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10 highest grossing games ever

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by Whisper, Jun 15, 2012.

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  1. Whisper Learned

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    http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-top-10-highest-grossing-video-games-of-all-time-2012-6

    10. $700 mln – "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" (2007)
    9. $740 mln – "The Sims" (2000)
    8. $780 mln – "Modern Warfare 2" (2009)
    7. $850 mln – "Gran Turismo 3" (2001)
    6. $1.2 billiard – "New Super Mario Bros" (2006)
    5. $1.25 billiard – "Wii Play" (2006)
    4. $1.35 billiard – "Grand Theft Auto 4" (2008)
    3. $1.4 billiard – "Mario Kart" for Wii (2008)
    2. $1.5 billiard – "Call of Duty: Black Ops" (2010)
    1. More then $10 billiard – "World of Warcraft" (2004)


    Just food for thought.

  2. Azalin Arbiter Patron

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    3 of those 10 are Wii exclusives?
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  3. raw Cipher

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    skyway is right?

  4. Outlander Custom Tags Are For Fags. Patron

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    I think if you count The Sims along all its expansions, it would beat even WoW, which is somewhat unfair to include in this list since it's a subscription based MMO.
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  5. Multi-headed Cow Cipher

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    Is this just counting boxed sales of WoW, or subscription fees too? The way it's listed with other boxed games makes me think that's just retail sales.
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  6. Outlander Custom Tags Are For Fags. Patron

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    I don't think they count just retail sales since for example:

    Mario Kart Wii -> $1.4 billion -> 28 million copies sold
    WoW -> Over $10 billion -> 15 million copies sold

    I don't know how reliable that list is, though. They also put a screenshot from GTA 3 in GTA 4 :M
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  7. Renegen Scholar

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    Business Insider isn't really to be taken seriously, I wonder if they forgot to include other MMOs in there. Has Everquest made $1 billion? possibly.

  8. Turisas Magister Patron

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    Damn that's a lot of money. 1 billiard dollars = 1 000 000 000 000 000 dollars.

  9. Quetzacoatl Scholar

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    I don't see how this list would interest any codexer in the least.
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    Where are they getting their sales data from?

  11. Marsal Prophet

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    Isn't 15 million kind of a low number, taking into consideration that they have had 11ish million peak subscribers and that there are 3(?) expansions on the market? If 15 million is accurate (for the base game), that's some impressive addiction rate.

  12. Outlander Custom Tags Are For Fags. Patron

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    Dunno, IMO they pulled those numbers out of their ass.

  13. Jaesun Fabulous Moderator Patron

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    That is pretty much what I am guessing. Any fucking moran could make some shitty top 10 list and "make up" sales numbers.

  14. Texas Red Whiner

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    Don't forget that 9 billion is spent on servers.

  15. Outlander Custom Tags Are For Fags. Patron

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    To be honest, those are all good games.

    :hmmm:

  17. Marsal Prophet

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  18. Thane Solus Learned

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    How lovely top 10 sales reflects the state of the industry. All of those games are pure shit. Maybe Sims when it started was interesting to try, and WoW in vanilla, but overall shit games sells. So Developers make shit games.

    Weee! "Gets drunk again...and plans how to nuke the planet."

  19. Whisper Learned

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    Call of Duty.

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    Never get tired of this vid

  21. Horus Learned

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    GT3 was good:rpgcodex: actually some of them are actually the best games of their genre.Just be happy that there aren't any rpgs on the list.

  22. Alexandros Arbiter

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    Sadly it's more like "fast food, no thought".

  23. Whisper Learned

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    Unless totally streamlined and made accessible (you know what i mean) there is 0 chance of RPG to make to this list.

  24. Micmu Erudite

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    MY UPDATED LIST (top 10 something!!!) which is equally good than the original one!!

    http://www.micmuisking.com/here-are-the-top-10-bestest-video-gaymes-of-all-time-2012-6

    10. $700 mln – "Alpha Protocol" (2010)
    9. $740 mln – "Dungeon Lords" (2005)
    8. $780 mln – "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing" (2004)
    7. $850 mln – "Duke Nukem Forever" (2011)
    6. $1.2 billiard – "Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader" (2003)
    5. $1.25 billiard – "Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel" (2004)
    4. $1.35 billiard – "Arcania: Gothic 4" (2010)
    3. $1.4 billiard – "X-COM Enforcer" (2001)
    2. $1.5 billiard – "Dragon Age 2" (2011)
    1. More thEn $100 quadrilliard – "Star Wars: The Old Republic" (2011)

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    Those games sure are worth a lot of billiards
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