Top selling games of the decade (GTAV #1, COD takes nos2-7 Nintendo with only exclusives BotW +MK8)

[Raijinto]

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NPD: The top 20 best-selling games of the decade in the U.S.

The top 20 best-selling games of the decade include a lot of Call of Duty, a lot of Rockstar, and other recognizable brands.

venturebeat.com

Credit to m051293 for posting first.

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Edit: I was slightly late and messed up the title as RDR2 is 7th. Mods can either edit title or lock/merge plz.

 

[CrazyDude]

Pretty impressive that two Nintendo games are on that list, especially Zelda.

 

[ILikeFeet]

That's a lot of fish

 

[Potterson]

Wow, BOTW sold that well to be in TOP10? Had no idea.

 

[Version 3.0]

With so many of the same names in multiple spots, it'd be interesting to see sales by franchise for the decade as well.

 

[Myself]

Pretty impressive that two Nintendo games are on that list, especially Zelda.

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Yeah that's phenomenal.

 

[Cronogear]

Wow, BOTW sold that well to be in TOP10? Had no idea.

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BotW is 19th.

Also, is this console only? I find it weird that there's no Pokemon, or Mario Kart 7.

 

[Rouk']

BotW is 19th.

Also, is this console only? I find it weird that there's no Pokemon, or Mario Kart 7.

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Pokémon is split between its SKUs, and 3DS wasn't that hot in the US

 

[RockmanBN]

I thought COD was dying?

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/s

 

[m051293]

MK8 and BOTW would have to be missing digital as well, so they are under-ranked relative to the others.

 

[Deleted member 3017]

BotW is 19th.

Also, is this console only? I find it weird that there's no Pokemon, or Mario Kart 7.

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NPD splits each Pokemon game, so that's why none of them are there. At least one generation would be on the list if they were combined.

3DS really wasn't super huge in the US, which is why MK7 isn't there, despite selling a lot. Plus it's revenue based and 3DS games are $40.

 

[Prompto]

Kinda off topic but they also have the top games from 2000-2009 in that article and I had no idea Guitar Hero 3 was that popular

 

[LegendofLex]

I'd LOVE to see a breakdown of just the top SKUs, just to see how much COD still ends up there

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Kinda off topic but they also have the top games from 2000-2009 in that article and I had no idea Guitar Hero 3 was that popular

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Guitar Hero 3 had a Wii SKU when Wii was a cultural phenomenon.

 

[Deleted member 2772]

Imagine the Nintendo numbers if they had digital sales included. Oh well. Guess we'll never know.

 

[Lightjolly]

People sure love them shooters

 

[DixieDean82]

Infinite warfare must have been a bomb by COD standards.

 

[Deleted member 49438]

It's also Dollar Sales so Pokemon as a $40 game for most of the decade. Also bear in mind all of this for Nintendo is without Digital being tracked as well.

 

[Taker34]

EverythingWasCoD.jpg

 

[jaymzi]

Kojima must have made his statement about US audiences and shooters from seeing something like this.

 

[Anthony Hopkins]

Not surprised, I still play gta online. Despite being 7yrs old, there's nothing else really like it.

 

[TissueBox]

COD will never be stopped! ;p

 

[Conan]

Surprised no Witcher based on number of copies sold.

 

[Trisc]

Call of Duty remains a universal constant, and an interesting symptom of military fetishism and nationalism in American culture.

 

[Wise]

No Pokemon??

 

[m051293]

It's also Dollar Sales so Pokemon as a $40 game for most of the decade. Also bear in mind all of this for Nintendo is without Digital being tracked as well.

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No Pokemon??

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Pokemon releases are also split by SKU in NPD reporting. So ex. Sword and Shield are tabulated as two separate games. I'm sure that 3DS mainline releases would have made this list if they were combined (X&Y, SuMo).

 

[Kyrios]

Honestly surprised about no Pokemon (I guess multiple version screws totals up technically). Not surprised about pretty much everything else lol

 

[night814]

Surprised no Witcher based on number of copies sold.

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Based on revenue.