Mario Tops Best Selling Game Franchise List
01-10-07, 12:13 PM
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Mario Tops Best Selling Game Franchise List
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=12349
Very interesting if this is an accurate list.
Chris
January 10, 2007
Mario Tops Best Selling Game Franchise List
British newspaper The Independent has published a list of what it claims are the top twenty best selling video games franchises of all-time.
The top ten brands are largely as would be expected, with the large number of games to which the Mario name has been applied making it easily the top seller. Overall, Nintendo has the largest number of franchises in the top twenty, with all four of its titles in the top ten.
1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million
2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million
3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million
4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million
5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million
6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million
7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million
8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million
9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million
10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million
11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million
12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million
13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million
14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million
15. James Bond (Various): 30 million
16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million
17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million
18. Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Electronic Arts): 25 million
19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million
20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million
Madden NFL is the highest ranked Western developed game in the chart at number four, one of the few games in the chart which is not also popular in Japan. Despite most of the entries in the series not having been released in the West, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest is placed at number twelve in the chart, with James Bond being the only licensed franchise at number fifteen.
Korean-developed massively multiplayer online game Lineage is the highest ranked PC-only brand in the chart, with Command & Conquer the only other at number eighteen.
It is also notable that six out of the top ten titles are single-format exclusives (ignoring spin-offs and portable versions), with Grand Theft Auto and Sonic the Hedgehog only becoming multiformat relatively recently.
POSTED: 06.06AM PST, 01/10/07 - David Jenkins
Mario Tops Best Selling Game Franchise List
British newspaper The Independent has published a list of what it claims are the top twenty best selling video games franchises of all-time.
The top ten brands are largely as would be expected, with the large number of games to which the Mario name has been applied making it easily the top seller. Overall, Nintendo has the largest number of franchises in the top twenty, with all four of its titles in the top ten.
1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million
2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million
3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million
4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million
5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million
6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million
7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million
8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million
9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million
10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million
11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million
12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million
13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million
14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million
15. James Bond (Various): 30 million
16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million
17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million
18. Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Electronic Arts): 25 million
19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million
20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million
Madden NFL is the highest ranked Western developed game in the chart at number four, one of the few games in the chart which is not also popular in Japan. Despite most of the entries in the series not having been released in the West, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest is placed at number twelve in the chart, with James Bond being the only licensed franchise at number fifteen.
Korean-developed massively multiplayer online game Lineage is the highest ranked PC-only brand in the chart, with Command & Conquer the only other at number eighteen.
It is also notable that six out of the top ten titles are single-format exclusives (ignoring spin-offs and portable versions), with Grand Theft Auto and Sonic the Hedgehog only becoming multiformat relatively recently.
POSTED: 06.06AM PST, 01/10/07 - David Jenkins
Very interesting if this is an accurate list.
Chris
01-10-07, 12:18 PM
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Gee, who would have thought that Mario could pull it off! With only Kart, Golf, Tennis, Party, Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer in addition to his regular platformers and RPGs (not including Luigi, Peach, or Wario), I was worried he would have the momentum to pull it off.
01-10-07, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Gee, who would have thought that Mario could pull it off! With only Kart, Golf, Tennis, Party, Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer in addition to his regular platformers and RPGs (not including Luigi, Peach, or Wario), I was worried he would have the momentum to pull it off.
01-10-07, 12:33 PM
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Lineage eh, those wacky Koreans and that terrible MMORPG.
01-10-07, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
James Bond? Seriously? There's Goldeneye and ... er... uhmm... yeah.
01-10-07, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
James Bond? Seriously? There's Goldeneye and ... er... uhmm... yeah.
It said best selling. Nothing about having to be good
"Cool, James Bond. This is a must buy, after all Goldeneye was awesome. Oh man....."
01-10-07, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by edstein
All of those games would be just as good with "Mii" style characters.
Wiisports would probably be more entertaining to me with Mario characters instead of the lame Miis. some custom ones are ok, but only facially. The rest of them look like those dumb ass Higglytown Heroes or whatever they're called.
01-10-07, 02:29 PM
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I wish that whoever wrote the article could have put how many games were in each franchise so that we could get an idea of how many games the numbers are spread across.
I wonder if they counted the Mario titles that were packed in with the consoles or not?
I wonder if they counted the Mario titles that were packed in with the consoles or not?
01-10-07, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by edstein
Exactly. I can't wait for Master Chief Tennis or Gears of War Party. Let's face it, Mario is a whore. All of those games would be just as good with "Mii" style characters.
01-10-07, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by RichC2
Lineage eh, those wacky Koreans and that terrible MMORPG.
Otherwise pretty much what I was expecting.
And as far as Star Wars, I guess they don't count Rebel Assault, Battlefront, KOTOR, Lego and the rest as part of the same franchise, though if they count all the Bond games together, they probably should do that here as well (in which case this franchse can go all the way back to the 2600 with games).
01-10-07, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Gee, who would have thought that Mario could pull it off! With only Kart, Golf, Tennis, Party, Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer in addition to his regular platformers and RPGs (not including Luigi, Peach, or Wario), I was worried he would have the momentum to pull it off.
01-10-07, 08:43 PM
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Funny at how the top two, add up to the next six combined. That's crazy.
01-10-07, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I think they forgot Star Wars.
List of Star Wars video games
