From Street Fighter II to Hogwarts Legacy, here’s the best-selling video game of each year.
  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 years 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
    14•2 years 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.

  • @[email protected]English
    7•2 years ago

    I read that tears of the kingdom is the best selling game of 2023 so far. I wonder where the author got their numbers from.

  • MapleEnglish
    9•2 years ago

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

  • LegoManIAm94English
    2•2 years ago

    I would not expect games on hand held consoles to reach best selling game of the year. I am shocked how Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare made the top spot in 2016. I remember that game getting booed before it was released.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 years ago

    Everyone here talking about CoD and all I want to know is how Star Fox on SNES beat out GoldenEye in 1997.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 years ago

      More people had a SNES and could afford Star Fox compared to buying a Nintendo64 console which was only one year old + GoldenEye.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•2 years ago

    Shout out to Elden Ring. It’s the only non-sequel, non-ip based game to chart since Destiny and Watch Dogs in 2014.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•2 years ago

      Seems wrong to not consider it a sequel to the Dark Souls games though. I know it’s not, but it’s more than a spiritual successor IMO.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•2 years 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.

    • IzzyEnglish
      23•2 years ago

      I was thinking the same thing. I’ve never played a single one or even seen gameplay footage of them. Who is playing these games? I assumed they were just generic shooters.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•2 years ago

        By virtue of them selling the best, they ARE generic shooters. It’s just that the definition moves with them.

      • TesterJEnglish
        19•2 years ago

        Sure, but they’re the generic shooter. And it had a big resurgence during COVID with everyone and their mothers playing Warzone. I hadn’t touched CoD since MW3 in like 2012 and I put so many hours into the 2019 Modern Warfare game with Warzone.

        • StalksEveryoneEnglish
          3•2 years ago

          I haven’t touched CoD since the Medal of Honor team made Call of Duty.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•2 years ago

        I mean they are, but they also kinda defined what a generic shooter is today, I haven’t picked one up in ages because I hate multiplayer these days, had a lot of fun playing them up until Black Ops. Kinda got stale for me after that