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Traveller's Tales, Eurocom, King and Naughty Dog.
The Crash Bandicoot series has been a commercial success. As of 2007, the series altogether has sold over 40 million units worldwide [133] and grossed over $1 billion. [134] According to Gamasutra, the first Crash Bandicoot game had sold 6.8 million units as of November 2003, [135] making it the tenth-best-selling PlayStation game of all time.
Crash Bandicoot ' s success continued into 1997, in which it was the tenth best selling video game in the United States. [95] In May 1997, Crash Bandicoot became the first non-Japanese game to receive a "Gold Prize" in Japan for sales of over 500,000 units, and in September 1997, it was inducted into the Greatest Hits budget range. [24] [96]
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a 2017 platform game compilation developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision.It includes remasters of the first three games in the Crash Bandicoot series: Crash Bandicoot (1996), Cortex Strikes Back (1997), and Warped (1998); which were originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation.
The best-selling game on the PlayStation is Gran Turismo. A sim racing game developed by Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo was originally released in Japan on December 23, 1997, and went on to sell 10.85 million units worldwide. [1] The second-best-selling game on the console is Final Fantasy VII (1997), which sold over 10 million units.
Crash Twinsanity is a 2004 platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.It is the eleventh installment in the Crash Bandicoot series and the fifth game in the main series.
Crash Boom Bang!, known in Japan as Crash Bandicoot Festival, [b] is a party video game developed by Dimps and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the Nintendo DS.It was released in Japan in July 2006, North America and Europe in October 2006 and Australia in November 2006; the international releases were published under the Sierra Entertainment brand.
Another example is the Japanese version of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back in which a death animation that has Crash squashed into a head and feet was altered due to its resemblance to the Kobe child murders. Japan's Spike removed all references to Kim Jong-il and North Korea in Homefront, as well. [180]