From Street Fighter II to Hogwarts Legacy, here’s the best-selling video game of each year.
  • Maple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    As expected, Pokémon and then CoD primarily. Gamers just wanna catch cool monsters and kill dudes. Kinda messed up tbh but like, whatever.

    • soyagi@yiffit.netEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is why Sony was making such a big deal about Call of Duty during the discussions about Microsoft acquiring Activision (owners of the Call of Duty franchise). Sony wanted reassurance that the Call of Duty games would still come out on the PlayStation consoles, and not be exclusive to Microsoft’s platforms (Xbox and Windows). When you see that Call of Duty has been the best selling game nearly every year recently, you can understand Sony’s plea.

  • Roundcat@kbin.cafe
    2·
    1 year ago

    Very interesting how despite being the distant runner-up (and the 3rd place console in Japan) N64 games were consistant best sellers from 1996 to 1999. Either taking first, or several of the runner-up spots. Then in the 2000s, You don’t see a single place from 2002 until 2006. I think this shows the real tragedy of the Gamecube. At least with the N64, games still sold numbers, but with the gamecube, Nintendo was struggling with consoles and software. Surprised not even any Gameboy Advance games made the list.

  • drcouzelis@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    1995: Mortal Kombat 3

    Console: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PC, Game Boy, Game Gear

    I have Mortal Kombat 3 for Game Boy! Fun fact, it’s the only original Game Boy game officially released rated M for Mature.

    Also the Game Boy version is garbage. XD

  • AtomicPurple@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m surprised that Gran Turismo was number one is 2005. I remember Star Wars Battlefront II being the hot new game everyone was playing at the time, and Star Wars being huge in general due to Episode III releasing that year. Just the fact that a PS2 exclusive driving sim, beat out a multi-platform Star Wars game that was one of the most hyped releases at the time is insane to me.