Video games became a part of life
of many people around world. Since its first release back in the 80’s video
game became immediately a hit, where it became an alternative leisure to many
people and kids. And now, the video game industry grow larger and larger, each
year a new hits of video games emerges, and it’s a million dollar industry. But
there are video games that have touch the heart of the people, or instantly
became a hit. But when we look the top five best-selling video games of
all-time, it’s a mix of the classic and current-generations. This five video
games have excelled regarding on the number of copies being sold.
Here are list of the top five
video games of all-time:
5. Super Mario Bros. – 40+
million copies sold
This video game was first
released by Nintendo for the NES. This video game was part of the series, where
it is about Mario’s adventure. But you might learn that this video game was not
even the best-selling by Nintendo in the list. This game was bundled with many
NES system, which is one of the reason why this game ended high up, despite of
being so old and the figure above does not even includes the sales of
re-release for the virtual console.
4. Grand Theft Auto V – 65 million
copies sold
This video game might be
most “traditional”, on this list, a AAA blockbuster where almost all copies was
being sold for a full $60. GTA 5 consider to be one of the most impressive
stories in the gaming world, with the sales of 65 million copies it dwarfs
other video games such the Call of Duty, Pokemon, Assassin’s Creed and other
popular video game. Today, GTA 5 is just filing up money because of GTA Online micro
transactions, numbers that separate from already impressive sales.
3. Wii Sports – 82.78 million
copies sold
Here’s the game that outsold
the Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Metroid and other video games. This game was a
collection of minigames that employed the Wii’s motion control system. Wii
Sports ended on the 3rd place because, it was a package with almost
all Wii’s system that are being sold. Wii sold over 100 million by end of its
production, with this a lot of sales for the game.
2. Minecraft – 106.86 million
copies sold
Minecraft founder, Markus “Notch”
Persson became a billionaire, when this game sold over 100 million copies in
all platforms from PC to console, which it includes the mobile. The initial
success took on PC, then follow by success in the mobile and anything with a
screen. Minecraft was hugely popular, from the kids to the adults, and now,
after Microsoft purchased it, this means that it will be available for a long
long time.
1. Tetris
– 495 million copies sold
This video game
might the most oldest on this list, but with large amount of copies being sold
this the best-selling video games of all-time. This game was released on every
gaming device in history, from Commodore 64 to iOS and Android- powered device
today. With the staggering number of copies being sold, I think that no video
game could ever surpass or even match this number.
