![]() Factor in sales of the original Wii U release and that total rises to over 62 million, good for the sixth-best-selling game of all time. With over 53 million copies sold as of March 31, 2023, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the best-selling Switch game, according to Nintendo. Initial Release Date: Octo| Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC | IGN’s Review Score: 10 6. Rockstar’s western epic has sold over 46 million copies as of September 30, 2022, according to publisher Take-Two’s latest financial report. The most recently released game to earn a spot in the top ten is Red Dead Redemption 2. ![]() Initial Release Date: | Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC | IGN’s Review Score: 9.3 7. The developer is now working on several games new Witcher games, including The Witcher 4 and a Witcher 1 remake. Series sales, meanwhile, sit at over 75 million. The Witcher 3 was added to this list in May 2023 when CD Projekt Red announced its RPG epic passed 50 million copies sold. Initial Release Date: | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC | IGN’s Review Score: 10 8. In October of 2022, Overwatch was replaced by its free-to-play sequel, Overwatch 2. Overwatch elevated the hero shooter genre with brilliant game design, thoughtfully crafted heroes, and continued esports support. Overwatch – 50 millionīlizzard’s hero shooter Overwatch has sold 50 million copies, according to a Bloomberg report published in April 2022. Initial Release Date: Septem| Platforms: NES/Famicom, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console (Nintendo Wii, Wii U, 3DS) | IGN’s Review Score: 9 9. Member companies include Sony, Microsoft Japan, Capcom, Square Enix, EA, and Atlus Nintendo is listed as a “special supporting member.” The association's annual “white paper" details Japanese and global video game sales data collected through surveys of publishers. *CESA is a respected industry publication out of Japan. We reached out to Nintendo for an official sales total and didn’t receive a response as of publish. ![]() In addition to the platforms listed above, various versions of the iconic platformer were released for arcade, Game & Watch, PC-88, Sharp X1, Nintendo's Pla圜hoice-10, SNES (via Super Mario All-Stars), NES Classic, and Nintendo Switch (via Nintendo Switch Online). (~2 million), and Virtual Console sales (~.66 million). Deluxe (~5 million), GBA’s Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. Other versions factored into this sales total include the Game Boy Color remake Super Mario Bros. It’s the best-selling NES game ever, with an estimated 40.24 million copies sold on the console. sits at just over 48 million units, according to CESA*. The lifetime sales total of Super Mario Bros. Terraria – 44.5 million (as of May 2022) 11. Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 42.21 million (as of March 31, 2023) 12. We also reached out to Activision-Blizzard seeking updated sales numbers for Diablo 3 (30 million units sold as of June 2015) and the Call of Duty franchise, but did not receive updated information to include those games on this list.However, Bethesda didn’t respond to a request for sales information. Given that comment, its wide-reaching popularity, and many re-releases over the past decade, it’s possible it has outsold some games on this list. Skyrim is one such game: In a November 2021 episode of IGN Unfiltered, Todd Howard said Skyrim has sold “far more” than 30 million copies. Due to a lack of available sales data, we could not include certain games that may have earned a spot on this list.Free downloads are not counted as sales, excluding massively successful games like Fortnite and League of Legends from a list like this.Pack-in games are counted toward sales totals, considering most games on this list were, at one point, bundled with a console. ![]() The result is the following list of the ten best-selling video games of all time. ![]() To answer this question, we set out to compile the most accurate list possible by reaching out to publishers and digging through financial reports, news stories, interviews, and more. ![]()
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