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[[Nintendo Wii]] games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.
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[[Virtual Console (Wii)|Wii Virtual Console]] games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.
[[Virtual Console (Wii)|Wii Virtual Console]] games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.


Revision as of 21:51, 5 December 2006

This is a list of video games that have sold over one million copies. This list currently contains data primarily about console games created since 1995. See also List of computer and video games.

Notes on using this list

Please keep in mind:

  1. Video game sales statistics change on a daily basis.
  2. Video game sales statistics are difficult to come by.
  3. Video game sales statistics are much lower than the number of copies of games in circulation due to copyright infringement.
  4. Although this list strives to be sales world-wide, some data is currently based solely on US or North American sales.

Because of these reasons, please:

  1. Think of sales numbers as the minimum amount of units sold, not the precise amount.
  2. Help adjust these statistics as new information becomes available, and quote your sources.

PC

Top PC sellers by genre

PC

This is an incomplete list of PC games (including Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Linux) that have sold more than one million copies.

Consoles

Bundled games

Top 20 of All time

The 20 best selling games, originally not bundled.

By genre

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The PAL version of SNES (Europe)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64 games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide as of March 2006.

Total Nintendo Gamecube games sold (as of 09/30/06): 198.05 million[56]

Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Game Boy
Game Boy Color

Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance SP

Nintendo Game Boy Advance games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide as of June 2005.

Total Game Boy Advance games sold (as of 09/30/06): 347.53 million[56]

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS Lite

Nintendo DS games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide as of August 2006.

Total Nintendo DS games sold (as of 09/30/06): 103.60 million[56]

Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Virtual Console

Wii Virtual Console games that have sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Sega

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis

Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Dreamcast games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sony

Sony PlayStation

PlayStation

Sony PlayStation games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sony PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2 original (bottom) and slim (top) models, with the EyeToy accessory.

Sony PlayStation 2 games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sony PSP

Sony PlayStation Portable games that have sold more than one million copies.

Sony Playstation 3

Sony PlayStation 3 games that have sold more than one million copies.

Microsoft

Microsoft Xbox

Xbox

Microsoft Xbox games that have sold more than a million copies worldwide as of March 2006.

Microsoft Xbox 360

Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox 360 games that have sold more than one million copies.

Franchise

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