The 17th best selling game of all time

[The Last Ancient]

I was just curious what the best selling games of all time, and from what I could tell that's where Final Fantasy VII is. Not bad, only FF to crack the top twenty. This list is a few years old, but I can't imagine it's changed much. For some reason the harry potter game is up there, what the hell? Of course Mario pretty much dominates the top ten, and the smurfing sims is up there. If there is a more up to date list up there please post it.

1) Super Mario Bros. (NES) - 40 Million
2) Tetris (Game Boy) - 33 Million
3) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) 18 Million
4) Super Mario World (SNES) - 17 Million
5) Super Mario Land (Game Boy) - 14 Million
6) Super Mario 64 (N64) - 11 Million
7) The Sims (PC) - 10 Million
8) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) - 10 Million
9) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2) - 8.5 Million
10) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PS1) - 8 Million
11) GoldenEye (N64) - 8 Million
12) Donkey Kong Country (SNES) - 8 Million
13) Super Mario Kart (SNES) - 8 Million
14) Pokemon Red/Blue (Game Boy) - 8 Million
15) Half-Life (PC) - 8 Million
16) Tomb Raider II (PS1) - 8 Million
17) Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - 7.8 Million
18) Myst (PC) - 7 Million
19) Gran Turismo 3 (PS2) - 7 Million
20) Dragon Warrior VII (PS1) - 6 Million

[Zeromus_X]

Source?

[The Last Ancient]

I typed in best selling games of all time in a few search engines, and found a few websites, that said the same but its from 2003.

[valentine]

Yeah, that list is obviously a little dated. FFVII has gone on to sell 9 milion copies.

EDIT: Also, I believe VIII and X have both sold over 7 million as well.

[nirojan]

new list from wikipedia(trusted site...most of the time!) :

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 17.28 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 14.36 million)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 13.70 million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 13.30 million)
Super Mario 64 (N64 - 11.62 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2 - 11.45 million)
Gran Turismo (PS1 - 10.84 million)
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES - 11.55 million) [34]
Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 9.87 million)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 9.72 million)
Gran Turismo 2 (PS1 - 9.34 million)
GoldenEye 007 (N64 - 8.09 million)
Final Fantasy VIII (PS1 - 7.86 million)
Final Fantasy X (PS2 - 7.75 million)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 - 7.6 million)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 7.46 million)
Halo 2 (Xbox - 7.42 million)
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PS1 - 7.28 million)
Pac-Man (7 million), tied with Mortal Kombat (7 million)

yeah ancient, you should check your list! super mario bros the one you have as number 1 was a bundle pack and din't really count!

Here's best by genre:
RPG - Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 9.72 million)
Platformer - Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 17.28 million)
Racing - Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 14.36 million)
Kart Racing - Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 9.87 million)
FPS - GoldenEye 007 (N64 - 8.09 million)
Sports Classic - Madden NFL 2004 (PS2 - 4.08 million)
Sports Other - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1 - 4.56 million)
Fighting - Tekken 3 (PS1 - 6.91 million)
Action - Metal Gear Solid (PS1 - 6.6 million)
Shooting/Flight - Star Fox 64 (N64 - 4 million)
Sandbox - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 13.70 million)
Adventure - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 - 7.6 million)

FFVII is up there STILL!

here's bundle:
Super Mario Bros. (NES - 40.24 million)
Duck Hunt (NES - 28.31 million)
Super Mario World (SNES - 20.60 million)
Super Mario 64 (N64 - 11.62 million)
Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 9.87 million)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES - 9.30 million)
Super Mario Kart (SNES - 8.76 million)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 - 7.60 million)
Halo 2 (Xbox - 7.42 million)
The Legend of Zelda (NES - 6.51 million)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox - 6.29 million)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC - 6.05 million)

By franchise:
Mario series (188 million)
Pokémon (143 million)
Final Fantasy (60.9 million)
Grand Theft Auto (48.4 million)
The Legend of Zelda series (47 million)
Tetris (44.1 million)
Donkey Kong (44 million)
Gran Turismo (43.7 million)
Command & Conquer series (35 million)
Dragon Quest (35.5 million)
Crash Bandicoot (33.4 million)
Mario Kart (33.4 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog series (31.9 million)
Resident Evil (30 million) [35]
Madden NFL (30 million) [36]
The Sims (28 million)
Tomb Raider (28 million) [37]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (27.8 million) [38]
Street Fighter (27 million) [39]
Mega Man (24 million) [40]
Tekken (22.2 million)
Mortal Kombat (21 million) [41]
Kirby (20.9 million)
FIFA series (20 million) [42]
Metal Gear (17 million)
Halo (13.6 million)
Harry Potter (13.2 million)
Metroid series (12.3 million)
Super Smash Bros. series (11.6 million)

Final fantasy is 3rd? wOW !!!

[Starcrest]

under...pokemon -.- kinda makes me wanna throwup, but oh well. Zelda's in there too, which is pretty sweet, but it sucks it's after GTA

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

pokemon has been going for waaay longer than ff tho

[Zeromus_X]

pokemon has been going for waaay longer than ff tho

FF- '87
Pocket Monsters- '96 or so.

Either way, why does it really matter?

[Griff]

seriously, except for investing purposes, why would anyone give a crap?

[-N-]

I know FFVII is the best selling PS1 game of all time, so I know that first list is wrong, or at the very least, not accurate. I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I was curious to see what kind of list this was anyways.