From Street Fighter II to Hogwarts Legacy, here’s the best-selling video game of each year.
    • Izzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      192·
      1 year ago

      I was thinking the same thing. I’ve never played a single one or even seen gameplay footage of them. Who is playing these games? I assumed they were just generic shooters.

      • TesterJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        Sure, but they’re the generic shooter. And it had a big resurgence during COVID with everyone and their mothers playing Warzone. I hadn’t touched CoD since MW3 in like 2012 and I put so many hours into the 2019 Modern Warfare game with Warzone.

      • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I mean they are, but they also kinda defined what a generic shooter is today, I haven’t picked one up in ages because I hate multiplayer these days, had a lot of fun playing them up until Black Ops. Kinda got stale for me after that

      • DrQuint@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        By virtue of them selling the best, they ARE generic shooters. It’s just that the definition moves with them.

    • soyagi@yiffit.netEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      This is why Sony was making such a big deal about Call of Duty during the discussions about Microsoft acquiring Activision (owners of the Call of Duty franchise). Sony wanted reassurance that the Call of Duty games would still come out on the PlayStation consoles, and not be exclusive to Microsoft’s platforms (Xbox and Windows). When you see that Call of Duty has been the best selling game nearly every year recently, you can understand Sony’s plea.

  • Roundcat@kbin.cafe
    18·
    1 year ago

    Very interesting how despite being the distant runner-up (and the 3rd place console in Japan) N64 games were consistant best sellers from 1996 to 1999. Either taking first, or several of the runner-up spots. Then in the 2000s, You don’t see a single place from 2002 until 2006. I think this shows the real tragedy of the Gamecube. At least with the N64, games still sold numbers, but with the gamecube, Nintendo was struggling with consoles and software. Surprised not even any Gameboy Advance games made the list.

  • AtomicPurple@kbin.social
    13·
    1 year ago

    I’m surprised that Gran Turismo was number one is 2005. I remember Star Wars Battlefront II being the hot new game everyone was playing at the time, and Star Wars being huge in general due to Episode III releasing that year. Just the fact that a PS2 exclusive driving sim, beat out a multi-platform Star Wars game that was one of the most hyped releases at the time is insane to me.

  • ftothe3@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I read that tears of the kingdom is the best selling game of 2023 so far. I wonder where the author got their numbers from.

  • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Shout out to Elden Ring. It’s the only non-sequel, non-ip based game to chart since Destiny and Watch Dogs in 2014.

    • Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Seems wrong to not consider it a sequel to the Dark Souls games though. I know it’s not, but it’s more than a spiritual successor IMO.

      • optissima@possumpat.ioEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I mean you could say that about DS too. It’s just demon souls spiritual successor. Which is a spiritual successor of Kingsgate.

  • Iron Lynx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Pretty sure if they updated this year’s entry today that it’d be taken over by Baldur’s Gate.