oh right, i went by memory, don't know why i thought rockband was an EA series
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NPD: The Best Selling Game By Year From 1995 - 2017 (Top 3 each year in OP)
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Imagine the higher price tag helped (most PS1 games were going for $40 towards the end of 2000) but it is still a bit shocking to see Pokemon Stadium topping that year.
I worked in video game retail from 2000-2015. People just do not understand how huge Madden was for a few years there. It was literally the start of the video game buying season for a considerable amount of buyers, and the retailers as well.
I worked in video game retail from 2000-2015. People just do not understand how huge Madden was for a few years there. It was literally the start of the video game buying season for a considerable amount of buyers, and the retailers as well.
Honestly, it's one of the easier mistakes to make since EA's logo was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more prominent than the one for MTV Games, and it didn't help that MTV Games was founded and then scrapped inside of the same console generation.
Thank you. are you talking in terms of units or revenue or both are identical?
Really interesting seeing MK3 here. I've seen some retrospectives that treat it like it was a bomb. It just feels like such a particularly interesting situation because of how aggressively marketed it was for the time, pretty sure Midway said the budget was the largest they'd ever committed for the industry. That and Williams was dead set on making sure MK3 and DOOM would be on everything they could possibly convert it on.
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lmao @ enter the matrix
only five games where in the top 3 best selling games for more than one year
super mario 64
gta 3
gta 5
wii fit
wii fit plus
only five games where in the top 3 best selling games for more than one year
super mario 64
gta 3
gta 5
wii fit
wii fit plus
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Enter The Matrix is certainly something. Is it like the best selling bad game ever in the US MatPiscatella
Heh. Made me go start watching some Enter the Matrix videos. Oof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9vlEJjwwM
Sales of games bundled with hardware are not included.
The Star Wars RotS game was legitimately fun. Also lol at Enter the Matrix. What a wacky industry back in the day.
everyone else but you judging by the chart.
Man.. So much COD Domination. No wonder they'll never retire the yearly model. Still interesting to see how the Music fad overtook everything in 2007-2008, even above COD, Wii Fit and Halo 3.
Market certainly became less varied and more mainstream in the US after 2002.
Here to hope RDR2 manages to overtake BO4 this year at least!
Market certainly became less varied and more mainstream in the US after 2002.
Here to hope RDR2 manages to overtake BO4 this year at least!
MatPiscatella As a Canadian, I've always wondered if the top selling games are noticeably different in the US and Canada. Do you have any charts or information about that? I remember hearing that Nintendo has always had a larger market share in Canada than in the US for example but I have no idea if that is actually true. Also, would American military games like Call of Duty have the same level of dominance here? Thanks for any info
Sure... overall, the lists will be very similar. Big exception is NHL will always basically be top 3, and FIFA generally charts a bit higher as well. But the same big franchises are on the list. I'm hoping to be able to start doing Canadian charts and summaries in the future.
Huge shock to me. Also, Modern Warfare. I guess it's just a testament to how big Guitar Hero was that year
Not really. By all accounts Nintendo sells more games nowadays than they did back in N64 era. You just need to sell shit ton of more units to make it to the top 3 nowadays.
I want this so bad.
Would you say NHL slots in where NBA would be is in the US? Considering that there is only 1 Canadian basketball team I imagine that would have an effect.
Halo 3 never made the top 3 in 2007? Wtf I thought that game was crazy sales wise in the US or I guess Guitar Hero and Madden just sold crazier numbers that year.
Halo 3 was huge in 2007 but ppl need to realize Guitar Hero was at it's peak in 2007 as well. It was selling gangbusters on all 3 consoles.
I worked at Circuit City that year, we would get stacks of Guitar Hero bundles and they would be gone just in few hours.
I worked at Circuit City that year, we would get stacks of Guitar Hero bundles and they would be gone just in few hours.
I had no idea Star Wars Battlefront II (2005) and Episode III were so popular. The number 2 & 3 best-selling games in 2005? Wow! I would have thought God of War might have got up there. In fact, there's a noticeable lack of Sony-published titles in the expanded list. Even Microsoft managed to get a few Halos and Gears of War into the no.2 positions in their years of release.
Nah not at all, much prefer the post-2001 list (like most people, apparently).
Can't say I understand, like, at all.
Surprised some of you have gave me flack for this post, I would've thought ERA would want to see a bigger variety in the IPs and genres represented on the best sellers list, but whatever I suppose
It released a couple of weeks before the actual film and included a load of footage from it.
Halo 3 2007 sales :
September - 3.3M
October - 433K
November - 387K
December - 742K
- Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 4,820,000
GH was still selling like crazy on Ps2.
I noticed. This is in an era when FFVIII, GT etc came out and Playstation dominated. N64 still managed to ship the biggest hits. Though Pokémon doesn't surprise me, I saw it everywhere.
Ofcourse, the N64 had less spread. Probably more quality on average as well. Sony was flooding the market with software.
