Tema: TOP de franquicias de videojuegos mas vendidas

The Top Game Franchises of All Time

The Independent, a British newspaper, has assembled a list of the top 20 videogame franchises of all time. (The full list was reprinted in Gamasutra). Check it:

1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million
2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million
3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million
4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million
5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million
6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million
7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million
8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million
9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million
10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million
11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million
12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million
13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million
14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million
15. James Bond (Various): 30 million
16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million
17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million
18. Command & Conquer (Westwood/Electronic Arts): 25 million
19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million
20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million

As you can see, the list is based on number of units sold, which is an interesting choice

Un Mario para dominarlos a todos y atarlos en las tinieblas...

Impresionantes los números del fontanero yonki (por lo de comesetas y tal)...

Y por encima de otras como FF con cifras humillantes...

No está Warcraft? Dudo que no esté entre las más vendidas de todo los tiempos...lo dudo pero mucho mucho.

De todas maneras, a mi más que la superioridad aplastante de Mario, lo que me ha sorprendido es ver lo cerquita que está Pokemon, sobretodo teniendo en cuenta que esta saga tiene muchos menos años de vida que la del fontanero. Hazte con todos!

Pues a mi me sorprende mas lo del Madden NFL. ¿Más que Los Sims y GTAs?, increible.

Madden lleva siendo multiplataforma diria que desde los 8 bits.

aunque algunos crean que los videojuegos nacieron con la pley

(sobretodo cuando leo lo de consolas de 3a generacion.. dios, que daño hace eso!)

Yo tengo mis dudas, pero juraría que el primero fue MegaDrive, con la explosión de EA gracias al revolucionario Fifa de md....

Para MasterSystem o Nes creo que no apareció no, de todos modos me sorprende por el tipo de juego que es, no por que lleve mucho tiempo... también llevan haciendo videojuegos de "Alien" desde incluso antes que el Madden y no ha vendido ni 100 veces menos, seguro.

Madden vende como rosquillotas en USA, Australia y seguro que en las Fiji.

Claro... eso es evidente por que es el primero que sale siempre para las Xbox, del primero que salen imágenes, videos, etc... siempre me ha extrañado, pero bueno; al fin y al cabo es como esa obsesión absurda por los de "balonpié".
El único bueno al que jugué fué al Sensible Soccer para PC, hablo de hace una década.

Iniciado por grotuk

No está Warcraft? Dudo que no esté entre las más vendidas de todo los tiempos...lo dudo pero mucho mucho.

Está claro que warcraft vende mucho pero solo tiene 4 juegos (creo)...y alguna expansión....

A mi me sorprenden Lineage, C&C y mortal kombat¿?

El Madden es lógico tiene muchos años, muchos juegos (al menos 1 al año), se edita en muchas plataformas, se vende como rosquillas en USA.... lo tiene todo

mas numerillos, los del 2006:

Here are the overall top 10 best-selling videogames for December 2006:

1. Gears of War - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
2. Guitar Hero 2 Bundle- PS2 (Activision)
3. Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
4. Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - GCN (Nintendo)
5. Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii (Nintendo)
6. WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 - PS2 (THQ)
7. New Super Mario Bros. - NDS (Nintendo)
8. Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360 (Activision)
9. Yoshi's Island 2 - NDS (Nintendo)
10. Call of Duty 3 - PS2 (Activision)



Now, here are the overall top 10 best-selling videogames for the entirety of 2006:

1. Madden NFL 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)
2. New Super Mario Bros. - NDS (Nintendo)
3. Gears of War - Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
4. Kingdom Hearts II - PS2 (Square Enix)
5. Guitar Hero 2 Bundle- PS2 (Activision)
6. Final Fantasy XII - PS2 (Square Enix)
7. Brain Age: Train Your Brain - NDS (Nintendo)
8. Madden NFL 07 - Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts)
9. Tom Clancy's GRAW - Xbox 360 (UbiSoft)
10. NCAA Football 07 - PS2 (Electronic Arts)

Japan: 2006 Sets Record for Video Game Industry

The results are in and it's good news for Japan as well. The video game industry in the land of the rising sun bounced back in 2006 putting up its biggest ever sales year with a total over 600 billion yen. This was driven in large part by the seemingly unstoppable Nintendo DS.


It's just good news all around these days when it comes to the growth of the global video game business. We recently reported on a record breaking year for video games in the U.K., followed by a new all-time high for the industry here in the U.S., and now Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has just revealed that in Japan the games industry had its biggest year yet with total industry sales of 625.79 billion yen (up 37.6 percent).


Following a few years of decline, the Japanese market saw hardware sales rise to 261.90 billion yen and software sales reach 363.89 billion yen. According to Enterbrain, it was the handheld sector that really drove sales during 2006, accounting for nearly 63 percent of software unit sales in Japan and exceeding console software sales for the first time.


This was largely attributable to the Nintendo DS, which sold over 7.5 million units during the year. The second best selling video game system, Sony's PSP, wasn't even close to within reach of the DS. The PSP's 2006 tally in Japan came to more than 1.9 million units. This was closely followed by Sony's own PS2 with over 1.5 million units sold.


Considering how dominant the DS has been, it's no surprise that the top three best selling software titles for the year were for the dual-screen handheld. The most purchased game in Japan for 2006 was the Pokemon title Pocket Monster Diamond/Pearl, which sold more than 4.3 million copies. That was followed by Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. (over 3.8 million) and Tohoku Daigaku Mirai-Kagaku-Gijutsu-Kyodo-Kenkyu-Center Kawashima Ryuta Kyoju Kanshu: Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (almost 3.75 million), which is probably the longest video game title this editor has ever read. Rounding out the top five were Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori for the DS (almost 2.5 million) and Final Fantasy XII for the PS2 (over 2.3 million).


Looking at the top publishers, once again it came as little surprise that Nintendo put up the best numbers during 2006. Nintendo sold well over 24 million units of software for the year. Furthermore, the Pokemon Company, which is basically a Nintendo affiliate, placed third on the publisher list with nearly 5.6 million software units sold. So if you were to combine the two, Nintendo and affiliates sold upwards of 30 million copies generated by sales of 35 different titles (5 from Pokemon). Placing second on the list was RPG powerhouse Square Enix, which sold close to 6.85 million copies (13 different titles).


With the new consoles on the market in Japan now, it'll be interesting to watch 2007 unfold. Will portable still dominate console? Can the DS continue its run? Time will tell, of course.

No es raro que no esté la saga Metal Gear por ahí?