Author Topic: Top 100 selling games in the last 12 months (Read 1673 times)

idolminds · « **on:** Thursday, April 10, 2008, 02:15:44 PM »

I've copy and pasted a whole bunch so you don't have to look at every page of this 11 page monstrosity. Its the top 100 selling games from North America and Europe in the last 12 months (March 1 07-08).

Spoiler for collapsible goodness.

Number. Game Name
Platform (in order of units sold for multiplatform)
Units sold
Metacritic score

(click to show/hide)

The one page you might want to still see is the last page, which has some observations and info on how the data was collected. Mainly NPD numbers and only retail sales. This explains why The Orange Box is so low on the list and shows PC with the fewest sales (Valve said OB sold best on PC/Steam). They don't mention it, but it looks like PC is only mentioned in multiplatform games, as I see no PC exclusives on the list. I'm pretty sure Crysis had enough sales to make this list, for example.

Anyway, kind of interesting and sad to read. Just the amount of crap that sells.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #1 on:** Friday, April 11, 2008, 12:49:36 AM »

Just proves the power of idiots with money. Stupid fucks.

scottws · « **Reply #2 on:** Friday, April 11, 2008, 05:18:04 AM »

The list is kind of lame. There are tons of games with "PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii/DS/PC" under it. As if the DS verson of the game is anything like the PS3 or Xbox 360 version.

Xessive · « **Reply #3 on:** Friday, April 11, 2008, 09:12:25 AM »

I guess it's more of a top-selling franchise list.

Kinda cool to see Oblivion is still selling! hehe

idolminds · « **Reply #4 on:** Friday, April 11, 2008, 10:13:36 AM »

heh, there was 1 PC exclusive on the list: 90. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Sounds wrong, though. We've heard of several PC exclusive selling a lot, especially considering it includes the European market. The Witcher sold 1 million. Shouldn't it be somewhere up there? What gives? Even Sins of a Solar Empire should have had enough sales to make the list even if some of them are digital. Its been topping retail charts since release.

Anyway, theres some analysis if you want to read it.

Overwritten.net

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