The best-selling video game of each year since 1993

MajorHavoc, 10 months ago

That Pokemon run from 1998 to 2001. Wow.

PaulDevonUK, 10 months ago

It’s a shame that it doesn’t go back far enough to include DooM.

Grabthar, 10 months ago

It does? The list starts in 1993, when Doom came out. Everyone played it, but I have never even seen a purchased copy. That might impact a lot of PC game sales, and explain why the list is dominated by console titles.

bob, 10 months ago

This just made me miss the 90’s.

such_lettuce7970, 10 months ago

16-bit is enough for me :)

kratoz29, 10 months ago

TLDR: Call of Duty.

drcouzelis, 10 months ago

And Pokémon, holy crap. The same games were the best sellers multiple years in a row??

kratoz29, 10 months ago

We gamers like comfort zones ¯_(ツ)_/¯

bobs_monkey, 10 months ago

Between the cards and games, Pokemon was all everyone would talk about for several years in a row

Stoney_Logica1, 10 months ago

It’s still the most profitable IP ever.

mrbubblesort, 10 months ago

Well, more like ...

Mario, Mario, Pokemon, Pokemon, GTA, CoD, wtf Animal Crossing?, CoD

Corgana, 10 months ago

Call of Duty… Call of Duty… Call of Duty… Animal Crossing

Did something happen in 2020?

kratoz29, 10 months ago

Pandemic.

Corgana, 10 months ago

WTF

reddig33, 10 months ago

Would be interesting to take this list all the way back to Pong in the 1970s.

Gallardo994, 10 months ago

So pretty much history of COD with some other games alongside

ThirdWorldOrder, 10 months ago

It’s funny because the best COD wasn’t even #1 when it came out

Pregnenolone, 10 months ago

Mario Kart mechanics peaked in MK64

reddig33, 10 months ago

No way. The Wii version was wild, using gestures for actions like jumping.

cccc, 10 months ago

DS I reckon. It was just MK64 but slightly more refined.

Pleonasm, 10 months ago

And kart mechanics peaked in Crash Team Racing…

yyyesss, 10 months ago

disagree, Double Dash defined dynamic driving.

CaptainFlintlockFinn, 10 months ago

I had no idea call of duty was such a big deal. It’s not my jam so I never notice it.

2tone, 10 months ago

Someone should make Call of Pokemon

CrabAndBroom, 10 months ago

GRAND THEFT POKEMON OF DUTY

I made $100 million just from typing that out

2tone, 10 months ago

I just threw my wallet at your comment

Izzy, 10 months 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.

TesterJ, 10 months 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.

cmbabul, 10 months 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

DrQuint, 10 months ago

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

soyagi, 10 months 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.